Pope recalls visit to Canada at Angelus

Pope Francis thanks all those who made his visit to Canada possible, and says that while there, his thoughts were also with the people of Ukraine. Read all  

Big-spending abortion backers target Kansas ballot measure, but pro-lifers hope for win

null / Shutterstock Denver Newsroom, Jul 31, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA). Wealthy out-of-state donors who back legalized abortion are funding opposition to a Kansas constitutional amendment that would end the state Supreme Court’s ban on abortion restrictions. Backers of the effort expect to be outspent but are confident they will prevail at the ballot […]

The Church That Nourished the Faith of Father Kapaun

The home parish of Father Emil Kapaun nurtured the Medal of Honor recipient’s faith, and the related museum houses precious relics of the Servant of God. St. John Nepomucene Church is a sacred space in the Sunflower State.

Ghana’s Cardinal-designate elected SECAM President.

Catholic Bishops of Africa meeting in Accra, Ghana, for their 19th Plenary Assembly Saturday, elected Ghanaian Cardinal-designate Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr as the new President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). Read all  

Moment of silence at Masses honors immigrant beaten to death in broad daylight

ROME – A moment of silence will be observed during all Masses in the Archdiocese of Fermo in central Italy this weekend, in place of the usual homily, to honor a Nigerian immigrant was who brutally beaten to death in broad daylight. Alika Ogorchukwu, 39, was killed in the center of Civitanova Marche Friday afternoon. […]

Pope’s Canada trip proves Vatican isn’t the only one who thinks in centuries

ROME – It was twilight on the evening of Oct. 12, 2000, during Pope John Paul II’s Great Jubilee Year featuring an historic Day of Pardon asking forgiveness for sins of the Catholic Church, and also the 580th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the New World, when a small delegation of Indigenous persons approached […]

Saint of the day: Ignatius of Loyola

St. Ignatius of Loyola was born in 1491 in Spain. He was a page in the court of Ferdinand and Isabella, and then joined the Spanish army as a soldier. After a leg injury in Pamplona in 1521, he was hospitalized for a long time, and in his boredom, read “Lives of the Saints.” This […]