By Zelda Caldwell Baltimore, Md., Nov 13, 2024 / 15:50 pm A leading U.S. Catholic bishop on Wednesday called on his fellow bishops to help revive the tradition of abstinence from meat on Fridays as a way to commemorate the upcoming 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ 2015 environmental encyclical Laudato Si …

By Zelda Caldwell, Zoe Romanowsky CNA Newsroom, Oct 9, 2024 / 06:00 am In early June, the U.S. Catholic bishops voted unanimously to begin the process of officially declaring Adele Brise a saint. Brise, an immigrant from Belgium living in northern Wisconsin, witnessed the first and only approved Marian apparition in the …

By Zelda Caldwell Louisville, Ky., Jun 14, 2024 / 08:00 am The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference in a speech to his fellow bishops gathered in Louisville, Kentucky, for their spring meeting discoursed on the subject of the incompatibility of “sex change” with the teachings of the Catholic Church. In …

By Zelda Caldwell Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 12, 2024 / 10:15 am The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will be meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, from June 12–14 for their 2024 spring plenary assembly. During the assembly’s public sessions, beginning June 13, the bishops will vote on whether to approve …

By Zelda Caldwell Baltimore, Md., Nov 14, 2023 / 15:03 pm The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Archbishop Timothy Broglio, on Tuesday called on Israel to pursue negotiations in its war with Hamas terrorists. When asked about Israel’s military actions in the Gaza Strip and civilian casualties …

By Jonah McKeown, Zelda Caldwell Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 15, 2023 / 16:40 pm After hitting their lowest recorded levels since the start of the pandemic in early summer, COVID-19 cases have begun to increase again, raising the specter of new mask mandates and recalling the early days of the pandemic, when …

by Peter Pinedo, Zelda Caldwell Washington D.C., Jan 28, 2023 / 06:00 am An unusual new 8-foot-tall golden statue standing on top of a New York City courthouse has sparked controversy, with many across the country reacting to its unveiling with shock and disgust. One media outlet even called it a “satanic golden …

by Zelda Caldwell Washington D.C., Jan 20, 2023 / 15:25 pm Former head coach and NFL analyst Tony Dungy told a crowd gathered at Friday’s March for Life that the answer to the tragedy of abortion is prayer, calling to mind Damar Hamlin’s collapse on the football field and what …

By Zelda Caldwell, Courtney Mares Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 1, 2023 / 12:12 pm The last words of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as he lay on his deathbed were “Lord, I love you!” according to the late pope’s longtime personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Vatican News reported. At about 3 a.m. on …

By Zelda Caldwell, Katie Yoder Washington D.C., Dec 18, 2022 / 11:29 am The national director of Priests for Life, Frank Pavone, canceled a scheduled live-streamed Mass today, one day after CNA published a report that he was continuing to celebrate Mass after the Vatican had removed him from the priesthood. In …