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Maria Zuber, an American planetary scientist involved in multiple NASA missions (left), and Meng Anming, a Chinese developmental biologist specializing in embryonic research, are among five new members whom Pope Francis has appointed to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Vatican announced March 7, 2025. / Credit: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons;…
Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, speaks with “EWTN News Nightly” on March 4, 2025. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 7, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron during his visit to the nation’s capital this week to attend President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress called on Catholic politicians…
null / Credit: FabrikaSimf/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 6, 2025 / 16:50 pm (CNA). The U.S. Catholic bishops reiterated their support on Thursday for a bill to protect women’s sports after the measure failed to pass the Senate in a procedural vote this week. In a statement released by the bishops’ conference, Bishop Robert Barron and…
Maryland Capitol. / Credit: Dave Newman/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 6, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA). Maryland’s Catholic bishops recently expressed concern that a proposed change to the state’s tax code, specifically the elimination of itemized deductions, could reduce charitable giving in the state. As part of a broad tax reform agenda pushed by Democratic Gov….
In a prerecorded audio message, Pope Francis thanked those gathered for the rosary prayer service in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday night, March 6, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media/EWTN YouTube CNA Staff, Mar 6, 2025 / 15:50 pm (CNA). In a prerecorded message, Pope Francis thanked those gathered for the rosary prayer service in St….
The exterior of the new Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City. / Credit: Joe Holdren/EWTN News CNA Staff, Mar 6, 2025 / 16:20 pm (CNA). A Catholic charter school is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to approve the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school in a case that could reshape school choice…
Maria Valtorta (1897–1961) was an Italian Catholic mystic who was bedridden for more than 30 years and claimed to have received visions and revelations from Jesus and the Virgin Mary, which she related in extensive writing. The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said in a Feb. 22, 2025, press release that the…
Perpetual Pilgrims from the St. Juan Diego Route process into Lucas Oil Stadium in July 2024 with an image of their patron saint. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno CNA Staff, Mar 6, 2025 / 15:05 pm (CNA). The National Eucharistic Congress announced this week the names of the eight Perpetual Pilgrims who will accompany the Eucharistic…
Father Sylvester Okechukwu of the Diocese of Kafanchan in Nigeria was found murdered on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. / Credit: Diocese of Kafanchan, Nigeria ACI Africa, Mar 6, 2025 / 12:45 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Kafanchan in Nigeria is paying tribute to Father Sylvester Okechukwu, a diocesan priest who was murdered on Ash…
Catholic farmer Matt Deimeke plants his Mexico, Missouri, field. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Matt Deimeke St. Louis, Mo., Mar 6, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Amid debate in Washington, D.C., over the new administration’s deep cuts to numerous federal programs and contracts, farmers across the country are facing uncertainty as they await reimbursement for…
