Freemasonry: why the Church prohibits membership

By Walter Sánchez Silva Lima Newsroom, Aug 23, 2024 / 07:30 am Catholics are strictly prohibited from being Masons or belonging to Freemasonry. Below are seven facts to know in order to not be misled about the matter. Recently, Father Eduardo Hayen, a Mexican priest of the diocese of Ciudad Juárez …
Today’s Video: Evangelizing at a College Football Game?

St. Francis told his brothers to go to where the people gathered. In today’s world, that means sporting events. What a great place to evangelize! Father Casey takes you to GameDay when The Notre Dame Fighting Irish traveled to the University of Georgia to meet the Bulldogs in 2019.
Recording Elder’s History: Duwel and Langen Bring Their High School to the Community

Editor’s Note: This article was posted in 2023. As we get ready for Football Season 2024, how the Elder News Network runs. Story and photos by M.D. Pitman Elder is not just a high school for Adam Duwel and Jack Langen. For them – and the current student body and …
Baltimore Orioles host first-ever ‘Faith Night’; players share ‘what God has done’

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2024 / 17:36 pm The Baltimore Orioles, a Major League Baseball team, hosted its first-ever “Faith Night” on Aug. 13. Six players — including starting pitcher Trevor Rogers and All-Star shortstop Gunnar Henderson — shared their testimonies of faith to thousands of fans …
2024 Democratic platform: What Catholics need to know

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 20, 2024 / 18:26 pm Delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago have approved a party platform that doubles down on support for abortion, IVF, and “gender-affirming health care.” The platform is an aspirational document drafted and approved by party delegates during election years. It …
Out and About for August 2024

1) Kettering Welcomes Priests The Kettering Catholic Community (NE-5) welcomed newly-appointed pastor Father Tom Nevels and newly- ordained parochial vicar Father Anthony Sanitato (pictured with fifth graders) to their 29th annual Bible Camp from June 17-21. Over 378 campers, teens and adults participated in our week-long camp! 2) McNick Students …
Phil Donahue, talk show pioneer and ‘lapsed Catholic’ who courted controversy, dies at 88

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Aug 19, 2024 / 17:20 pm Phil Donahue, a self-described “lapsed Catholic” who reinvented the daytime television talk-show format beginning in the 1960s, died Sunday at his home in New York at age 88. Born in Cleveland in 1935 and raised in a Catholic family, Donahue …
Planned Parenthood mobilizes for Democratic convention in Chicago

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Aug 19, 2024 / 13:30 pm Planned Parenthood is offering free abortions and vasectomies to residents and visitors in Chicago as the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) kicks off in the city’s downtown. Planned Parenthood Great Rivers, which dispenses abortion and contraception in southern Illinois, said …
Cardinal Cupich decries ‘fear of the other,’ calls for unity at Democratic convention

By Peter Laffin CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2024 / 11:21 am In his prayer of invocation at the opening night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Chicago archbishop Cardinal Blase Cupich lamented the “ongoing injustices in our national life” while calling for national unity. Speaking before a packed house at …
Pope Francis receives Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 19, 2024 / 14:45 pm Pope Francis received Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon — who was accompanied by his fiancée, Lauren Sanchez — at the Vatican last week. The Vatican Press Office made no mention of the meeting in its bulletin …