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CNA Staff, Jul 28, 2020 / 09:00 am (CNA).- Religious groups must have equal access to public grant programs, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced in new guidance issued on Monday. The guidance follows the recent Supreme Court decision in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue,  earlier this month, which ruled that faith-based groups could not… Read More »

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 27, 2020 / 02:10 pm (CNA).- As Catholic schools prepare to reopen for in-person and remote learning in the fall, teachers and staff are bracing for the challenges both to students’ health and their education. On Saturday, CNA reported across various diocesan and archdiocesan Catholic schools that plan to reopen for… Read More »

St. Paul, Minn., Jul 27, 2020 / 01:01 pm (CNA).- Some pro-life advocates say that the recent push for racial equality in the US can be an awakening to the importance of their cause, and how the two problems can go hand-in-hand. Kateri Remmes, a 22 year old intern for Illinois Right to Life and… Read More »

CNA Staff, Jul 27, 2020 / 11:56 am (CNA).-   A California parish has restored an outdoor statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, after it was kicked to the ground and broken in an act of vandalism. On July 21, security cameras at St. Joseph Parish in Upland, California, captured a video of a young… Read More »

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 27, 2020 / 11:15 am (CNA).- Cardinal Joseph Zen, the emeritus Bishop of Hong Kong, has made an impassioned defense of the Second Vatican Council, criticizing both “extreme conservatives” and “extreme progressives” for rejecting the authority and authenticity of the conciliar documents. In both an interview with CNA and an essay… Read More »

CNA Staff, Jul 27, 2020 / 10:30 am (CNA).- Catholics marked the 100th anniversary Monday of the consecration of Poland to the Sacred Heart. The act took place on July 27, 1920, and was followed three weeks later by a resounding Polish victory over the Red Army known as the “Miracle on the Vistula.” In… Read More »

Vatican City, Jul 26, 2020 / 06:40 am (CNA).- Pope Francis asked young people Sunday to reach out to the elderly, especially those in nursing homes, to send a message of encouragement amid the loneliness of the coronavirus pandemic. “In the memory of Saints Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus, I would like to… Read More »

Rome Newsroom, Jul 26, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).- A church volunteer has admitted to starting the fire at Nantes Cathedral and was charged with arson on Saturday. The 39-year-old Rwandan refugee — who had been detained and released by the police immediately following the July 18 fire at the Gothic cathedral — was arrested… Read More »

CNA Staff, Jul 25, 2020 / 02:53 pm (CNA).- The Diocese of Rouen, France will mark the fourth anniversary of the murder of Fr. Jacques Hamel with a Mass and procession at the local church on Sunday. Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen and Archbishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort of Reims, president of the French bishops’ conference,… Read More »

CNA Staff, Jul 25, 2020 / 02:25 pm (CNA).-   Game show and talk show host Regis Francis Xavier Philbin died July 24 at 88. Philbin was a Catholic, and a longtime proponent and supporter of Catholic schools. “I think it made a great difference. Solidified me….taught me an awful lot. Everything that I am… Read More »