A detail from “Joseph with the Child and the Flowering Rod” by Alonso Miguel de Tovar (1678–1752). / Credit: Public domain Rome Newsroom, Mar 19, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). From Blessed Pius IX to Francis, popes have underlined the importance of devotion to St. Joseph, husband of Mary ..read more

At dawn on March 17, 2025, a group of Christians gather around St. Patrick’s grave in Downpatrick, County Down, in Ireland to pray the Lord’s Prayer 100 times for peace and unity. / Credit: Siobhán Brennan Belfast, Northern Ireland, Mar 17, 2025 / 13:40 pm (CNA). It was the third year in a row that friends and strangers from all walks of life joined together in prayer to honor St. Patrick’s legacy ..read more

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Aug. 10, 2023. / Credit: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images Belfast, Northern Ireland, Mar 17, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The cases come 23 years after the force was established to create a new start for policing after years of controversies related to alleged discrimination.  ..read more

Highlands El Encinar School in Madrid. / Credit: Courtesy of Highlands School Madrid, Spain, Mar 13, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA). Regnum Christi has announced that it will review the protocols it has in place in Spain following five allegations of abuse against Legionary priest Marcelino de Andrés Núñez ..read more

Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz gives a talk during his July 2024 visit to Santiago, Chile. / Credit: Courtesy of Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus De/Flickr Madrid, Spain, Mar 13, 2025 / 14:20 pm (CNA). In his latest pastoral letter, the prelate of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, reflected on how Christians should live joyfully in the context of “difficult times ..read more

Highlands El Encinar School in Madrid. / Credit: Courtesy of Highlands School Madrid, Spain, Mar 13, 2025 / 06:40 am (CNA). According to several statements released by Highlands El Encinar School in recent days, Spain’s National Police arrested the priest on March 6 ..read more

Usha Vance visits the 2025 Special Olympics Winter Games in Turin, Italy, on March 10, 2025. / Credit: Emily Higgins, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Mar 11, 2025 / 16:15 pm (CNA). One of the largest inclusive sports events of the year, the games mark the first Special Olympics World Winter Games since 2017 ..read more

null / Credit: Drop of Light/Shutterstock London, England, Mar 11, 2025 / 14:45 pm (CNA). Following a report that the U.K. government is considering contracting out assisted death to the private sector, Right to Life UK said the plans were “a disaster waiting to happen ..read more

Maria Valtorta (1897–1961) was an Italian Catholic mystic who was bedridden for more than 30 years and claimed to have received visions and revelations from Jesus and the Virgin Mary, which she related in extensive writing. The Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said in a Feb. 22, 2025, press release that the messages contained in her writing “cannot be considered to be of supernatural origin.” / Credit: Public domain ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 6, 2025 / 14:35 pm (CNA). The author, who remained bedridden for more than 30 years following an incident, claimed to have received visions a ..read more

Ana Redondo, Spain’s minister of equality, is seen at the Spanish Congress of Deputies on Feb. 12, 2025. / Credit: Alberto Gardin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Madrid, Spain, Mar 5, 2025 / 16:40 pm (CNA). Spain’s minister of equality, Ana Redondo, said such an inclusion would be “a good way to protect sexual and reproductive rights and, above all, the freedom of women ..read more