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U.S. Considers Sanctions on Nicaragua for Ongoing Persecution, Rights Abuses
The White House’s Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a report this week highlighting Nicaragua’s consistent “abuses of labor rights, human rights…
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Cardinal McElroy of Washington, D.C., diagnosed with cancer, but prognosis ‘good’
Cardinal Robert McElroy at the Church of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali in Rome on April 23, 2023, when he took possession of his…
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St. Stephen: Visiting the spot where the first martyr died
Church of St. Stephen in Jerusalem, Israel, Sept. 18, 2018. / Credit: Bukvoed, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Dec 26, 2025…
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Judge orders halt to alleged ‘inhumane’ conditions for Illinois detainees
A Catholic delegation attempts to bring Communion to detainees at the Broadview, Illinois, immigration facility and was not admitted Nov. 1, 2025. / Credit:…
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U.S., Mexico bishops call for a vigil for migrants
The bishops issued their appeal in San Luis Río Colorado, in the Mexican state of Sonora, pictured here. / Credit: AyuntamientoSLRC, CC BY-SA 4.0,…
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Syria’s Parliamentary Elections a Historic but Limited Step
Syria (International Christian Concern) — In Syria’s first elections since rebel forces deposed longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad in December 2025, 119 new parliamentarians have…
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Why Sweden honors St. Lucy, a beloved Italian saint
Children participate in the annual St. Lucy’s Day celebration in Sweden. / Credit: Claudia Gründer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Dec…
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Catholic bishop calls Sheikh Hasina death sentence ‘one-sided’ and ‘abuse of power’
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gestures while speaking to the media a day after she won the 12th parliamentary elections in Dhaka on Jan.…
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Two Prisoners Released Following Prison-Letter Effort, More Behind Bars
More than 300 faithful writers took time out of their busy schedules to share the love of Christ and pen letters of encouragement to global prisoners this year. By God’s grace, it made a difference.…
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European Parliament discusses harms of surrogacy after EU condemns the practice
Reem Alsalem (right), the United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, opposes surrogacy at an Oct. 9, 2025, U.N. event hosted…
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5 ways St. John Paul II changed the Catholic Church forever
In 1984, Pope John Paul II met in Rome with 300,000 young people from all over the world in a meeting that laid the…
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7 common myths and facts about the rosary
A woman prays the rosary at the Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, on Sept. 28,…
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Vatican expert: Co-Redemptrix title of Mary not absolutely prohibited
Monsignor Maurizio Gronchi. Credit: EWTN Noticias Dec 28, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Monsignor Maurizio Gronchi, an expert consultant for the Dicastery for the…
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CNA explains: What is natural family planning?
Credit: Chinnapong/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 20, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). In an era when artificial contraception often dominates public discussions on family planning,…
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Priest expert in new evangelization on today’s Catholic moment
Father Manuel Chouciño. / Credit: ACI Prensa Madrid, Spain, Dec 23, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Father Manuel Chouciño, an expert in new evangelization…
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Pope Leo XIV urges Christians to move beyond outdated theological disputes
Pope Leo XIV receives Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople at the Vatican on May 30, 2025. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 23, 2025 /…
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Leaders in Latino communities say mass deportation causes ‘fear and anxiety’
Paula Fitzgerald, Roxana Rueda Moreno, moderator Christian Soenen, Rosa Reyes discuss the effects of mass deportation at a conversation sponsored by the Georgetown Initiative…
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From Hopeless to Hopeful
For a while, 9-year-old Badal had little interest in going to school. Coming from an economically challenged and socially discriminated community in India, Badal…
