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- 06-01-2025 - St. André Bessette: First Canadian-born saint was a healer who loved St. Joseph
- 02-01-2025 - How can the Jubilee of Hope strengthen your faith? Here’s what you need to know
- 01-01-2025 - Why the Church begins the year celebrating Mary, the mother of God
- 24-12-2024 - Popes and Jubilees: The opening of the Holy Door in history
- 18-12-2024 - Pope Francis declares French Martyrs of Compiègne saints via equipollent canonization
- 15-12-2024 - Bethlehem’s ‘Milk Grotto’: A pilgrimage site of hope for families seeking miracles
- 14-12-2024 - The healing of a Royal Navy sailor at Lourdes
- 03-12-2024 - Remembering St. Francis Xavier’s missionary zeal
- 30-11-2024 - St. Andrew the Apostle: 8 things to know and share
- 21-11-2024 - What do we know about the presentation of Mary?
- 19-11-2024 - ‘Walking pilgrimage’ to St. Francis Xavier binds faiths in India
- 11-11-2024 - Catholic Church celebrates soldier-turned-bishop St. Martin of Tours on Nov. 11
- 27-10-2024 - An ancient vocation is on the rise: consecrated virginity
- 23-10-2024 - St. John of Capistrano: Franciscan priest and missionary who achieved military victory
- 22-10-2024 - An atheist for 35 years, she reencountered God at the tomb of St. John Paul II
- 16-10-2024 - This princess saint was not Harry Potter’s owl: St. Hedwig of Silesia
- 01-10-2024 - Decoding the Synod on Synodality: CNA’s essential terminology guide
- 30-09-2024 - Are modern Bible translations always better? A Catholic linguist praises St. Jerome’s Vulgate
- 23-09-2024 - Padre Pio: 13 facts about the saint to know and share
- 17-09-2024 - Robert Bellarmine, the saint who defended the Church with charity
- 12-09-2024 - 7 of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s most popular titles
- 04-09-2024 - Mother Teresa and St. John Paul II: a look at their holy friendship
- 27-08-2024 - St. Monica: the persistent mother of St. Augustine who never gave up
- 26-08-2024 - Marian procession in Tunisia brings Catholics and Muslims together
- 26-08-2024 - 5 interesting facts to know about St. Teresa of Calcutta
- 21-08-2024 - From Islam to the Catholic Church: One Turkish woman shares her story of faith
- 20-08-2024 - St. Bernard of Clairvaux: monastic reformer and adviser to popes
- 17-08-2024 - Sister Agnes Sasagawa, Our Lady of Akita visionary, dies at 93
- 14-08-2024 - St. Maximilian Kolbe’s beard: EWTN friars draw inspiration from unusual relic
- 14-08-2024 - St. Maximilian Kolbe’s weapon for evangelization: the Miraculous Medal
- 31-07-2024 - Ignatius of Loyola: a saint for difficult times
- 26-07-2024 - Lessons from Sts. Anne and Joachim for couples facing infertility
- 23-07-2024 - 5 things to know about St. Bridget of Sweden, mystic and mother
- 15-07-2024 - Sicilian city celebrates 400th year of feast of St. Rosalia
- 13-07-2024 - St. Henry II, the German king who became patron of the Benedictine Oblates
- 12-07-2024 - Church-builders Louis and Zélie Martin: St. Thérèse’s incomparable parents
- 06-07-2024 - St. Maria Goretti: an inspiring example of the power of forgiveness
- 04-07-2024 - Cardinal calls for beatification, canonization of WWII heroine and nurse from Malaysia
- 03-07-2024 - St. Thomas the Apostle: more than just a doubter
- 29-06-2024 - Peter the Apostle and Paul, the teacher of the Gentiles
- 28-06-2024 - St. Irenaeus of Lyon: the legacy of the early Church father and doctor of unity
- 24-06-2024 - ‘Summer Christmas’: Why does the Church celebrate the birthday of St. John the Baptist?
