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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 CNA Staff, Mar 18, 2025 / 12:05 pm (CNA). The Trump administration has paid out $47 million in grants to a…
Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, during an interview at the Vatican on Dec. 11, 2024. / Credit: EWTN News Vatican City, Mar 18, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The prefect of the Holy See’s Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, asked bishops to avoid promoting fundraising…
Andrew Peter (left), a seminarian, and Father Philip Ekweli (right) were abducted March 3, 2025, from a parish rectory in Nigeria’s Docese of Auchi. Andrew Peter was murdred, though Ekweli was released and is receiving medical attention. / Credit: Catholic Diocese of Auchi ACI Africa, Mar 18, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A seminarian abducted…
St. Cyril of Jerusalem. / Credit: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Mar 18, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On March 18, the Catholic Church honors St. Cyril of Jerusalem, a fourth-century bishop and doctor of the Church whose writings are still regarded as masterful expressions of the Christian faith. St. Cyril…
Daiana Guspero and Massimiliano Varrese dance tango in the plaza outside Gemelli Hospital on March 16, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Daiana Guspero Vatican City, Mar 17, 2025 / 21:00 pm (CNA). A group of tango enthusiasts, the emblematic dance of Pope Francis’ homeland, gathered in the plaza in front of Gemelli Hospital on Sunday…
Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons Lima Newsroom, Mar 17, 2025 / 15:25 pm (CNA). The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his “co-president” and wife, Rosario Murillo, in Nicaragua continues to persecute the Catholic Church and other Christian communities. The regime is now keeping Catholic priests under surveillance, checking their cellphones, and demanding…
null / Credit: Gil C/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 17, 2025 / 16:10 pm (CNA). Police have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of heavily vandalizing and defacing the interior of a Catholic parish in Wichita, Kansas, over the weekend. According to the Wichita Police Department, officers responded to a reported burglary at St. Patrick Parish on…
While Church leaders are yet to comment, ACI Africa, CNA’s news partner in Africa, has confirmed media reports that tensions have increased between Ethiopia and Eritrea of late, resulting in rumors of war. / Credit: Ethiopia Catholic Secretariat ACI Africa, Mar 17, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Tension is brewing in Ethiopia’s northernmost territory, the…
At dawn on March 17, 2025, a group of Christians gather around St. Patrick’s grave in Downpatrick, County Down, in Ireland to pray the Lord’s Prayer 100 times for peace and unity. / Credit: Siobhán Brennan Belfast, Northern Ireland, Mar 17, 2025 / 13:40 pm (CNA). Inspired by St. Patrick’s “Confessions,” in which the patron…
Attendees visit vendors at the Diocese of Arlington’s 2025 “From Inclusion to Belonging Conference.” / Credit: Porto Charities Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 17, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Families whose children have disabilities and Catholics with disabilities were welcomed by the Diocese of Arlington March 15 to the fourth annual “From Inclusion to Belonging Conference”…
