Category: Church News

The Metropolitan Cathedral Santiago Apóstol and the National Palace in Managua, Nicaragua / Credit: Martin Thurnherr, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Lima Newsroom, Aug 30, 2024 / 15:53 pm (CNA). The Nicaraguan dictatorship closed another 169 nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations, including some Catholic organizations, various evangelical churches, and a Muslim association. The closure…

A Synodal Mass in progress at St. Dominic’s Church at Aluva in the Ernakulam Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church on July14, 2024. / Credit: Anto Akkara Vatican City, Aug 30, 2024 / 13:40 pm (CNA). The Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic rite in full communion with Rome, appointed two new…

The United Nations logo is seen at U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 4, 2023. / Credit: DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Aug 30, 2024 / 14:12 pm (CNA). A representative of Pope Francis recently reaffirmed the Vatican’s opposition to lethal autonomous weapons systems, known popularly as “killer robots,” with the Vatican…

Basilica of the National Vow in Quito, Ecuador. / Credit: Jess Kraft/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 30, 2024 / 14:59 pm (CNA). In little more than a week, the 2024 International Eucharistic Congress will get underway in Quito, Ecuador. In an interview with EWTN Noticias, Valeria Gavilanes, official spokesperson for the event, shared details about…

Pope Francis addresses members of the Dicastery for Evangelization, who are meeting in an extraordinary plenary assembly Aug. 29–30, 2024, to discuss the future of the Pontifical Urban University, which educates priests and religious from the Catholic Church’s mission territories. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Aug 30, 2024 / 09:08 am (CNA). Pope Francis…

In addition to ranking No. 1 for “most conservative” students, Thomas Aquinas College’s students ranked No. 5 for “most religious” and “happiest” in the entire country. / Credit: Courtesy of Thomas Aquinas College/YouTube CNA Staff, Aug 30, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Thomas Aquinas College has been ranked by the Princeton Review as having the…

The Vatican Observatory together with the University of Padua have investigated eternity from new scientific perspectives. / Credit: Vatican Media Madrid, Spain, Aug 30, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). “Eternity Between Space and Time: From Consciousness to the Cosmos” is the title of an upcoming report to be released by the Vatican Observatory, where “unpublished…

Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni Church, an Indian-Mughal style Catholic church in Medan, Indonesia. / Credit: MarlonH/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 30, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis will embark on an 11-day trip on Sept. 2 that will bring him to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste (East Timor), and Singapore.  During this longest journey of…

U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 29, 2024 / 17:48 pm (CNA). The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability is launching an investigation after the Biden-Harris administration allegedly pressured an international health care organization to promote gender transition drugs and surgeries for minors. “We are concerned that…

“A Trump win is not a pro-life win right now,” says Live Action President Lila Rose. / Credit: EWTN Pro-Life Weekly/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 29, 2024 / 17:13 pm (CNA). Live Action president Lila Rose is increasing her criticism of 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — arguing that his recent statements are alienating…