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Biden pushes for taxpayer-funded abortion nationwide in 2025 budget plan
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 20, 2024 / 14:45 pm President Joe Biden is calling for taxpayer-funded abortion nationwide and more funding for a program that funnels money to Planned Parenthood facilities in his 2025 budget plan unveiled last week. The $7.3 trillion budget would eliminate two safeguards that …
St. Mary’s Gaels men’s basketball team makes history, heads to NCAA tournament
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Mar 21, 2024 / 12:30 pm The St. Mary’s Gaels men’s basketball team made history this season by winning the West Coast Conference regular season and tournament titles on March 12, earning them an automatic bid for the NCAA men’s tournament. It’s the third time in program …
March 19: St. Joseph
St. Joseph is honored with feast days throughout the Liturgical Year. This feast encourages us to look at Joseph’s role as husband and head of the Holy Family. Most of what we know about the life of St. Joseph comes to us from Scripture and legends that have sprung up …
How the Big Easy celebrates St. Joseph
by Perry West New Orleans, La., Mar 19, 2021 / 04:31 pm MT (CNA).- Catholic culture is everywhere in New Orleans. Mardi Gras is the city’s defining celebration. The city’s cathedral is one of its most well-known landmarks. And in the days leading to March 19, the people of New …
Harrison Butker addresses family life, gun violence, Taylor Swift and more in far-reaching interview
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Mar 16, 2024 / 09:21 am Super Bowl-winning kicker Harrison Butker shared a simple — but countercultural — message when he delivered a graduation speech at his alma mater, Georgia Tech, last year. “Get married and start a family,” the Kansas City Chiefs NFL star told …
March 17: St. Patrick of Ireland
On March 17, Catholics celebrate St. Patrick, the fifth century bishop and patron of Ireland, whose life of holiness set the example for many of the Church’s future saints. St. Patrick is said to have been born around 389 AD in Britain. Captured by Irish raiders when he was about …
How Irish Catholic slaves brought the faith to the Caribbean
By Peter Jesserer Smith National Catholic Register, Mar 16, 2024 / 07:00 am When St. Patrick arrived in Ireland in the fifth century, he came first as a slave. He later returned as a missionary to plant the seeds of the Catholic faith. In a similar fashion, when the first Irish …
How the Irish built Catholic America
by Kevin Jones Denver, Colo., Mar 17, 2021 / 03:12 am MT ().- The history of Catholic America is, in many ways, an Irish story, with immigrant congregations and their descendants putting their stamp on many churches across the country. “It was the Irish who made the Church grow,” said …
Patrick: The saint who knew what it was like to be a slave
by Kevin Jones Washington D.C., Mar 17, 2021 / 11:04 am MT (CNA).- Among the most popular saints today, Saint Patrick was a bishop and missionary to Ireland. However, he also spent several years as a slave, and once issued a heartfelt plea on behalf of girls and boys abducted …
Riley Gaines, other female athletes, sue NCAA for allowing transgender competitors
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Mar 15, 2024 / 14:45 pm Riley Gaines and more than a dozen other female athletes filed a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) on Thursday alleging that allowing men to compete in women’s competitions denies women protections promised under Title IX. In a …