by Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Nov 10, 2022 / 17:00 pm An arrest has been made in a two-day-long vandalism spree in October that included an attack on Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s residence at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. Juan Velez was arrested by the New York Police Department’s …

By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Nov 11, 2022 / 05:24 am Pope Francis received Father James Martin, SJ, in a private audience in the apostolic palace inside the Vatican on Friday. In a tweet published after the encounter, Father Martin wrote he was “was deeply grateful to meet with Pope Francis in the Apostolic …

by Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Nov 9, 2022 / 10:30 am Diocese of Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey Monforton announced Monday that a proposed merger with the Diocese of Columbus will be put on hold. Announced in early October citing several demographic and vocational concerns, the proposed merger between the two dioceses brought a …

by Shannon Mullen, Zelda Caldwell, Edie Heipel Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 9, 2022 / 07:55 am The American people spoke on Election Day, but it’s not clear yet what they were trying to say. The day after the 2022 midterm elections, votes were still being counted in key races across the country, …

By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Nov 9, 2022 / 13:45 pm At the midterm elections on Tuesday, voters in Maryland and Missouri chose to accept ballot measures to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The decisions came despite the objections of the Catholic bishops of both states, who noted the Church’s teaching on the physical …

by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 8, 2022 / 22:11 pm A pro-life amendment offering protections for the unborn in Kentucky has failed, a local NBC affiliate in that state projected Tuesday night. Voters did not support a ballot measure called Amendment 2 that would have amended the state …

by Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Nov 8, 2022 / 10:00 am Catholics are heading to the polls Tuesday along with the rest of the electorate to decide who will fill all 435 U.S. House seats and 34 of the 100 U.S. Senate seats. National polls show close races for …

by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 8, 2022 / 15:17 pm For Catholics in the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sunday Mass will become obligatory once again after a general dispensation was granted at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The restoration of the obligation comes more than a year and …

by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 7, 2022 / 13:15 pm Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco is inviting the faithful to join him in praying a rosary for peace on Election Day. “At 12:30 pm on election day, please join me to pray a rosary for peace,” …

by Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Nov 7, 2022 / 14:15 pm Out-of-state billionaires George Soros and Michael Bloomberg, joined by a “dark money” fund, are among the wealthy backers of Michigan’s proposed ballot measure to make abortion a constitutional right. Despite the influx of money, foes of Proposal 3 …