OP ED: All Human Life is Sacred, From Conception to Natural Death

An expectant mother can face many challenges, including lack of support from the father, financial strains, concerns about her own health and that of her child and pressures from family and friends. Every woman should be able to depend upon a community of support. That is why Catholic social service …
Pastor of only Catholic church in Gaza: ‘Never have we seen things like this time’

By Julieta Villar ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 10, 2023 / 09:30 am Father Gabriel Romanelli, an Argentine priest of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) who serves as pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza, shared with ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, a statement about the situation following the …
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run as independent: Where does he stand on the issues?

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 10, 2023 / 17:00 pm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Catholic and lifelong Democrat, announced on Monday that he has left the Democratic Party and is running as an independent to unseat Joe Biden as president of the United States. Speaking outside Philadelphia’s Independence …
Statement of U.S. Bishops’ International Justice and Peace Chairman Amidst Violence in the Holy Land

October 8, 2023 WASHINGTON – In response to the continued tensions and violence that erupted into warfare between Gaza and Israel on October 7, Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on International Justice and Peace, calls for prayers for peace in the Holy …
Busca Al Senor Arzobispo Dennis M. Schnurr

En su encíclica Evangelium Vitae sobre el valor y la inviolabilidad de la vida humana, el Papa San Juan Pablo II habla del llamado de Dios a cada persona a compartir la plenitud de la vida por toda la eternidad con Él. Incluso durante nuestra vida en este mundo físico …
Synod on Synodality 2023: Facts, anecdotes, and analysis from the first week

By Andrea Gagliarducci Vatican City, Oct 6, 2023 / 11:35 am As the Synod on Synodality commences in Rome amid numerous open questions, one key answer was provided this week with the publication of the rules of engagement for the approximately 450 participants of the gathering in Rome. The regulations for …
Congress members urge DOJ to reject deportation of German family who sought asylum in US

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Oct 6, 2023 / 17:10 pm A group of congressional representatives this week urged the Biden Department of Justice to refrain from deporting a German family who emigrated to the U.S. more than a decade ago seeking asylum in order to home-school their children. In the letter, addressed …
Pope Francis, Jerusalem patriarch react to violence between Israel and Hamas

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Oct 8, 2023 / 08:45 am Pope Francis and the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem have responded to the sudden outbreak of conflict in Israel and Palestine over the weekend. The pope said at the end of a public address on Sunday he is following the violence …