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Centennial honors historic Michigan church built amid KKK threats and strikes
Posted on 05/17/2026 06:00 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
Founded amid hardship and change, the centennial of St. Mary Star of the Sea in Jackson, Michigan, brings together generations to honor a diverse parish that continues to thrive.
Former finance director admits to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from New Jersey parish
Posted on 05/16/2026 09:00 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
Prosecutors had charged Joseph Manzi with the theft in October 2025.
Seminarians medal at Cincinnati’s Flying Pig Marathon
Posted on 05/16/2026 08:24 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
On May 5, 21 men in formation for the priesthood at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary and School of Theology in Cincinnati participated in the 28th annual Flying Pig Marathon.
Tarsus diocese restored after more than a century
Posted on 05/16/2026 05:15 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
There is now an episcopal presence in Tarsus; dioceses in Ireland and Canada are celebrating ordinations; a Nigerian priest is freed, and more in this week’s roundup of world news.
Texas hospital agrees to end ‘sex-rejecting’ procedures on children and fund detransition clinic
Posted on 05/15/2026 17:45 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
Doctors at Texas Children’s Hospital allegedly continued to perform procedures on children despite a Texas law prohibiting them, with Governor Greg Abbott calling such interventions "child abuse."
Catholic mental health initiatives launch on St. Dymphna’s feast day
Posted on 05/15/2026 12:26 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
Tradition holds that after her mother’s death, St. Dymphna's father’s mental health declined dramatically, leading to her martyrdom.
Newman Guide schools honor Catholic leaders at 2026 commencements
Posted on 05/15/2026 11:28 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
With graduation season underway, here is a roundup of individuals who will receive honorary degrees from Catholic colleges at commencement ceremonies across the country.
135 years later, Rerum Novarum inspires Pope Leo XIV and still shapes Catholic social teaching
Posted on 05/15/2026 09:05 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
Today, on the 135th anniversary of the release of Rerum Novarum, EWTN News takes a look at the significance of this historic encyclical.
Join EWTN's Novena to the Holy Spirit, the ‘oldest novena in the life of the Church’
Posted on 05/15/2026 05:40 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
EWTN launches a pray-along novena to the Holy Spirit beginning Friday, May 15 leading up to the Solemnity of Pentecost.
EWTN News explains: Is it ever morally OK to execute a criminal?
Posted on 05/15/2026 05:08 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
Capital punishment was "long considered an appropriate response" to serious crimes, but the Church now teaches that it is "inadmissible."