Various cultures—English, Turkish, Chinese—claim to have invented the maxim, “The fish rots from the head down” (a favorite in Your Nation’s Capital during the unhappy years when the Redskins/Commanders were owned by Daniel Snyder). Applied […]
How A Cardinal Landed in D.C. – Sources “close to the process told The Pillar [that] Cardinal Cupich privately represented the nomination [of Brian Burch to be the next U.S. ambassador to the Holy See] […]
America Magazine recently ran an article by Mary McAuliffe entitled “Women and LGBTQ Catholics are paying the price for church unity” (Jan. 2, 2024). The essay is completely unremarkable except insofar as it underscores and […]
Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas is the oldest person in the world. / Credit: Nathália Queiroz/ACI Digital
Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jan 7, 2025 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
The oldest human being in the world is Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, a 116-year-old nun from t… […]
Pope Francis addresses cardinals and senior Vatican officials during his annual Christmas speech to the Roman Curia, Dec. 22, 2024 / Credit: Vatican Media
Rome Newsroom, Jan 7, 2025 / 14:45 pm (CNA).
In a move that raised eyebrows among Vatican… […]
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CNA Staff, Jan 7, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
A lawsuit filed in federal court claims that officials in an Ohio city retaliated against a Catholic hospital, violating its constitutional … […]
President Joe Biden speaks during an interfaith prayer service at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, in New Orleans on Jan. 6, 2025, with the families and community members impacted by the New Year’s Day truck attack in New Orl… […]
In a statement published Jan. 3, 2025, Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of South Africa’s Mthatha Diocese weighed in on the situation of the illegal miners who have been trapped in a mine in South Africa’s North West Province since November. / Credit: S… […]
People visit the St. Patrick Catholic Church, illuminated with decorative lights on Christmas Eve in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, on Dec. 24, 2024. / Credit: R. SATISH BABU/AFP via Getty Images
Bangalore, India, Jan 7, 2025 / 12:30 pm (CNA).
In … […]
Spirits were uplifted and joyful following the concluding Mass at the end of the SEEK25 conference on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, as some 3,500 young Catholics, priests, and religious poured out of the Washington Hilton in downtown Washington, D.C. / … […]
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