Ancient Advent Mass gains new interest among younger Catholics - Sun, 14 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0500 - The Rorate Caeli Advent Mass celebrated at The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion. / Credit: The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion CNA Staff, Dec 14, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Advent is ...
Curtis Martin steps down as CEO of FOCUS after nearly 3 decades leading ministry group - Sat, 13 Dec 2025 14:25:00 -0500 - FOCUS Founder Curtis Martin announces his retirement from the role of FOCUS CEO, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025 / Credit: FOCUS CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2025 / 14:25 pm (CNA). Curtis Martin, who founded the C ...
Cupid goes Catholic: New faith-based dating show brings faith and matchmaking together - Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:00:00 -0500 - “The Catholic Dating Show” recently launched on CatholicMatch, a Catholic dating site, and has quickly become a fan favorite. / Credit: CatholicMatch/Tony Tibbetts CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2025 / ...
‘Holiness of family life’: A look behind the icon depicting a mother of 8 - Sat, 13 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0500 - Father Richard Reiser, an iconographer based in Omaha, Nebraska, writes an icon of St. Bridget of Sweden with her family for FOCCUS Marriage Ministries’ 40th anniversary. / Credit: Photo court ...
Doug Keck honored with 2025 Mother Angelica Award - Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:02:00 -0500 - Former EWTN president Doug Keck was presented with the Mother Angelica Award on Dec. 12, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 12, 2025 / 20:02 pm (CNA). The EWTN Global Cath ...
Bishops call Illinois assisted suicide law signed by Gov. Pritzker ‘heartbreaking’ - Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:52:00 -0500 - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker at Chi Hack Night on July 12, 2017. / Credit: Chi Hack Night, CC-BY-3.0 CNA Staff, Dec 12, 2025 / 16:52 pm (CNA). Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law an assisted ...
Syrian Christians face ‘insecurity’ 1 year after political change - Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:18:00 -0500 - Two men attacked Mar Elias Church in Al-Duwaileh, in Damascus, Syria, killing 22 people and injuring 59 on June 22, 2025. / Credit: Mohammed Al-Rifai/ACI MENA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 12, ...
Proposed U.S. law would require fathers to financially support pregnant moms - Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:33:00 -0500 - null / Credit: Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 12, 2025 / 14:33 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.Proposed U.S. law would require fathers to financ ...
New Carmelite monastery to open in Fort Worth Diocese following scandal - Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:41:00 -0500 - The skyline of Fort Worth, Texas. / Credit: 21 Aerials/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 12, 2025 / 09:41 am (CNA). Bishop Michael Olson of the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, has announced the opening ...
Border czar says Catholic leaders should ‘support’ safety - Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:00:00 -0500 - Trump administration Border Czar Tom Homan interviewed on "The World Over with Raymond Arroyo" on Dec. 11, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News "The World Over with Raymond Arroyo"/Scre ...
Poll: Catholic support for IVF falls below 50% when Church teaching explained - Fri, 12 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0500 - The results demonstrate that just informing Catholic voters about the Church’s position on IVF and the immorality of the procedure is sufficient to cause an immediate 14-point shift against IV ...
U.S. bishops, Catholic groups denounce DHS rule change for migrant workers - Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:03:00 -0500 - The plenary assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops gets underway on Nov. 11, 2025, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. First row, left to right: Father Michael J.K. Fulle ...
Poll: Majority of U.S. Catholics support death penalty despite catechism - Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:00:00 -0500 - null / Credit: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Wikipedia CC 2.0 Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). A majority of Catholic voters in the United St ...
Poll: Most Catholic voters support Trump, deportations despite bishops’ concern - Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:30:00 -0500 - With Speaker of the House Mike Johnson by his side, President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Cre ...
Poll: 70% of American Catholics view Pope Leo XIV favorably, only 4% unfavorably - Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:00:00 -0500 - Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful in Piazza della Libertà in August 2025. / Credit: Marco Iacobucci Epp/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). More than two-thir ...
Religious Liberty Commission hears testimony of religious freedom concerns in military - Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:05:00 -0500 - The Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission meets in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 16, 2025. / Credit: Tessa Gervasini/CNA CNA Staff, Dec 11, 2025 / 11:05 am (CNA). The White ...
St. Gianna Molla award to go to Catholic father, farmer, potential saint - Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:30:00 -0500 - Tom Vander Woude with baby Joseph “Josie” Vander Woude. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Tom Vander Woude Guild CNA Staff, Dec 11, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). When Virginia father Tom Vander Woud ...
