Don’t Forget What the Israel-Hamas War Is About…
It has been four weeks since Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel. Now, Israel is engaged in a long and bloody ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, the territory controlled by Hamas. The horror and ugliness of war has been brought regularly to our eyes in recent days, and such images likely will continue […]
“That They Might Have Life”: A Catholic Response to Drugs, the Damage They Inflict, and the False Rhetoric Behind Them…
Recently, I was in Spain and was praying in a church. A homeless man came into the church and approached me, begging for money. He needed the money not for food, water, or shelter, but for drugs. He went to great lengths to express his desperation and showed me the damage the needles had done […]
Two Years After ‘Traditionis Custodes’ Crackdown, FSSP Reports Record Number of Seminarians and Members…
The traditionalist Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) has more seminarians and members than ever before, according to newly published statistics. Annual figures released Nov. 1 showed that the society of apostolic life — a community of priests who do not take religious vows — has more than 200 seminarians for the first time since […]
Catholic theology on the visibility of the Church provides crucial answers in the current crisis
Heartbroken Catholics are asking: what is going on? Have Christ’s promises to the Church failed? Is there a solution? The answers to these questions come from the traditional teaching of the Catholic Church.Read More
Pope Francis’ consecration of Russia did NOT fulfill Our Lady’s request | Christopher Ferrara
Christopher Ferrara, Senior Counsel of the Thomas More Society and member of The Fatima Center, spoke at the 2023 Rome Life Forum, calling all Catholics to respond faithfully to the Fatima prophecy for the conversion of Russia. Ferrara contends that we are living in the times of prophecy and that the current and terrible crisis […]
Weekly News Roundup: Same-Sex “Blessings”, Ohio Abortion Law, Trans Dubia, Brooklyn Church Desecrated
PDF Button This week, CFN’s editors discuss: German Bishop Calls for “Reassessment of Homosexuality”, Same-Sex “Blessings” (source, source, source, source, source)Ohio Enshrines Abortion-on-Demand in State Constitution (source, source, source, source)Vatican: Trans People Can be Baptized, Serve as Godparents; Same for Active Homosexuals (source, source, source)Historic Brooklyn Church Desecrated by Pop Star, Bishop Disciplines Pastor (source, […]
Oklahoma City archbishop urges governor to grant clemency to convicted murderer
Archbishop Paul Coakley. Courtesy photo. CNA Staff, Nov 10, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA). A state board in Oklahoma this week narrowly recommended clemency for a man convicted of a double murder more than 20 years ago, a decision that Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City urged the state governor to accept. Coakley thanked the […]
Mother of Israeli hostage thanks Pope Francis for his efforts to free captives in Gaza
null / Credit: Hostage and Missing Families Forum CNA Staff, Nov 10, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The mother of a hostage held by the Palestinian terror group Hamas has expressed thanks to Pope Francis for his efforts to free the hundreds of innocent people who were abducted from Israel on Oct. 7. In a […]
Italian Senate launches inquiry into disappearance of Vatican Girl and another missing teen
From the Netflix documentary series, “Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi” / Netflix Rome Newsroom, Nov 10, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA). The Italian Senate voted nearly unanimously on Thursday to launch a new parliamentary inquiry into the 40-year-old cold case of the disappearance of 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi, who lived in Vatican City, as […]
Bishops urge Congress to take new measures to protect migrant children from human trafficking
Migrants take a rest while taking part in a caravan toward the border with the United States in Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico, on Oct. 31, 2023. / Credit: ISAAC GUZMAN/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 10, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA). The U.S. bishops’ migration committee, headed by Bishop Mark Seitz of El […]