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  • April 4, 2019

Feast of St. Isidore of Seville

Isidore was born in Cartagena, Spain, in approximately 560....
  • April 2, 2019

Feast of St. Francis of Paola

Francis of Paola founded a religious order at a young age and sought to revive the practices of...
  • March 30, 2019

Feast of Blessed Restituta Kafka

Helen Kafka was born in 1894 to a shoemaker in Moravia and grew up in Vienna. At the...
  • March 23, 2019

Feast of St. Toribio of Mongrovejo

Spanish-born Toribio, a 16th century bishop, upheld the rights of Peru’s indigenous peoples and became one of the...
  • March 8, 2019

These 17th century monks did a beer-only fast for Lent

WASHINGTON (CNA) — With the Lenten season fully in swing, Catholics are immersing themselves in 40 days of...
  • November 29, 2018

Vatican commission approves second miracle for Blessed John Henry Newman

WASHINGTON (CNA) — A second miracle attributed to Blessed John Henry Newman has reportedly been approved by the...
  • November 28, 2018

‘13 Reasons Why’ could influence suicidal teens, says study

WASHINGTON (CNA) — A new study from the University of Michigan warns that the popular — and controversial...
  • November 15, 2018

Alleged victim of Archbishop McCarrick speaks at rally outside USCCB meeting

BALTIMORE (CNA/EWTN News) — James Grein, the man who came forward this summer alleging he was abused for...
  • September 11, 2018

Third ‘restoration’ of Catholic artwork in Spain sparks outrage, hilarity

OVIEDO, Spain (CNA/EWTN News) — In the third known act of egregious artistic restoration of Spanish Catholic art...
  • September 11, 2018

9/11: When John Paul II grieved with America

VATICAN CITY (CNA/EWTN News) — As three airliners smashed into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon,...