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U.S. officials continue to defend Iranian conflict amid criticism from top Catholic leaders
Posted on 04/9/2026 13:11 PM (CNA Daily News)
The government allegedly demanded earlier in the year that the Vatican throw support behind U.S. military actions.
Activists renew defunding drive after Planned Parenthood reports record-breaking year of abortions
Posted on 04/9/2026 12:41 PM (CNA Daily News)
As Planned Parenthood reports a record 434,450 abortions of unborn babies in 2023-2024, advocates for unborn children renew their call to permanently defund the group.
Vatican aid convoy in Lebanon caught in crossfire as Church relief effort is forced back
Posted on 04/9/2026 11:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
A French Catholic aid leader said conditions in southern Lebanon have become untenable.
Pope Leo XIV: Sport must be a ‘space for encounter’
Posted on 04/9/2026 10:30 AM (CNA Daily News)
The pontiff addressed athletes from the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Los Angeles Archdiocese announces pilgrimage sites, indulgences for St. Francis Jubilee
Posted on 04/9/2026 10:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
Archbishop José H. Gomez has declared 15 sites in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles as pilgrimage destinations during the 2026 Jubilee Year of St. Francis.
Amid Bangladesh energy crisis, Catholics oppose online classes proposal
Posted on 04/9/2026 09:15 AM (CNA Daily News)
Catholic educators and parents say the proposal could deepen learning gaps and increase screen addiction, especially for low-income families.
Concordat with Vatican halted in Czech Republic over seal of confession
Posted on 04/9/2026 08:30 AM (CNA Daily News)
Experts say the ruling is a setback for religious freedom in one of Europe’s most secular countries, where a concordat had been decades in the making.
Christians must be messengers of peace this Easter, Comboni missionary says
Posted on 04/9/2026 07:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
Father Giulio Albanese, MCCJ, who has witnessed several atrocities of war firsthand, said today’s Christians cannot turn a blind eye to people’s sufferings.
Cardinal Porras says new era in Venezuela after Maduro ‘is not about vengeance’
Posted on 04/9/2026 06:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
Assessing the country’s current situation, the prelate emphasized that free elections and democracy simultaneously require the separation of powers, free speech, and a well-informed public.
Sisters of Nazareth join the Augustinian family: ‘We are of one soul’
Posted on 04/9/2026 05:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
Two long-standing religious communities of San Diego are joining together, according to a recent announcement by the California province of the Order of St. Augustine.