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Bodybuilder previously totally hostile to the faith has radical conversion
Posted on 02/17/2026 08:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
Former bodybuilder Bruno Toral shared his personal conversion story from being totally hostile to the faith to becoming a dedicated disciple of Christ.
Cardinal Newman Society to accredit Catholic schools
Posted on 02/17/2026 07:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
A leading voice from the Cardinal Newman Society shares how the new accreditation program will accelerate Catholic education reform and help support Catholic families to pass on the faith.
Lent 2026: 5 programs to help you grow in your faith
Posted on 02/17/2026 06:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, beginning a season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in the Catholic Church.
43 Catholic Democrats pledge migrant solidarity, invoke Leo XIV, Francis
Posted on 02/16/2026 17:27 PM (CNA Daily News)
Catholic U.S. House Democrats cited Church teaching in defense of the dignity of migrants as Trump administration officials defend immigration enforcement.
Bishop Barron lauds U.S. secretary of state’s speech to Munich Security Conference
Posted on 02/16/2026 16:36 PM (CNA Daily News)
Marco Rubio’s speech elicited a standing ovation and widespread accolades, including from the bishop of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota.
Pope Leo XIV eliminates committee created by Francis for World Children’s Day
Posted on 02/16/2026 16:06 PM (CNA Daily News)
Pope Leo XIV has eliminated the Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day, transferring the committee’s functions to the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life.
Apostolic vicariate in Rome dedicates its day of arts to Gaza
Posted on 02/16/2026 15:36 PM (CNA Daily News)
The humanitarian situation in Gaza was the focus of a day of the arts at the Lateran Apostolic Palace on Feb. 14, drawing attention to the ongoing suffering of residents in the Gaza Strip.
Catholic priest who was abducted in Cameroon appointed auxiliary bishop
Posted on 02/16/2026 14:46 PM (CNA Daily News)
Father John Berinyuy Tatah was among six Catholic priests abducted in Cameroon’s Bamenda Archdiocese last year and later released.
Pope appoints Catholic Harvard professor to Vatican social sciences academy
Posted on 02/16/2026 14:01 PM (CNA Daily News)
Tyler J. VanderWeele, a Catholic, is an epidemiologist and director of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University.
Pope Leo XIV tells Opus Dei no decision yet on revised statutes
Posted on 02/16/2026 12:10 PM (CNA Daily News)
Pope Francis moved the prelature’s Vatican oversight from the office for bishops to that of clergy, triggering an ongoing review and rewrite of its governing norms.