By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Aug 13, 2024 / 15:32 pm After a viral social media post on Sunday highlighted the sale of a prominent Catholic church in Buffalo to a Muslim group, the timeline for the church’s ultimate conversion to a mosque remains unclear. The Diocese of Buffalo sold the former St. …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 13, 2024 / 11:42 am Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate for the 2024 presidential election last week was met with concern from Catholic leaders, some of whom cited his “extreme” views that they say put him at odds with Catholic …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Aug 13, 2024 / 06:00 am When 50,000 Catholics recently gathered in Indianapolis for the National Eucharistic Congress, one of the powerful voices leading the praise and worship music was Sarah Kroger, a 37-year-old Nashville-based Catholic singer-songwriter and worship leader with numerous albums under her …

By Gigi Duncan Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 11, 2024 / 07:00 am Despite winning a bronze medal as part of the United States men’s gymnastics team in the 2024 Paris Olympics, Brody Malone’s father cited his son’s faith life and relationship with Christ as what makes him proudest of the accomplished …

By Diego López Colín ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 10, 2024 / 09:00 am The Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been the scene not only of sporting prowess but also of displays of faith and devotion by athletes from around the world. Despite Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter, which prohibits any …

By Gigi Duncan Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 8, 2024 / 18:06 pm U.S. track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, who broke her own world record and won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles event at the Olympics in Paris on Thursday, has often credited her success to God. After having dominated the competition in …

By Kate Quiñones, Ken Oliver-Méndez CNA Staff, Aug 8, 2024 / 06:00 am Two recently launched advertising campaigns illustrate part of the epic clash between the culture of life and the culture of death taking place in this year’s U.S. elections. Students for Life of America (SFLA), a group that trains and …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Aug 9, 2024 / 04:00 am On Aug. 9 the Catholic Church celebrates the life of philosopher, writer, and religious sister St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, more commonly known as Edith Stein. Born in Breslau, Prussia (now Wroclaw, Poland), Stein was raised Jewish but declared …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Aug 7, 2024 / 13:21 pm A stunning surprise victory at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday left spectators at an Indianapolis Catholic school cheering as a former student broke a major Olympic record and brought home a gold medal for the United States. Indianapolis native Cole …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Aug 5, 2024 / 08:00 am Pope Francis has appointed Providence, Rhode Island, Bishop Richard Henning as the archbishop of Boston as longtime Archbishop Cardinal Sean O’Malley is retiring at age 80. The Vatican said in a statement on Monday that the Holy Father had accepted O’Malley’s resignation …