- 13-06-2024 - The opening of St. Anthony’s tomb and the ‘Feast of the Tongue’
- 31-05-2024 - 4 things to ponder on the feast of the Visitation
- 26-05-2024 - 12 things to know and share about the Holy Trinity
- 13-05-2024 - How to obtain a plenary indulgence during the 2025 Jubilee
- 13-05-2024 - 9 things to know and share about Fátima
- 10-05-2024 - The miracle that led to the canonization of St. Damien De Veuster
- 03-05-2024 - The prayer of a holy journalist before dying for the freedom of the Catholic press
- 01-05-2024 - The story behind the feast of St. Joseph the Worker
- 30-04-2024 - St. Pius V, safeguard of the faith
- 09-04-2024 - The Jobel at the origins of the Jubilee
- 08-04-2024 - 8 things to know and share about the Annunciation
- 07-04-2024 - 5 reasons to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet
- 28-03-2024 - What is the ‘sacred triduum’? A CNA explainer
- 20-03-2024 - There is still time to receive a plenary indulgence during Lent
- 18-03-2024 - Vatican authorizes opening of cause for canonization for 13-year-old Filipina girl
- 09-03-2024 - 8 of the most popular novenas
- 07-03-2024 - 10 little-known facts about the early visionary St. Perpetua and her companion St. Felicity
- 01-03-2024 - Vatican unveils the Holy Lance: a solemn tribute to soldier of faith St. Longinus
- 22-02-2024 - St. Peter Damian, the driving force behind the reform of the Church 1,000 years ago
- 20-02-2024 - Francisco and Jacinta: brother and sister saints who were seers at Fatima
- 19-02-2024 - Fourth Century “Mothers of the Church”
- 18-02-2024 - Norway begins preparations for Jubilee of St. Olaf in 2030
- 15-02-2024 - Vatican hosts veneration of relics of 21 Coptic martyrs of Libya on first feast day
- 14-02-2024 - Ancient 40-hour ‘Quarantore’ devotion continues to bless Rome
- 14-02-2024 - 10 important things to know about Ash Wednesday
- 11-02-2024 - 10 ways to renew your life in Christ this Lent
- 08-02-2024 - Survivor of human trafficking St. Josephine Bakhita discovered God’s infinite love
- 05-02-2024 - The first Mexican-born martyr: a castaway friar who was crucified in Japan
- 05-02-2024 - St. Agatha, the early Church martyr who tradition says was visited by St. Peter
- 03-02-2024 - St. Blaise: The bishop who lived in a cave, cured animals, and healed throat ailments
- 02-02-2024 - The Presentation of the Lord: a symbol of the Messiah’s embrace
- 01-02-2024 - Ireland celebrates 1,500th anniversary of St. Brigid’s death
- 28-01-2024 - St. Thomas Aquinas reminds us that faith and reason go together
- 27-01-2024 - St. Angela Merici: the ‘little friend’ of St. Ursula
- 27-01-2024 - Catholic midwife at Auschwitz recalled as champion of humanity
- 27-01-2024 - What is hell like? Check out these visions received by Catholic saints
- 24-01-2024 - From struggles with temper to path of charity, St. Francis de Sales is a model for us all
- 21-01-2024 - The origins of St. Agnes, child saint and martyr
- 17-01-2024 - St. Anthony of the Desert, a father of monasticism and co-patron of animals
- 09-01-2024 - Today is the feast of Sts. Julian and Basilissa, spouses blessed with love and purity
- 06-01-2024 - 7 facts about the Wise Men you might not know
- 25-11-2023 - Catholics can receive a plenary indulgence by praying before a Nativity scene
- 25-11-2023 - Christ the King: Pope Pius XI’s hope for ‘lasting peace among the nations’
- 08-11-2023 - Pope Francis recognizes miracle attributed to Argentine Cardinal Pironio who died in 1998
- 03-11-2023 - Remembering ‘Early Christians’ from 21st century India
- 31-10-2023 - What is the process for canonization? A guide for All Saints’ Day
- 26-10-2023 - 7 ways to participate in day of prayer and fasting called for by Pope Francis
- 25-10-2023 - Small communities in Asia, Latin America new model for church
- 22-10-2023 - 15 quotes from St. John Paul II on his love for the Eucharist
- 22-10-2023 - The faithful servant of Christ and the Church who was assassinated by Soviet communists
- 15-10-2023 - Pope Francis highlights ‘little greatness’ of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in apostolic letter
- 12-10-2023 - 10 things you should know about Blessed Carlo Acutis
- 11-10-2023 - Pope Francis highlights St. Josephine Bakhita’s example of forgiveness
- 07-10-2023 - A saint and a sea battle: How the rosary saved Christian Europe
- 02-10-2023 - 9 quotes from saints about guardian angels
- 29-09-2023 - The three great archangels of the Bible: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael
- 17-09-2023 - Synod 2023: What has Pope Francis said about synodality?