Senate to vote on health care plans as subsidies near expiration - Thu, 11 Dec 2025 06:30:00 -0500 - Congress is set to vote on two plans regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits that are scheduled to expire Dec. 31, 2025. / Credit: usarmyband, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Comm ...
Top health officials delayed abortion pill safety review, report claims - Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:30:00 -0500 - Pro-life advocates are calling for action as top federal health officials deny reports that they are delaying a promised safety review of the abortion pill. / Credit: Yta23/Shutterstock CNA S ...
U.S. House passes defense bill stripped of IVF provision - Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:00:00 -0500 - null / Credit: Rohane Hamilton/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 10, 2025 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The House passed a defense authorization bill Dec. 10 without a provision to allow health c ...
Federal government cuts off aid to Texas Catholic Charities - Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:00:00 -0500 - Sister Norma Pimentel spoke with the Holy Father at the Oct. 2, 2025 meeting. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 10, 2025 / 16:00 pm (CNA). The U.S. Department of Homeland S ...
Trump to create sanctions plan for Nigeria, congressman says - Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:30:00 -0500 - Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, speaks about a sanctions plan to increase pressure on the Nigerian government amid ongoing Christian persecution on Dec. 9, 2025. / Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA ...
New Orleans Diocese issues Mass dispensation for migrants due to arrest fears - Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:00:00 -0500 - The St. Louis Cathedral and Jackson Square are seen at sunset near the French Quarter in downtown New Orleans on April 10, 2010. / Credit: Graythen/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 1 ...
Disability advocates sue Delaware over allegedly ‘discriminatory’ assisted suicide law - Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:10:00 -0500 - “For patients with serious disabilities, this law will put us at risk of deadly discrimination," says Daniese McMullin-Powell, a polio survivor who has used a wheelchair for most of her l ...
Pew study: Religion holds steady in America - Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:30:00 -0500 - American adults who identify with Christianity, with another religion, or with no religion have all remained steady, a new Pew Research Center report finds. / Credit: ChoeWatt/Shutterstock Wa ...
Pope says Trump Ukraine plan would weaken U.S. alliance with Europe - Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:15:00 -0500 - Pope Leo XIV addresses the press at Castel Gandolfo Dec. 9, 2025. / Credit: Zofia Czubak/CNA Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Dec 9, 2025 / 15:15 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV said President Donald Trump’s p ...
Archbishop performs rite of reparation at Annunciation Catholic Church after shooting - Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:10:00 -0500 - Flowers are seen on Sept. 3, 2025, outside the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, where a shooter killed two children and injured 21 other people on Aug. 27, 2025. / Credit: Alex Wrobl ...
Vatican reverses several parish closures in Diocese of Buffalo, advocates say - Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:00:00 -0500 - The exterior of St. Casimir church in Buffalo, New York / Michael Shriver/buffalophotoblog.com CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s Dicastery for Clergy has declared that se ...
FBI leader who oversaw Catholic investigation tapped to lead Virginia public safety department - Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:45:00 -0500 - The J. Edgar Hoover FBI headquarters building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2025 / 11:45 am (CNA). The Federal Bureau of Investi ...
Boston-area pastor refuses to remove anti-ICE Nativity scene, seeks meeting with archbishop - Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0500 - A Nativity display with anti-ICE messaging outside St. Susanna Church in Dedham, Massachusetts. / Credit: Matthew McDonald Boston, Massachusetts, Dec 9, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). The pastor of a C ...
New York archdiocese will pursue $300 million settlement for victims of clergy abuse - Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:30:00 -0500 - A view of St. Patrick’s Cathedral near Rockefeller Center in Manhattan on Feb. 2, 2023, in New York City. The cathedral was completed in 1878 the Gothic Revival style by architect James Renwic ...
Daughter of political prisoner Jimmy Lai speaks out for the first time - Tue, 09 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0500 - Claire Lai, daughter of imprisoned Hong Kong activist and Catholic Jimmy Lai, speaks with EWTN News President Montse Alvarado on “EWTN News Nightly” on Dec. 8, 2025. / Credit: “EWTN News N ...
Trump honors Mary’s ‘freedom from original sin’ in Immaculate Conception message - Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:09:00 -0500 - U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on Dec. 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 8, 2025 / 18:09 pm (CNA). President Donald ...
