Category: Church News

A map of Nigeria. / Credit: SevenMaps/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 28, 2024 / 18:50 pm (CNA). Religious freedom activists are criticizing the Biden State Department for continuing to leave Nigeria off its “countries of particular concern” (CPC) watchlist, despite the department’s own report highlighting the violent persecution of Christians in the country. One expert said that Nigeria’s exclusion…

On June 27, 2024, the feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and patroness of the platform, ChurchPOP officially launched content in the Hungarian language. / Credit: ChurchPOP Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 28, 2024 / 16:10 pm (CNA). ChurchPOP, the EWTN News service that provides inspiring, easily shareable Catholic culture and news content on various…

Archbishops wear the pallium they received from Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica, June 29, 2014. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Jun 28, 2024 / 16:40 pm (CNA). Pope Francis will bless vestments known as “pallia” during Mass on the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on…

In celebration of the upcoming feast of the protomartyrs of Rome, a Eucharistic procession was held on June 27, 2024, through the streets of Vatican City. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 28, 2024 / 17:10 pm (CNA). On the occasion of the feast of the holy protomartyrs of Rome, which the…

Mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik are displayed at the shrine in Lourdes, France. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA CNA Staff, Jun 28, 2024 / 15:05 pm (CNA). The pope’s top adviser on sexual abuse by clergy is asking Vatican officials not to use art by a former Jesuit priest accused of sexually abusing women…

Religious sisters show their support for the Little Sisters of the Poor outside the Supreme Court, where oral arguments were heard on March 23, 2016, in the Zubik v. Burwell case against the HHS mandate. / Credit: CNA CNA Staff, Jun 28, 2024 / 15:25 pm (CNA). The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a 40-year-old…

A homeless man fixes his bike outside his tent next to the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles California on May 25, 2020. / Credit: APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 28, 2024 / 14:10 pm (CNA). The U.S. bishops strongly condemned the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling in a pivotal homelessness case, calling…

Archbishop Carlo Vigano. / Credit: Edward Pentin/National Catholic Register CNA Staff, Jun 28, 2024 / 14:45 pm (CNA). Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò on Friday said he will not participate in a Vatican summons to face charges of schism, reiterating his claims that Pope Francis is not the legitimate pope of the Catholic Church.  The archbishop…

Pilgrims on the Juan Diego route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage process on a track in Georgia. / Credit: Issy Martin-Dye CNA Staff, Jun 28, 2024 / 11:30 am (CNA). With just a few weeks remaining in the once-in-a-lifetime cross-country Eucharistic pilgrimage, participants in the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage remain enthusiastic as new and different experiences unfold. The…

President Joe Biden, right, listens as Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump speaks during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. / Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP Photo CNA Staff, Jun 28, 2024 / 09:30 am (CNA). Presumptive 2024 presidential nominees Donald Trump and President Joe Biden sparred at the election…