Duluth, Minn., Dec 1, 2019 / 12:44 pm (CNA).- Bishop Paul Sirba of the Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota died on Sunday, after suffering a heart attack before offering Mass. He was 59 years old. “It […]

Editor’s note: The following homily was preached by the Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., on the feast of St. Andrew, November 30, 2019, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan. Today we […]

Vatican City, Nov 30, 2019 / 10:38 am (CNA).- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI sent a message to the International Theological Commission this week reflecting on the theological contributions of the commission that he led for […]

Editor’s note: The following homily preached by the Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., on November 29, 2019, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan. This coming Sunday, we shall embark upon a […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (CWR) – African Catholic leaders are cautioning that an Islamist insurgency in the Sahel region threatens to escalate in a manner similar to that in Syria. The cleric fears heightened early this month […]

Washington D.C., Nov 28, 2019 / 12:03 pm (CNA).- Death. It’s a subject seen as sad, morbid and fearful, something that people would rather not think about, and certainly not discuss. Yet for Catholics, death […]

Vatican City, Nov 26, 2019 / 12:20 pm (CNA).- Please read below for CNA’s full transcript of the pope’s Nov. 26 in-flight press conference, during his flight from Tokyo, Japan to Rome: Pope Francis: It […]

Vatican City, Nov 26, 2019 / 04:00 am (CNA).- In December, the Holy See is due to send a report to Moneyval, the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering watchdog, giving an update on its progress […]

Hans Küng’s massive 720-page On Being A Christian, published in English by Doubleday in 1976, had enormous impact on my theological life as a first-year Lutheran seminarian. Küng, now 91 and in poor health, was […]