- 15-09-2023 - Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows reminds us of the redemptive and salvific role of suffering
- 14-09-2023 - The Vatican says a newborn martyr had a ‘baptism of blood.’ What does that mean?
- 13-09-2023 - What you need to know about the Synod on Synodality
- 31-08-2023 - The Ulma family: a remarkable beatification of martyrdom
- 30-08-2023 - Once shunned and forgotten, Little Sisters of the Poor founder Jeanne Jugan now shines
- 27-08-2023 - Lessons from St. Monica for those whose children and grandchildren have left the Church
- 22-08-2023 - Why the Queenship of Mary matters
- 11-08-2023 - Trust in divine providence: Poor Clare nun follows St. Clare of Assisi’s example
- 04-08-2023 - Why St. John Vianney is a model for all priests
- 31-07-2023 - How St. Ignatius of Loyola became the patron saint of soldiers
- 28-07-2023 - On Aug. 2, you can get this St. Francis-themed indulgence
- 25-07-2023 - Vatican honors Venerable Cardinal Văn Thuận with new foundation
- 13-07-2023 - Walking in the footsteps of St. Kateri Tekakwitha at historic shrine
- 13-07-2023 - St. Thomas Aquinas hailed for his contributions to Catholic thought
- 20-06-2023 - Synod on Synodality: Your questions answered
- 26-05-2023 - St. Philip Neri, the ‘Apostle of Rome,’ is an example of Christian charity and zeal
- 25-05-2023 - What is incorruptibility? Here’s what you need to know
- 16-04-2023 - Pope John Paul II declared Divine Mercy Sunday a feast 23 years ago
- 01-04-2023 - These are the most popular FAQs about Palm Sunday — and their answers
- 09-03-2023 - St. Frances of Rome: She found a path to sainthood in marriage and motherhood
- 14-02-2023 - Atlanta airport gets a 24/7 eucharistic chapel
- 11-02-2023 - 60 years after his miraculous healing, he still returns to Lourdes
- 06-02-2023 - The ‘Four Chaplains,’ selfless heroes of WWII, honored on 80th anniversary of their deaths
- 08-01-2022 - Pope Benedict XVI: Doctor of the Church?
- 04-01-2022 - Archbishop Gänswein: Benedict XVI lived loving the Lord until the end
- 28-12-2022 - Meet the Holy Innocents: The ‘infant martyrs’ who died for Baby Jesus
- 28-12-2022 - Pope Francis on St. Francis de Sales: He taught that ‘devotion is meant for everyone’
- 25-12-2022 - The 8 days of Christmas? A look at the Christmas octave
- 22-12-2022 - Meet Sister Bernadette, the most recently-cured person at Lourdes
- 17-12-2022 - A married couple with seven children to be beatified by the Catholic Church for martyrdom by Nazis
- 16-12-2022 - Another 140 Spanish laymen, priests martyred for their faith considered for beatification
- 15-12-2022 - How to pray the ‘Christmas Novena’ that’s been said for 300 years
- 12-12-2022 - Young martyr known as ‘the Maria Goretti of Brazil’ beatified
- 10-12-2022 - Is Pope Francis writing a special message about St. Francis de Sales?
- 06-12-2022 - 5 things to know and share about St. Nicholas
- 03-12-2022 - The unlikely hero of India: St. Francis Xavier
- 22-11-2022 - Father Willie Doyle’s cause: fearless in his faith on Flanders Fields
- 15-11-2022 - Meet the Spanish Trappist mystic saint who helps those who suffer from diabetes
- 04-11-2022 - St. Charles Borromeo: Patron saint of stomach ailments, dieting — and obesity?
- 02-11-2022 - Why do Catholics pray for the dead? — and other questions about purgatory answered
- 28-10-2022 - Sts. Simon and Jude: A grisly end for Simon?
- 23-10-2022 - Fatima, Vatican II, and the world’s consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- 16-10-2022 - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- 11-10-2022 - Eyewitness to history: Bishop Fulton J. Sheen’s assistant remembers Vatican II ‘revolution’
- 09-10-2022 - How an extraordinary healing led to the creation of The National Centre for Padre Pio
- 07-10-2022 - St. Anthony of Padua relics to visit Kansas City — and one will stay
- 01-10-2022 - The rosary: common myths and facts
- 01-10-2022 - House of saints: Visiting St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s home has inspired conversions
- 01-10-2022 - The enduring legacy of St. Edmund Arrowsmith, martyred for celebrating the Mass
- 15-09-2022 - Our Lady of Sorrows: What are Mary’s seven sorrows?
