Tag: Catholic
-
Pope Francis in Angelus address mourns Catholic priest murdered in Mexico
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 27, 2024 / 11:40 am In his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis remembered Father Marcelo Pérez, a priest recently murdered in the violence-stricken region of Chiapas, Mexico. The pope called the slain priest “a zealous servant of the Gospel and God’s faithful people” and said he joined the…
-
Exclusive: Catholic FBI whistleblower Marcus Allen discusses how faith inspired action
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 15, 2024 / 18:05 pm An FBI whistleblower who spent two years fighting to regain his security clearance after questioning the agency’s leadership told CNA that his Catholic faith and his desire to serve the public motivated his actions. “I felt convicted in my actions by the Holy…
-
Maronite Catholic priest recovering from injuries after attack at rectory in Philadelphia
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 10, 2024 / 18:25 pm A Maronite Catholic priest is recovering from injuries he suffered after a man attacked him at the rectory in Philadelphia, across the street from the St. Maron Maronite Catholic Church, at which he is the pastor. The alleged attacker, who has not yet…
-
Oklahoma Catholic charter school petitions U.S. Supreme Court to consider approval
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Oct 8, 2024 / 17:30 pm A charter school in Oklahoma is aiming to be the first publicly-funded religious charter school in the United States after it appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday after lower courts ruled against it this summer. St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School and Oklahoma’s…
-
Catholic Church laments Mexican army’s deadly shooting of migrants
By Diego López Colín Puebla, Mexico, Oct 4, 2024 / 18:45 pm Six migrants traveling through southern Mexico in a pickup truck lost their lives and 10 more have been wounded after being fired upon by Mexican soldiers. According to information shared by Mexico’s National Defense Secretariat (Sedena, by its Spanish acronym), the incident occurred…
-
Cardinal Timothy Dolan: Kamala Harris received ‘bad advice’ to skip Catholic Al Smith charity dinner
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 25, 2024 / 17:10 pm Cardinal Timothy Dolan said on Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris’ decision to skip the Al Smith dinner, a prominent Catholic charity event in New York, wasn’t a wise political move. While Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Harris’ decision to skip the dinner reveals…
-
‘It gives me hope’: Catholic advocates work to abolish death penalty at federal level
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Sep 21, 2024 / 09:00 am Pro-life advocates have seen significant gains in rolling back the death penalty in states around the country in recent years. A smaller but still determined band of activists and policymakers, meanwhile, is hoping for a similar victory at the federal level. The vast majority…
-
Donald Trump and Polish president to visit Catholic shrine in Pennsylvania
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 18, 2024 / 15:50 pm Former president Donald Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda will visit a Polish Marian shrine in the Bucks County suburbs of Philadelphia on Sunday, Sept. 22. The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa is located in Doylestown — about midway between the…
-
Catholic universities among dozens of schools with links to abortion industry, study finds
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Sep 17, 2024 / 15:20 pm A study by the pro-life group Students for Life of America (SFLA) has identified dozens of U.S. Christian colleges and universities, including multiple Catholic institutions, maintaining “some type of relationship” with the abortion industry, including the abortion giant Planned Parenthood. SFLA’s Demetree Institute for…
-
Catholic Church is in the midst of a growth spurt in Singapore
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú Madrid, Spain, Sep 11, 2024 / 15:02 pm Despite the strong presence of Buddhism, Catholicism is the religion that is growing the most in Singapore, the last country that Pope Francis will visit on his extensive tour of Asia and Oceania. The origin of the Catholic Church in Singapore, the Southeast Asian…