Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois has issued an urgent plea for Catholics and all people to contact Gov. J.B. Pritzker and demand he veto a controversial assisted suicide bill that pro-life advocates say would [...]

Pope Leo XIV met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the first time on Thursday, and the two men discussed the urgent need to provide assistance to civilians in Gaza and to pursue a two-state solution to end the conflict [...]

The Spalding Institute in the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, is being transformed into “The Fulton J. Sheen Experience,” an expansion of the Sheen museum, which has been open since 2008.  / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot CNA Staff, Nov 6, 2025 [...]

Vatican City, Nov 3, 2025 / 11:04 am Pope Leo XIV on Monday presided over a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in suffrage for the late Pope Francis and for deceased cardinals and bishops. One [...] --- Vatican City, Nov 3, [...]

Bishop Joseph Dabrowski of Charlottetown will succeed LGBT-activist Bishop Douglas Crosby in the Diocese of Hamilton when he is installed on February 2, 2026. --- Bishop Joseph Dabrowski of Charlottetown will succeed LGBT-activist Bishop Douglas Crosby in the Diocese of Hamilton [...]

"The slightest pain of Purgatory will exceed the greatest pain of this life." --- Above: Saint Lawrence Liberates Souls from Purgatory by Lorenzo di Niccolò (1412). According to a very ancient popular devotion, the month of November is dedicated to the [...]

cna --- Vatican Media Approximately 300 representatives of world religions and cultures joined the Holy Father for an evening ecumenical prayer service for peace, organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio, on Oct. 28, 2025, at the Colosseum in Rome. In his remarks, the [...]

The state of California does not collect or publish abortion data through its Department of Public Health. The Centers for Disease Control’s 1996 abortion surveillance report was the last to include California data. In response to an inquiry from [...]

Pregnancy help centers (PHCs) in Virginia are facing a serious threat. A proposed constitutional amendment could expand abortion access, remove the limited safeguards for women and girls that currently exist, and endanger the existence of PHCs across the Commonwealth. [...]