- 11-09-2022 - On this day almost 800 years ago, the practice of perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament began
- 10-09-2022 - Why this saint is the patron of souls in purgatory
- 04-09-2022 - Pregnant woman with terminal cancer survives, chooses life
- 28-08-2022 - Pope Francis becomes first pope in more than 700 years to open the Holy Door in L’Aquila
- 21-08-2022 - Saint Celestine V and the Catholic Church's first jubilee
- 07-08-2022 - Meet Michael McGivney Schachle, the miracle baby who helped make his namesake a Blessed
- 04-08-2022 - Who can get married in a Catholic church?
- 29-07-2022 - Pope Francis gifts his ‘dearest friend’ to Canada: St. Joseph
- 15-07-2022 - 12 keys to using the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
- 05-07-2022 - St. Maria Goretti: Remembering one of the youngest Catholic saints
- 22-06-2022 - First married couple to be beatified together featured at World Meeting of Families
- 22-06-2022 - Why June 29 is a good day to consider the legend of St. Peter and St. Agatha
- 19-06-2022 - Why is June the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus?
- 18-06-2022 - How the Eucharist entered the heart of a 13th-century saint and inspired a Sister of Life
- 17-06-2022 - 99-year-old Carmelite nun credits her family and Mary for her long, happy vocation
- 14-06-2022 - Corpus Christi Sunday 2022: Inspiring words from the saints about the Eucharist
- 11-06-2022 - Trinity Sunday 2022: 10 illuminating quotes from the saints about the Holy Trinity
- 07-06-2022 - What is the Order of Malta?
- 01-06-2022 - Pope Francis: Bring the love of Jesus’ Sacred Heart ‘to the ends of the earth’
- 27-05-2022 - Pentecost Novena: Here's how to pray the first novena
- 22-05-2022 - Here are two basic requirements Catholics must meet to receive Holy Communion
- 21-04-2022 - The indulgences offered on Divine Mercy Sunday, and how to obtain them
- 15-03-2022 - Here are resources on the 1984 consecration of Russia
- 22-02-2022 - This Catholic doctor lost everything in the Nagasaki bombing. Except faith, hope, and love.
- 18-02-2022 - Pope Francis advances sainthood cause of Argentine cardinal who organized 1st World Youth Days
- 15-02-2022 - Lord Alton commemorates bravery, solidarity of the 21 Coptic Orthodox martyrs
- 11-02-2022 - 5 fascinating facts about the apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes
- 03-02-2022 - Four Chaplains Day honors self-sacrificial World War II chaplains, including Catholic priest
- 02-02-2022 - 5 things to know about the World Day for Consecrated Life
- 24-01-2022 - How St. Irenaeus helped save the early Church from schism
- 05-01-2022 - When does Christmas actually end?
- 05-01-2022 - What is the 'Black Nazarene'? Here's the fascinating history of this centuries-old tradition
- 28-12-2021 - Meet the Holy Innocents: The 'infant martyrs' who died for Baby Jesus
- 10-12-2021 - What makes the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe so mysterious?
- 08-12-2021 - 5 facts to know about the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
- 06-12-2021 - 5 things to know and share about St. Nicholas
- 29-11-2021 - The meanings and traditions of Advent
- 27-11-2021 - Everything you need to know about the Advent wreath
- 23-11-2021 - Here's the story of how the feast of Christ the King came about
- 03-11-2021 - 7 fascinating facts about St. Martin de Porres, the first black saint of the Americas
- 02-11-2021 - How to get a plenary indulgence any day this November 2021
- 27-10-2021 - Why is St. Jude the patron saint of lost causes?
- 22-10-2021 - 5 ways Saint Pope John Paul II changed the Catholic Church forever
- 16-10-2021 - Everything you need to know about the devotion to the Sacred Heart
- 05-10-2021 - 7 things you need to know about St. Faustina and her vision of Hell
- 15-08-2021 - The fascinating history of the feast of Mary's Assumption
- 31-03-2021 - How to obtain a plenary indulgence during Holy Week
- 17-03-2021 - Priest attributes to St Joseph miracle of plane that broke in half with no one killed
- 19-02-2021 - What's the point of fasting, anyway?
