Catholics can gain an indulgence by participating in 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage — By: Catholic News Agency

Father Aaron Nord, pastor of St. Stephen Protomartyr Church, carries the Eucharist through St. Louis on the way to his parish. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA CNA Staff, Apr 10, 2025 / 17:30 pm (CNA). Organizers of the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage shared details today about the planned 3,340-mile trek that will see Jesus in the…

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Veto override: Kansas law will guard adoptive parents’ religious liberty — By: Catholic News Agency

Kansas Capitol in Topeka. / Credit: Dave Newman/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 10, 2025 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The Kansas House and Senate voted successfully to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill that will protect the religious liberty of adoptive parents and foster parents on issues related to gender identity and sexual orientation….

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Cardinal Krajewski in Ukraine: ‘People are hungry, living in poverty in the war zone’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski distributes food to Ukrainians on a recent humanitarian trip to the war-torn country. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Apr 10, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). The four ambulances donated by Pope Francis to Ukraine — three bound for Zaporizhia and the other to Kharkiv to treat people injured by the conflict…

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‘Bring Jesus up!’: Sean Duffy rallies merchant marines over controversial painting move — By: Catholic News Agency

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. / Credit: fisheradam13/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 10, 2025 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made a splash at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, New York, during a speech last week when he called for a painting of Jesus to…

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Vatican grants 14 New York churches delay on mergers amid challenges to bishop’s plan — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo, New York. / Credit: CiEll/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 10, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). More than a dozen parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, have received a temporary reprieve from the Vatican regarding planned mergers as the churches petition the Holy See to halt parts of the diocese’s…

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Deaf Eucharistic Congress attendees: ‘The Deaf lack what many Catholics take for granted’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Mark and Kathleen Rosing from Kentucky attended the first Deaf Eucharisitc Congress held at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, April 4–6, 2025. / Credit: Zoe Romanowsky/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 10, 2025 / 14:01 pm (CNA). Mark Rosing has been deaf for most of his life. When he was…

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Catholic bishops phase out migration programs as federal partnership ends — By: Catholic News Agency

Volunteers at a Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center help Central American refugees prepare to take a bus to go stay with U.S. family on Aug. 17, 2017, in McAllen, Texas. / Credit: Vic Hinterlang/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 10, 2025 / 12:25 pm (CNA). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is starting to…

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Emergency Missions: transforming lives and bringing hope to the most vulnerable in Peru — By: Catholic News Agency

Emergency Missions volunteers at the Dos de Mayo National Hospital in Lima, Peru. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Fabrizio Caciano Lima Newsroom, Apr 10, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). In one of the most poverty-stricken areas of Lima, Peru, where hunger and hopelessness have long prevailed, a man who once rejected the Church now leads…

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