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Founded in continued response to Pope John Paul II’s call for a “New Evangelization,” the Catholic News Agency (CNA) has been, since 2004, one of the fastest growing Catholic news providers to the English speaking world.

by Kevin J. Jones Denver Newsroom, Jun 17, 2022 / 06:06 am After a months-long impasse, A Jesuit middle school in Worcester, Massachusetts, has had its Catholic status revoked by the local bishop for defying his order to stop flying flags supporting LGBT pride and the Black Lives Matter movement. …

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 16, 2022 / 04:11 am Catholics in the United States made the largest contribution to the Vatican’s Peter’s Pence fund in 2021, with a donation of $13 million, representing almost 30% of all donations. The income of the pope’s charitable fund increased overall by …

by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 16, 2022 / 12:42 pm U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday again invoked her Catholic faith while asserting her pro-abortion stance, but she remained silent on mounting attacks targeting Catholic churches and pro-life pregnancy centers. “I’m a very Catholic person and I …

by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 15, 2022 / 16:27 pm The number of U.S. abortions increased by nearly 70,000 in three years, according to data compiled by a pro-abortion research organization. The increase, it says, reverses a 30-year decline. A total of 930,160 unborn babies were aborted in …

Founder of the Albertine Brothers and Sisters, and one of the saints who inspired the vocation of the young Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II was born on August 20, 1845 in (near Kraków) as Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski. Born into a wealthy and aristocratic family, Adam was …

by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 15, 2022 / 03:41 am A pro-life pregnancy center in Philadelphia was vandalized last weekend with smashed windows and graffiti. Latrice Booker, director of Hope Pregnancy Center in Philadelphia, told CNA that when she drove by her clinic Saturday, June 11, she found …

by Maisy Sullivan Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 14, 2022 / 20:15 pm Corpus Christi Sunday, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, falls this year on Sunday, June 19. Originally proposed as a feast day by St. Thomas Aquinas, this liturgical solemnity honors …

By Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 13, 2022 / 15:32 pm A nearly naked woman disrupted Mass at a Catholic church in Michigan by standing on pew and shouting pro-abortion chants, an online video shows. “Overturn Roe? Hell, no!” the woman shouted, interrupting the priest’s homily. “Abortion without apology!” Two …

Bishops at the USCCB General Assembly in Baltimore, June 2019. Credit: Kate Veik/CNA
By Kevin J. Jones Denver Newsroom, Jun 13, 2022 / 19:07 pm Spiritual reflection and episcopal fraternity are priorities on the agenda this week as the U.S. bishops gather in San Diego for their annual June assembly. Unlike the bishops’ fall assembly, which is open to the media, the spring gathering …

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 14, 2022 / 04:12 am There are many “restorers” in the United States who do not accept the Second Vatican Council, Pope Francis said in an interview published on Tuesday. Speaking to the editors of Jesuit journals, he criticized what he called “restorationism” in …