- 01-01-2021 - Mary's lessons in motherhood
- 31-12-2020 - Why a new consecration to St. Joseph is spreading like wildfire
- 07-12-2020 - What is messianic expectation in the Old Testament?
- 30-11-2020 - What is Advent, anyway? A CNA Explainer
- 28-11-2020 - The woman who lived for 60 years on the Eucharist alone
- 25-11-2020 - Pandemic conditions have increased Christian persecution
- 02-11-2020 - Death in the modern age – and how to prepare as a Catholic
- 16-10-2020 - Millennials and geeks can be saints too
- 27-08-2020 - The Catholic Church’s new path to sainthood: What is ‘offering of life?’
- 15-08-2020 - What's the Assumption, anyway? A CNA Explainer
- 20-07-2020 - Vatican issues new guidelines for parishes: 5 things you need to know
- 20-06-2020 - Pope Francis adds three titles to Catholic litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- 19-06-2020 - The Sacred Heart of Jesus: Fount of God's love and mercy
- 30-05-2020 - Everything you need to know about Pentecost
- 29-05-2020 - Why we pray during a global pandemic
- 28-05-2020 - Digital Celebrations
- 18-05-2020 - John Paul II’s mom chose life after her doctor advised an abortion
- 15-05-2020 - The pandemic and our ecological sins
- 14-05-2020 - 'Is Jesus’ body in space?' And other Ascension questions you didn’t know you had
- 01-05-2020 - St. Joseph the Worker was once out of work, too
- 25-04-2020 - The Popes and the Rosary
- 09-02-2020 - St. Valentine: How a beheaded martyr became the poster child for romantic love
- 24-07-2019 - The Lebanese saint who unites Christians and Muslims
- 03-05-2019 - How an Italian basilica was destroyed by fire in the 19th century
- 02-03-2019 - Where do Ash Wednesday ashes come from?
- 28-12-2018 - Why Christians believe in resurrection, not reincarnation
- 07-11-2018 - Why the Holy Land is the 'fifth gospel' of Christianity
- 06-11-2018 - Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil: 'I have witnessed the power of prayer'
- 10-08-2018 - What's driving the growth of Catholic churches in the Bible Belt?
- 02-08-2018 - Vatican changes Catechism teaching on death penalty, calls it ‘inadmissible’
- 25-07-2018 - On 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, reasons for hope
- 22-07-2018 - Is Church teaching changing on the death penalty?
- 22-06-2018 - Saints John Fisher and Thomas More: Following God’s law above all else
- 30-05-2018 - Catholics respond to global forced migration crisis
- 12-04-2018 - They were going to get married. Now he's a priest and she's a sister
- 25-03-2018 - This Sunday, where will the millions of palms come from?
- 03-03-2018 - Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church added to liturgical calendar
- 22-02-2018 - What to do if you're too ashamed to go to Confession
- 05-02-2018 - Marriage Encounter movement celebrates 50 years of strengthening marriages
- 28-12-2017 - How to pray the Rosary more deeply
- 10-11-2017 - The little-known vocation of consecrated virginity
- 10-10-2017 - Holiness: The fullness of the Christian life
- 22-08-2017 - These priests were martyred for refusing to violate the seal of confession
- 15-08-2017 - The fascinating history of the feast of Mary's Assumption
- 25-07-2017 - These nuns offer their blindness for the salvation of the world
- 20-07-2017 - Is the single life a vocation? Maybe we're asking the wrong question
- 12-07-2017 - Pope Francis approves fourth path to sainthood
- 12-05-2017 - 'Miracle of the sun' broke darkness of Portugal's atheist regimes
- 11-05-2017 - The 5 prayers revealed at Fatima that every Catholic should know
- 11-03-2017 - What the world could learn from the witness of Egypt's Christians
- 06-01-2017 - The history of the Epiphany: Here’s what you need to know
- 21-12-2016 - This man was 9 years-old when he saw John Paul II get shot
- 29-07-2016 - Heroism and sacrifice: The Catholic history of Auschwitz
- 22-07-2016 - Mary Magdalene – 'Apostle to the Apostles' – gets upgraded feast day
- 23-12-2015 - A 'most powerful woman' – National Geographic's major hat tip to the Virgin Mary
- 22-12-2015 - Priest who died on the Titanic could be on path to sainthood
- 27-05-2015 - Understanding the fierce devotion behind the Black Nazarene
- 03-02-2014 - On relics and their relevance to faith
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