Catholic News – Americas
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Outspoken Calgary Bishop Emeritus Frederick Henry dies at 81
Bishop Emeritus Frederick Bernard Henry, shown in a 2018 file photo, led the Diocese of Calgary from 1998 to 2017.…
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Trump discusses 100-day plan, abortion pill, immigration, tax cuts in first interview
President-Elect Donald Trump at the Elysee Palace on Dec. 7, 2024, in Paris. / Credit: Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images CNA Staff,…
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Catholic bishops to join health professionals for online mental health retreat
Left to right: Father Timothy Gallagher, Archbishop Borys Gudziak, Archbishop Nelson Perez, Archbishop Alexander Sample. / Credit: SOCA CNA Staff,…
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New film on Padre Pio provides intimate look into saint’s life from those who knew him
St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio. / Credit: After Elia Stelluto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA…
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White House backs off enforcing underage contraceptive rule in Texas
null / Credit: 279photo Studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 6, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The White House is backing off…
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Nicaraguan dictatorship kidnaps and expels another priest
The Nicaraguan dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his “co-president” and wife, Rosario Murillo, kidnapped and expelled from the country a…
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Bible boom: Why are people buying so many Bibles?
null / Credit: joshimerbin/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 5, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Is the Bible — already the most…
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New Orleans priest pleads guilty to 1970s kidnapping, rape of teenager
Father Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty this week to kidnapping and raping a teenage boy in the 1970s, heading off a…
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Pope Francis’ letter to Nicaraguan Catholics is ‘balm for our spirit,’ exiles say
Nicaraguan academic and political activist Felix Maradiaga speaks during an interview with AFP in Managua on Feb. 11, 2021. /…
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Vatican suppresses Carmelite monastery following long-running controversy
The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas. / Credit:…
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