Tell us a little bit about you personally: Where are you from, your home parish, what’s your family like, etc. My parish growing up was St. Columban in Loveland, OH. We lived in Loveland, but I went to school in the Kings School District for most of my life, graduating …

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 Mary Farrow Fatima, Portugal, May 13, 2021 / 07:01 am America/Denver (CNA). It’s the most popular and well-known Marian apparition in the recent history of the Church. One hundred years ago, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in a field in Fatima, Portugal. She brought with …

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 …

Tell us a little bit about you personally: Where are you from, your home parish, what’s your family like, etc. I grew up in Germantown and attended Valley View Schools through High School. I am the oldest of four siblings, I have two sisters and one brother. Growing up both …

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 …

A Mother’s Love There are times when only a mother’s love Can understand our tears, Can soothe our disappoints And calm all of our fears. There are times when only a mother’s love Can share the joy we feel When something we’ve dreamed about Quite suddenly is real. There are …