A sub-category of News.
The Catholic bishops are backing a suit by a coalition of Apache Stronghold, a coalition of Native Americans and their supporters, in their lawsuit against the federal government. The lawsuit argues that their freedom of religion was violated when the federal government announced its intention to sell formerly protected land in Arizona to a mining…
Pope Leo XIV encouraged a mother to rely on the Virgin Mary as she raises her daughters in the faith. / Credit: Kara Gebhardt/Shutterstock Vatican City, Aug 19, 2025 / 11:04 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV shared advice with a devout wife and mother in a letter published in the Italian monthly magazine Piazza San…
Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square from the popemobile during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 6, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA National Catholic Register, Aug 19, 2025 / 11:51 am (CNA). Ever since his brother was named pope, John Prevost hasn’t been shy about talking to the press. Pope…
A federal district court in California ordered the Oakland Unified School district to grant equal access of school facilities to a Christian club. / Credit: zimmytws/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 19, 2025 / 12:35 pm (CNA). A federal district court has ordered that a California school district must grant a Christian children’s club equal access to…
null / Credit: UVgreen/Shutterstock Philadelphia, Pa., Aug 19, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Aurora Pomales still remembers the feelings after her grandmother died. The grief was real and disorienting. After all, it was her grandmother who had taught her how to pray, how to love the Mass, and how to be Catholic, even after she…
Father Ralph O’Donnell, bishop-elect of Jefferson City, Missouri. / Diocese of Jefferson City website. Vatican City, Aug 19, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV named Father Ralph O’Donnell of the Archdiocese of Omaha as the new bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri. He will succeed Archbishop Shawn McKnight, who in May was installed as…
Young people gather on the esplanade of Tor Vergata during the Jubilee of Youth. / Credit: Courtesy of Claudia Arrieta ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 19, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Two weeks ago, 1 million young people returned to their countries after participating in the Jubilee of Youth, an experience that undoubtedly left a profound…
A mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2024. / Credit: eyetravelphotos/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 18, 2025 / 16:04 pm (CNA). The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released a report examining the religious liberty implications for women and minorities in Afghanistan four years after the Taliban’s takeover. “Religious freedom conditions in Afghanistan continue…
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa tours the war-torn area surrounding Holy Family Church with the parish’s pastor in Gaza, Father Gabriel Romanelli. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 18, 2025 / 16:56 pm (CNA). The ongoing violence in the Holy Land, especially now with the war in Gaza, was addressed…
Members of the Catholic nonprofit Strangers No Longer and others march to the Detroit ICE headquarters in July 2025. / Credit: Tom Tomala, Strangers No Longer Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 18, 2025 / 14:34 pm (CNA). Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Detroit Field Office recently met with a Catholic migrant aid group and a Democratic…
