By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, May 13, 2024 / 14:43 pm The Vatican issued a decree on Monday outlining the many ways that Catholics can obtain a plenary indulgence during the 2025 Jubilee Year. The decree signed on May 13 by Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, the new head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 13, 2024 / 15:31 pm Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is walking back his recent statement of support for “full-term abortion” on demand and conceding to some restrictions on abortion once a fetus reaches viability, which occurs around 23 to 24 weeks of pregnancy. …

by CNA Staff CNA Newsroom, May 12, 2024 / 13:10 pm Quick action by alert parishioners and local police are credited with averting a tragedy at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, yesterday. As 60 children were preparing for their first Communion, the parish located south of Lafayette, …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, May 11, 2024 / 07:00 am In 2019 the world mourned the damage done to the medieval Catholic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris by a fire that devastated the 315-foot-tall spire and roof of the 861-year-old monument. A restoration is in progress, though it has been …

By CNA Staff Fatima, Portugal, Oct 13, 2023 / 04:15 am Oct. 13, 1917, marked the last Marian apparition in Fátima and the day on which thousands of people bore witness to the miracle of the dancing sun — a miracle that shattered the prevalent belief at the time that …

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, May 11, 2024 / 06:00 am A rural Oklahoma parish hit this week by a powerful tornado suffered serious damage, especially to its parish hall. But amid the rubble, broken glass, and winds possibly as high as 175 mph, the church’s tabernacle containing the body of …

By Matthew Santucci Rome Newsroom, May 11, 2024 / 12:38 pm The Vatican’s latest bid to tackle climate change will bring together politicians and researchers from around the world for a three-day conference next week, featuring a series of roundtable discussions and culminating in the signing of a new international protocol …

By Pope Francis Vatican City, May 9, 2024 / 14:45 pm The Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee was officially proclaimed on Thursday, May 9, by Pope Francis, who presided over a formal reading of the Jubilee’s papal bull of indiction. The papal bull, titled “Spes Non Confudit,” meaning “Hope Does Not Disappoint,” …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, May 10, 2024 / 06:00 am Author and Anglican convert Father Dwight Longenecker along with a number of Catholic scholars are launching the first Catholic college in South Carolina, a two-year liberal arts college set to open this fall. Rosary College will offer an associate of …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 9, 2024 / 17:25 pm Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has endorsed completely unrestricted abortion “even if it’s full term.” “My belief is that we should leave it to the woman, we shouldn’t have government involved,” Kennedy said on an episode of “The …