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A new report by the Catholic-inspired International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, Intersociety, asserts that at least 7,087 Christians were massacred across Nigeria in the first 220 days of 2025—a daily [...] --- A new report by [...]

A panorama of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. / Credit: Jakub Maculewicz/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 12, 2025 / 15:52 pm (CNA). A religious institute in New Zealand has lost its appeal to the Vatican to continue public ministry in the [...]

Israeli archaeologists recently discovered the first Bronze Age blade factory found in southern Israel, showing evidence of complex Canaanite society 5,500 years ago. --- A 5,500-year-old Canaanite blade factory was recently uncovered in Israel — offering a rare link to a [...]

The First Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (1967), held two years after Pope St. Paul VI instituted the Synod of Bishops, was a synod of consequence that still influences the Church today through the canonical legislation, [...] --- The First Ordinary General Assembly [...]

The Vatican City’s Governor’s Palace (Palazzo del Governatorato in Vaticano), the building that is the seat of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State in the Vatican Gardens. / Credit: Some pictures here/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, ... [...] --- The Vatican City’s [...]

The parish priest of St. Patrick in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, Canon John Murray, is in a “serious but stable” condition in hospital following the Aug. 10, 2025, assault in which his fingers were broken while defending himself. / Credit: [...]

The endless flood of failed doomsday prophecies is a dangerous distraction from the real work of avoiding societal collapse, even numbing people into inaction on genuine threats. --- The endless flood of failed doomsday prophecies is a dangerous distraction from the [...]

Poetry is a human exercise and throughout human history has been one method people have used to connect to others and to God. Though readership of poetry in the United States has grown in recent [...] --- Poetry is a human [...]

Members of The Catholic University of America Office of Campus Ministry receive their RISE Award from the Associates of St. John Bosco. / Credit: Photo courtesy of The Cartiedas CNA Staff, Aug 10, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). As more efforts [...]

Does an American political tradition still exist? It seems it must. After all, Americans have been carrying on politics together for hundreds of years. And when people do things together for such a long time, [...] --- Does an American political [...]