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Supreme Court to hear case on processing asylum seekers turned away at border
Posted on 03/20/2026 07:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
Reinstatement of the turnback policy would “be a moral disaster, not just a legal error,” U.S. bishops said. The court is set to hear oral arguments March 24.
EWTN News explains: What is the ‘papal almoner’?
Posted on 03/20/2026 06:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
The papal almoner is a key position in the Vatican, one that has played a vital role in the Church and its charitable undertakings for centuries.
Michael Knowles: U.S. founding mirrors Catholic political philosophy
Posted on 03/19/2026 18:20 PM (CNA Daily News)
The conservative commentator argues that the U.S. Constitution reflects St. Thomas Aquinas’ “mixed regime” and a broader natural law tradition, despite the founders’ Protestant roots.
Cesar Chavez Mass canceled in Los Angeles Archdiocese after bombshell sexual abuse allegations
Posted on 03/19/2026 17:50 PM (CNA Daily News)
The long-celebrated champion of farm workers, who died in 1993, has been accused of “abusing girls for years,” according to the New York Times.
Notre Dame announces tuition assistance for families with income below $150,000
Posted on 03/19/2026 17:20 PM (CNA Daily News)
A roundup of the latest Catholic education news in the U.S.
Using the name of God to justify wars is ‘gravest sin’ of our time, Cardinal Pizzaballa says
Posted on 03/19/2026 16:29 PM (CNA Daily News)
The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem condemned the use of God’s name to justify wars, deploring the terrible living conditions in the Gaza Strip and noting that the Board of Peace is not yet operational.
UK bishops, pro-life leaders react to vote decriminalizing women who end their own pregnancies
Posted on 03/19/2026 15:39 PM (CNA Daily News)
Archbishop John Sherrington said he is concerned that the vote by the House of Lords to decriminalize women who abort their children “is likely to lead to more late-term abortions.”
Vatican secretary of state urges end to Iran war, warns of escalation
Posted on 03/19/2026 15:00 PM (CNA Daily News)
Cardinal Pietro Parolin said he would tell Trump and Israel to “stop as soon as possible.”
Archbishop Sample urges Catholics to ‘reject conspiracies and lies’ that lead to antisemitism
Posted on 03/19/2026 14:30 PM (CNA Daily News)
“The Jewish community is attacked at a far higher rate than any other religious group in the United States,” Archbishop Alexander Sample said. “We must clearly speak out against antisemitism.”
Catholics in Kuwait find refuge in prayer in time of war
Posted on 03/19/2026 14:22 PM (CNA Daily News)
Christians in many Gulf countries are turning to prayer and the sacraments to sustain themselves amid the anxiety and uncertainty the war brings.