Catholic to lead Northern Ireland’s government for first time in history

Newly appointed Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill made history Feb. 3, 2024, by becoming the first Catholic and first Irish nationalist to lead the country’s government in its 103 years of existence. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Sinn Féin/Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0 DEED Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 5, 2024 / 14:40 pm (CNA). Newly […]

English cardinal offers prayers for King Charles III after cancer diagnosis

Then-Prince Charles greets archbishop of Westminster and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols during a reception for the Cardinal Newman Canonization at Pontifical Urban College on Oct. 13, 2019, at the Vatican. / Credit: Franco Origlia/Getty Images CNA Staff, Feb 5, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA). Cardinal […]

Fiducia Supplicans and the Christian Conscience

Shortly after the publication of Fiducia Supplicans, a friend asked me how she could reconcile the content of this statement with her conscience. As she is certainly not alone with this question, I have decided […]