CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2020 / 05:35 pm MT (CNA).- After some caucus meetings at the Democratic National Convention omitted the words “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance, the Knights of Columbus told CNA the words represent a fundamental American belief, and said the group is proud of its …

CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2020 / 04:20 pm MT (CNA).- After its statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary was beheaded, a California parish asked Catholics to pray for the vandal who desecrated the statue, along with another monument at the parish. “It is heartbreaking to see desecration to an image …

by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, Aug 19, 2020 / 05:01 pm MT (CNA).- Parishes in San Francisco, including the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, have been holding concurrent outdoor Masses in order to adapt to the city’s COVID-19 health orders. Several Masses took place concurrently on San Francisco’s …

CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2020 / 08:15 am MT (CNA).- Bishop Michael Bransfield has repaid more than $400,000 to his former diocese and issued a narrowly-worded apology to the faithful. The apology comes nearly two years after Pope Francis accepted his resignation amid accusations of personal and financial misconduct. The …

by Mary Farrow Denver Newsroom, Aug 20, 2020 / 03:01 am MT (CNA).- He’s been called Terror of Demons, but even St. Joseph has to adhere to some coronavirus restrictions. The Diocese of Lafayette was going to kick off their Year of St. Joseph a couple months ago, but coronavirus …

by Perry West Denver Newsroom, Aug 20, 2020 / 12:25 am MT (CNA).- For more than 170 years, Catholics in Pittsburgh have observed a day of thanksgiving for their parish’s deliverance from a cholera pandemic that killed hundreds of local people in the mid-1800s. The annual Cholera Day Mass is …

by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, Aug 19, 2020 / 03:00 am MT (CNA).- Catholics are speaking out on behalf of a Native American man on federal death row, who is set to be executed this month. The man’s tribe, the Navajo Nation, objects to the death sentence and has asked …

by Ed Condon Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 18, 2020 / 11:51 am MT (CNA).- Priests in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe have been warned that they could lose the faculty to preach if they give homilies longer than five minutes. The archdiocese told CNA the restriction is part of the …

CNA Staff, Aug 18, 2020 / 04:31 pm MT (CNA).- Catholics from Trenton, Michigan and surrounding communities are mourning the loss of their pastor, Fr. Stephen Rooney, as well as 52 year-old Robert Chiles, both of whom are presumed to have drowned in a boating accident on the Detroit River …

CNA Staff, Aug 18, 2020 / 10:22 am MT (CNA).- Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York will offer a prayer at the opening of the Republican National Convention next week, the cardinal announced Tuesday. “As a priest, one of my most sacred obligations is to try and respond positively whenever …