Mariologists publish scathing critique of Vatican note on Mary’s titles - Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:58:00 -0500 - The Blessed Mother and the Child Jesus. / Credit: Zwiebackesser/Shutterstock National Catholic Register, Dec 8, 2025 / 16:58 pm (CNA). One of the Catholic Church’s foremost associations of Ma ...
Tennessee faith leaders call on Gov. Lee to stop executions - Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:58:00 -0500 - null / felipe caparros/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 8, 2025 / 15:58 pm (CNA). Faith leaders called for the halt of state executions and a complete end to the death penalty in Ten ...
Baton Rouge Diocese announces Sunday Mass dispensation for migrants fearing deportation - Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:00:00 -0500 - null / Credit: chayanuphol/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 8, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Bishop Michael Duca has granted a dispensation from Sunday Mass attendance for immigrants fearin ...
What is ‘papal infallibility?’ CNA explains an often-misunderstood Church teaching - Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0500 - When Pope Pius IX declared the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary on Dec. 8, 1854, he had a golden crown added to the mosaic of Mary, Virgin Immaculate, in the Chapel of th ...
Why is the Immaculate Conception patroness of the United States? - Mon, 08 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0500 - Mary the Immaculate Conception. / Credit: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Newsroom, Dec 8, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Mary, under her title of the Immaculate Co ...
New print journal for ‘intellectual Catholic women’ to be released in April - Sun, 07 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -0500 - Promo photo for the The Better Part Journal of shadows of Madonna lilies for the Blessed Virgin Mary. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Heidi Bollich-Erne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 7, 2025 / 09 ...
Hidden Catholic histories come alive in new Black and Native American films - Sun, 07 Dec 2025 07:00:00 -0500 - A still from “Trailblazers of Faith: The Legacy of African American Catholics,” which tells the inspiring story of how African Americans found a home in Catholicism without abandoning their ...
‘Sons of Thunder’ vocations group teaches boys how to be Catholic men - Sun, 07 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0500 - The “Sons of Thunder” vocations club at St. Bartholomew Church in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Matthew Gonzalez CNA Staff, Dec 7, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A l ...
On visit to Detroit, patriarch of Jerusalem focuses on hope for Holy Land Christians - Sat, 06 Dec 2025 15:30:00 -0500 - Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, speaks with members of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) during a Dec. 5, 2025, fundraising dinner to su ...
Philadelphia Archdiocese prays St. Andrew novena for fallen away Catholics - Sat, 06 Dec 2025 14:30:00 -0500 - The Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. / Credit: Mehdi Kasumov/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 6, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is mobilizing Cathol ...
Christmas 2025: Handmade gifts from 14 Catholic monasteries - Sat, 06 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0500 - The contemplative Sisters of the Monastery of Bethlehem in Livingston Manor, New York, support themselves by offering their hand-painted chinaware and other unique gifts for sale. / Credit: Mona ...
Leader of schismatic Colorado Springs group disregards excommunication - Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:18:00 -0500 - null / Credit: Paul Gueu/Shutterstock Denver, Colorado, Dec 5, 2025 / 18:18 pm (CNA). After receiving a letter of excommunication from the Vatican, the leader of a schismatic group in Colorado ...
Sidewalk counselor finds woman crying in pain outside Planned Parenthood clinic in Chicago - Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:54:00 -0500 - Chicago firefighters attend to a woman outside a doorway in video taken in November 2025 by Coalition Life. / Credit: Courtesy of Coalition Life’s YouTube channel Washington, D.C. Newsroom, D ...
Young artists’ images of Nativity win awards from Missionary Childhood Association - Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:08:00 -0500 - Grand prize-winning piece by Janielle Perez is on display at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., until Jan. 11, 2026. Perez is a student at Resu ...
‘Peace Be With You!’ First full-length book by Pope Leo XIV set for February release - Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:08:00 -0500 - Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square shortly after his election on Thursday, May 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 5, 2025 / 14:08 pm (CNA) ...
Leaders in Latino communities say mass deportation causes ‘fear and anxiety’ - Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:44:00 -0500 - Paula Fitzgerald, Roxana Rueda Moreno, moderator Christian Soenen, Rosa Reyes discuss the effects of mass deportation at a conversation sponsored by the Georgetown Initiative on Catholic Social ...
Virginia school district concedes lawsuit by Catholic student over transgender policies - Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:07:00 -0500 - null / Credit: itakdalee/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 5, 2025 / 12:07 pm (CNA). A Catholic Virginia student will receive payments including attorney’s fees after a school district conceded a l ...
