By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 2, 2024 / 15:00 pm More than a dozen senators are demanding that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) come clean about its efforts to surveil traditionalist Catholics, with the lawmakers accusing the agency of deleting records, withholding details, and giving misleading information about …

By Matthew Santucci Rome Newsroom, Feb 1, 2024 / 14:30 pm Pope Francis has centered his Lenten message for 2024 on the Book of Exodus, choosing “Through the Desert God Leads Us to Freedom” as its main theme to encourage the faithful that the season is a journey from bondage to …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Jan 31, 2024 / 10:40 am Half a dozen pro-life activists on Tuesday were found guilty of violating a federal law that forbids protesters from blocking the entrances to abortion clinics. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release that the six defendants in the Nashville, …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jan 29, 2024 / 05:00 am The 50th anniversary of National Catholic Schools Week kicked off this week, celebrating the more than 5,200 Catholic grade schools in the country that educate more than 1.3 million students. Celebrated since 1974, this week is marked by special Masses, open …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 29, 2024 / 14:40 pm Pope Francis suggested that the opposition to the Vatican’s approval of nonliturgical blessings for same-sex couples mostly comes from “small ideological groups” with the exception of Africa, which he said is “a special case.” “Those who vehemently protest belong …

By Abel Camasca ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 27, 2024 / 07:00 am In the history of the Catholic Church various saints and blesseds have described what hell is like and even exactly where “bad Christians” would be placed, based on visions and messages they received during their lives. Hell’s structure St. …

By CNA Staff CNA Staff, Jan 26, 2024 / 07:15 am Father Simon-Peter Engurait has been chosen as diocesan administrator of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana following the unexpected death last week of Bishop Mario Dorsonville. Dorsonville died of complications stemming from liver disease on Jan. 19, leaving the diocese sede …

By Matthew Santucci Rome Newsroom, Jan 26, 2024 / 12:00 pm Pope Francis on Friday clarified the Vatican’s position on same-sex blessings, affirming the recent declaration Fiducia Supplicans and emphasizing that “moral perfection” isn’t a requirement for receiving a blessing. The Dec. 18, 2023, document, published by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Jan 25, 2024 / 11:30 am A Kentucky bishop this month announced the dismissal of two priests who he said had repeatedly denigrated the modern form of the holy sacrifice of the Mass in their parish. Covington Bishop John Iffert said in a letter to members of Our …

By Edward Pentin Rome Newsroom, Jan 25, 2024 / 08:30 am Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun said Pope Francis’ recent declaration allowing the blessing of same-sex couples under certain conditions “creates confusion” and suggested that its author, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, should resign or be dismissed. In a statement published Jan. 23 on his …