National Catholic News

2018-03-07

Ohio Catholic hospital resolves First Amendment dispute over ‘body cavity’ search
on March 13, 2025 at 4:20 pm
null / Credit: Syda Productions/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 13, 2025 / 12:20 pm (CNA). An Ohio Catholic hospital has resolved a legal dispute in which it alleged that city authorities violated its constitutional rights in attempting to force it to perform a drug search on a patient.Mercy Health, […]
Vatican could be close to decision in Rupnik case, report says
on March 13, 2025 at 3:50 pm
Father Marko Rupnik. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Rome Vatican City, Mar 13, 2025 / 11:50 am (CNA). A media report says the Vatican’s doctrine office could be close to a decision in the case of the ex-Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik.According to OSV News, a “sentence is expected in […]
Catholic university in Miami plans major expansion to fill Florida’s nursing gap
on March 13, 2025 at 2:30 pm
St. Thomas University announced on Feb. 27, 2025, its plans for a 99,000-square-foot nursing college building. / Credit: Photo courtesy of St. Thomas University CNA Staff, Mar 13, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). Amid Florida’s nursing shortage, a Catholic university in the Archdiocese of Miami is […]
John Paul II’s biographer says late pope is a model for Catholics in fighting antisemitism
on March 13, 2025 at 12:55 pm
St. John Paul II at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 21, 1981. / Credit: L’Osservatore Romano Washington D.C., Mar 13, 2025 / 08:55 am (CNA). According to St. John Paul II’s official biographer, George Weigel, living in Nazi-occupied Poland was “the most formative […]
Holy See’s delegation to the UN to address scourge of internet pornography
on March 13, 2025 at 12:30 pm
The United Nations logo is seen at U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 4, 2023. / Credit: DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images Vatican City, Mar 13, 2025 / 08:30 am (CNA). The Holy See’s delegation to the United Nations is organizing a March 19 event in conjunction with the 69th Session of the […]
Catholic businesspeople transforming culture: Legatus
on March 13, 2025 at 11:20 am
Legatus President Stephen Henley speaks at the organization’s 2025 annual conference in February in Naples, Florida. / Credit: Courtesy of Legatus Miami, Fla., Mar 13, 2025 / 07:20 am (CNA). In today’s culture, often hostile to expressions of faith, many Catholics struggle with how to hold […]
Legionaries of Christ priest accused of abusing 5 schoolgirls in Spain
on March 13, 2025 at 10:40 am
Highlands El Encinar School in Madrid. / Credit: Courtesy of Highlands School Madrid, Spain, Mar 13, 2025 / 06:40 am (CNA). Father Marcelino de Andrés Núñez, a priest of the Legionaries of Christ and former secretary of Marcial Maciel, was arrested in Spain and released subject to restrictions, […]
LIVE UPDATES: On 12th anniversary of pontificate, Pope Francis continues treatment in hospital
on March 13, 2025 at 8:41 am
Crowds gather to pray the rosary for Pope Francis’ health on Feb. 27, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Mar 13, 2025 / 04:41 am (CNA). Pope Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and […]
PHOTOS: A timeline of Pope Francis’ 12 years as pope
on March 13, 2025 at 8:00 am
Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square, Oct. 5, 2016. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA CNA Staff, Mar 13, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). March 13 marks the 12th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis as the 265th successor of St. Peter. Here is a timeline of key events during his […]
Kansas governor says ‘black mass’ must take place outside state capitol building
on March 12, 2025 at 10:55 pm
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on March 12, 2025, that said she has “limited authority” to cancel a scheduled “black mass,” instead decreeing that the event must take place outside and not inside the capitol building itself. / Credit: Nils Huenerfuerst/Wikipedia/CC BY 4.0 CNA Staff, Mar 12, 2025 […]
Trump NIH director nominee calls for ethical alternatives to aborted fetal tissue research
on March 12, 2025 at 10:20 pm
Jay Bhattacharya testifies during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on his nomination to be Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 5, 2025. / Credit: Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, […]
Chaldean Catholic patriarch: ‘Many Muslims contact me to find out how Pope Francis is doing’
on March 12, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Pope Francis with Cardinal Sako in 2020. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 12, 2025 / 17:55 pm (CNA). The Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, said with emotion that most of the Iraqi population has been distressed by Pope Francis' extended hospitalization and that […]
Federal judge orders Trump administration to pay foreign aid contracts for finished work
on March 12, 2025 at 9:30 pm
null / Credit: sergign/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 12, 2025 / 17:30 pm (CNA). A federal judge has ordered the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to make foreign aid payments to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) for completed work but gave administration officials some […]
Catholic democracy advocate Jimmy Lai ‘fighting for his beliefs’ during long trial
on March 12, 2025 at 9:00 pm
Sebastian Lai speaks to EWTN News Nightly Anchor Tracy Sabol on his father's imprisonment, Wednesday, Mar. 12, 2025 / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 12, 2025 / 17:00 pm (CNA). Sebastian Lai, son of Hong Kong Catholic democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, said this week his father is […]
Cardinal Koch: ‘Suffering of illness’ a great challenge for aging Pope Francis
on March 12, 2025 at 5:20 pm
Hundreds of people gather to pray the rosary for Pope Francis’ health on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Mar 12, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA). Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Christian […]