MELBOURNE (CNA)—Cardinal George Cardinal Pell was sentenced Wednesday to six years imprisonment, after being convicted in December of sexual abuse of two choirboys in 1996. He will be eligible for … Continued
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (CNA)—Pope Francis is offering prayers for the 157 people killed in an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash Sunday, which include a priest, a religious sister, and four staff … Continued
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (CNA)—A school district in Utah has issued an apology after a fourth-grade student was told by a teacher that he must remove the cross from his … Continued
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (CNA)—A K-8 Catholic school in Kansas is defending its decision to deny admission to a kindergarten student who is the child of a same-sex couple, citing archdiocesan … Continued
VATICAN CITY (CNA)—Pope Francis announced Monday that the Vatican will open its archives on the pontificate of Pope Pius XII. Confidential files of the pope who led the Church during … Continued
ROME (CNA)—In a visit to a Roman parish on Sunday, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to stop gossiping and ruminating on the shortcomings of other people, and to instead focus on … Continued
VATICAN CITY (CNA)—Speaking at a conference on Vatican diplomacy, the Holy See’s Secretary of State stressed that it is now important “to make the China deal for the appointment of … Continued
OTTAWA (CNA)—Archbishop Luigi Ventura, apostolic nuncio to France, has been accused of sexual misconduct against an adult male while he was nuncio in Canada. The Vatican diplomat is already under … Continued
MELBOURNE, Australia (CNA)—Prosecutors have abandoned a planned second trial against Australian Cardinal George Pell, who was convicted in December 2018 on five charges of the sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal … Continued
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNA)—The movie Unplanned, which tells the true story of former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson’s conversion into a pro-life activist, has been given an R rating by the … Continued