by CNA Staff Denver Newsroom, May 29, 2022 / 16:33 pm A tabernacle has been stolen from St. Augustine Catholic Church in the Park Slope neighborhood of New York City’s Brooklyn borough. The Diocese of Brooklyn said May 29 that “the Holy Eucharist housed inside the Tabernacle was thrown all …

by Courtney Mares Vatican City, May 31, 2022 / 09:05 am The Vatican published the official schedule for the 10th World Meeting of Families on Tuesday. The international gathering of Catholic families will be held in Rome on June 22-26 with the participation of the pope and a performance by the Italian …

by Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., May 29, 2022 / 07:20 am Pope Francis announced Sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals in August, one of whom is the bishop of San Diego, California. Who is Bishop Robert McElroy? Here are some fast facts: A San Francisco native, McElroy has led …

by CNA Staff Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 22, 2022 / 08:24 am The Catholic Church recognizes seven sacraments. Of these, the Eucharist stands apart. St. Thomas Aquinas called it the “Sacrament of Sacraments.” The Eucharist is the real presence of Jesus Christ, body, blood, soul, and divinity, under the appearance …

by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 20, 2022 / 15:10 pm Catholics are responding in a variety of ways to Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s decision not to admit Nancy Pelosi to Communion, from viewing it as a compassionate act to the “waging [of] a culture war.” Cordileone notified the Speaker …

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 13, 2012. | Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Shutterstock, Michelle Bauman/CNA by CNA Staff Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 20, 2022 / 15:37 pm Editor’s note: Below is the full text of San …

“Those who live among us without a permanent home, then, provide us a powerful reminder that we are people on pilgrimage, that this is not our true home,” said Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone during a homily in a Requiem Mass for the homeless on November 6, 2021. | Dennis Callahan By …

by Courtney Mares Rome, Italy, May 19, 2022 / 06:23 am John Paul II began his pontificate with the words “Be not afraid” — a phrase that the Polish pope’s biographer believes can be applied to Vatican diplomacy with Russia and China today. George Weigel, author of the bestselling biography “Witness to …

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I grew up in Kokomo, Indiana along with most of my family members. I attended St. Joan of Arc and St. Patrick school and was also a parishioner of St. Joan of Arc. Both sides of the family were small and close knit, and it was not until after high …