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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kate Quinones |George Neumayr
Adopt a cardinal: How Catholics can pray for the electors of the next pope By Kate Quiñones for CNA Cardinals participate in Day 4 of the Novendiales Masses for Pope Francis on April 29, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNACNA Staff, Apr 29, 2025 / 14:49 pm (CNA). Monsignor Roger Landry, the national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies USA, encouraged Catholics to pray for the cardinals in a video message from St. Peter’s Square on Monday.
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Christopher R. Altieri |George Neumayr
The entrance portal of St. Peter's Parish Church in Radovljica. (Photo: Donald Judge from England/Wikimedia Commons)Friends and readers have asked me who I want to be the next guy, and I’ve responded—artlessly and without any guile—that I have no ’druthers. I don’t know who will get the nod. There is a very real sense in which, as a Catholic and a journalist, I do not care.
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3 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kate Quinones |George Neumayr
JD Vance on Pope Francis: ‘He was a great Christian pastor’ By Kate Quiñones for CNA U.S. Vice-President JD Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, at the Vatican / Credit: Vatican Media/ScreenshotCNA Staff, Apr 23, 2025 / 16:21 pm (CNA). U.S. Vice President JD Vance said this week that he is refusing to politicize Pope Francis’ death, hailing the late pontiff as a “broad” figure and a “great” leader of the Catholic Church.
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4 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kate Quinones |George Neumayr
Marchers hold pro-life signs at the Missouri March for Life in St. Louis on Saturday, April 12, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Coalition LifeCNA Staff, Apr 17, 2025 / 11:28 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news:Hundreds join St. Louis March for LifeOn Saturday an estimated 700 pro-lifers marched on the Gateway Arch for the eighth annual St. Louis March for Life run by Coalition Life.
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Daniel Payne |George Neumayr
Texas Catholic Charities will drop lawsuit against federal government as payments resume By Daniel Payne for CNA CNA Staff, Mar 28, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). A Texas Catholic charity group that sued the federal government this month over budget cuts says it will drop its lawsuit as payments from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) resume.
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Victoria Isabel Cardiel |George Neumayr
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 25, 2020 / 03:05 pm (CNA).- The United States should send a special envoy to Nigeria to help coordinate the protection of the Christian population and prevent further destabilization in the area, said former Rep. Frank Wolf on Thursday, June 25. Wolf was speaking during a press briefing on the ongoing violence facing Christians in the country, which was hosted by the organization In Defense of Christians.
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2 months ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Emily Chaffins |George Neumayr
Erie, Pa., Aug 15, 2018 / 04:59 pm (CNA).- Bishop Donald Trautman responded Tuesday to the Pennsylvania grand jury report on allegations of clerical sex abuse of minors, saying he did not condone or enable such abuse during his tenure leading the Diocese of Erie. Abuse victims “should understand that neither this Statement nor my Response to the grand jury Report is intended to diminish the horrible abuse inflicted upon them and the immense suffering they have endured.
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2 months ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Carl Olson |George Neumayr
What is required in the face of temptation and trials A Scriptural Reflection on the Readings for Sunday, March 9, 2025, the First Sunday of Lent Detail from "The Temptation of Christ" (1854) by Ary Scheffer (Image: WikiArt.org) Readings: • Dt 26:4-10 • Ps 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 • Rom 10:8-13 • Lk 4:1-13 “The whole story of the Temptation is misconceived,” wrote Monsignor Ronald Knox, “if we do not recognize that it was an attempt made by Satan to find out whether our Lord was the Son of...
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2 months ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Victoria Isabel Cardiel |George Neumayr
Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas is apostolic nuncio to Ukraine. / Credit: Courtesy of the nuncioVatican City, Feb 24, 2025 / 16:05 pm (CNA). Monday, Feb. 24, marked three years of Ukrainian resistance against the Russian invasion. According to U.N. data, more than 12,600 civilians have died in the conflict, including more than 2,400 children. In addition, more than 10% of the country’s housing stock has been damaged or destroyed, causing more than 2 million families to be displaced.
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2 months ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Madalaine Elhabbal |George Neumayr
Marriage researchers Brad Wilcox (right) and Margarite Mooney on the stage of a panel discussion titled “Why Have Children?” on Feb. 15, 2025, at the New York Encounter conference in New York City. / Credit: Migi Fabara/EWTN NewsNew York City, N.Y., Feb 16, 2025 / 13:40 pm (CNA). Forecasts that one in three young adults in the U.S. today will never marry signify a closing of the “American heart,” a leading marriage researcher said Saturday.
