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Bishop Zaidan: ‘Pray for peace’ as Middle East war continues
Posted on 03/11/2026 16:28 PM (CNA Daily News)
Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan expressed concern over the war’s impact on civilians and the desire for Lebanese Catholics to be free from the ongoing conflict.
Trappists considering abandoning historic abbey after 900 years due to lack of vocations
Posted on 03/11/2026 15:28 PM (CNA Daily News)
The potential closing of the abbey is a sign of the times and the state of the Church in some areas of the world.
As the number of religious sisters declines, Catholic women continue to focus on Church’s mission
Posted on 03/11/2026 13:52 PM (CNA Daily News)
From March 8–14, religious sisters are celebrated during the annual Catholic Sisters Week.
10,000 Austrian students petition to end mandatory fees funding abortions
Posted on 03/11/2026 12:33 PM (CNA Daily News)
Pro-life students are demonstrating against the “Repro Fund,” a program that uses mandatory student fees to finance abortions.
The religious sisters in Vatican leadership
Posted on 03/11/2026 11:48 AM (CNA Daily News)
The percentage of Vatican employees who are women grew from 19.2% to 23.4% during the first decade of the last pontificate.
Pakistani bishops demand probe into death of Christian farmworker
Posted on 03/11/2026 11:03 AM (CNA Daily News)
Pakistan’s Catholic bishops have called for a transparent investigation into the death of a 22-year-old Christian laborer whose family says shows signs of torture.
As EU acts on children and social media, experts ask: What are we protecting them for?
Posted on 03/11/2026 10:18 AM (CNA Daily News)
European governments are moving to restrict children’s access to social media — but Catholic thinkers say the more important question is what kind of human beings those children are becoming.
Spanish bishops: Abortion can never be a right
Posted on 03/11/2026 09:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
In the context of the government's effort to enshrine abortion in the consititution, Spain's bishops present the moral and scientific grounds for why abortion can never be a right.
Lebanese Christians refusing to flee war zone, fearing occupation of homeland
Posted on 03/11/2026 08:39 AM (CNA Daily News)
“Their fear was that if they did leave, that they would never be able to get their land back again,” Jesuit Father Daniel Corrou told “EWTN News Nightly.”
Pope Leo calls Maronite priest killed in bombing ‘a true shepherd’
Posted on 03/11/2026 07:49 AM (CNA Daily News)
“I am close to all the Lebanese people at this time of grave trial,” the pope said on March 11.