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Season 2 of EWTN’s exclusive online series ‘James the Less’ to be released

The first season of the EWTN series “James the Less” received the 2024 Gabriel Awards' prestigious “Best Video” award. / Credit: Ken Oliver-Méndez/CNA CNA Staff, Apr 28, 2025 / 15:26 pm (CNA). The second season of the hit online EWTN series “James the Less” will be released on Tuesday, April 29. The first season introduced viewers to James Little, a student fresh out of college desperate for a job. James is an atheist. However, a help wanted sign on the church bulletin board catches his eye and entices him to interview for the position: handyman. He accepts the position at St. James the Less Church and starts to encounter Catholicism. Soon, James finds his ideals challenged by the no-nonsense pastor Father Lambert Burns and through his romantic pursuit of parishioner Anne-Marie.Director of Studio Operations for EWTN Stephen Beaumont told CNA that the idea for the series came from his desire to “create a series of short video

Texas bishops back ‘Yes in God’s Backyard’ bill to turn parish land into affordable homes

San Antonio is the state’s second most populous city. Texas is short roughly 660,000 affordable rental units for its lowest‑income residents, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. / Credit: f11photo/Shutterstock Seattle, Wash., Apr 28, 2025 / 13:56 pm (CNA). Texas lawmakers are weighing whether parish parking lots, ballfields, and spare acreage could help ease the state’s housing crunch.House Bill 3172 — the so‑called Yes in God’s Backyard, or YIGBY, bill — would let churches and other faith institutions build mixed‑income housing on land they already own without running a gauntlet of rezoning hearings, provided at least half the units stay affordable.Jennifer Carr Allmon, executive director of the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, backs the proposal.“Catholics believe that housing is a human right, and governments, the private sector, and the Church share responsibility to make sure people have a stable place to live,&r

Wrongfully imprisoned 36 years, Missouri woman still advocates for incarcerated mothers

Judy Henderson spent 36 years in prison for a crime she did not commit. Now she works with Catholic Charities helping women, children, and families in need. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Judy Henderson CNA Staff, Apr 27, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Judy Henderson spent 36 years in prison for a crime she did not commit, leaving her 3-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter behind while she was behind bars. Despite the hardship, Henderson never lost hope. Written above the sink in her cell was the Bible verse Jeremiah 29:11, which served as her daily reminder that God had plans for her future.She didn’t wait around for that future to unfold, however; instead, she got to work helping other incarcerated mothers and still serves in this capacity today. Currently an administrative assistant for Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Henderson continues to assist mothers and families in need.Judy Henderson with her grandchildren, Jarred and Jordan, during a visit in prison. Credit

FBI says judge, former Catholic Charities director sheltered illegal immigrant from arrest

null / Credit: ArtOlympic/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 26, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Federal agents arrested a Wisconsin judge and former Catholic Charities director this week over allegations that she sheltered an illegal immigrant from being arrested by law enforcement earlier this month. A criminal complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, alleges that Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan helped hide Mexican national Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, who was present illegally in the United states and who had been charged in Milwaukee with domestic battery. Police showed up at the Milwaukee County Courthouse on April 18 planning to arrest Flores-Ruiz after a hearing in his criminal case. The hearing was scheduled to take place in Dugan’s courtroom, according to the complaint. Upon learning of the looming arrest, Dugan reportedly became “visibly angry” and subsequently confronted the federal agents over their plans. Afterward, accor

One of the last bishops appointed by Pope Francis says he showed us ‘how to evangelize’

Providence Bishop-elect Bruce Lewandowski. / Credit: The Diocese of Providence CNA Staff, Apr 26, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). The Vatican on April 8 announced that Pope Francis had appointed Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Bruce Lewandowski as the new head of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island.Less than two weeks later, Pope Francis passed away, leaving behind what Lewandowski — one of the last bishops in the world appointed by the late pontiff — said is a legacy of “closeness” and missionary evangelization. Lewandowski told CNA he was “saddened by the pope’s death” and “caught by surprise” when he woke up on April 21 and learned of the Holy Father’s passing. “On Easter Sunday we could tell he wasn’t feeling well, but it looked like he was rebounding, to be able to go around in the popemobile,” the bishop said. “It was a surprise to wake up to that news on Monday morning.”The bishop,

Holy Spirit chose Pope Francis to be ‘instrument of Christ,’ Cardinal Pierre says

Cardinal Christophe Pierre speaks to EWTN News President and COO Montse Alvarado in Rome on Friday, April 25, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News CNA Staff, Apr 25, 2025 / 19:36 pm (CNA). Pope Francis asked us “to be a Church which announces the good news of Christ,” Cardinal Christophe Pierre said on Friday, one of the many fruits of the Holy Spirit’s having selected the late Argentine prelate to be the supreme pontiff.Pierre, who has served as apostolic nuncio in various countries over several decades and who has served as nuncio to the United States under Francis, told EWTN News President and COO Montse Alvarado that as he sees it, Francis’ election in 2013 was the fruit of a process that arose out of the 2007 Aparecida conference of Latin American and Caribbean bishops in Brazil. Then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio headed up the committee that produced the conference’s final document. The bishops at that conference were “inspired [and] helped”

Cardinal Dolan: Pope Francis was ‘a man of the heart’

The archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, speaks to EWTN News on Friday, April 25, 2025, in Rome. / Crdit: EWTN News/Screenshot CNA Staff, Apr 25, 2025 / 19:16 pm (CNA). The late Pope Francis was “a man of the heart” who preached tenderness and mercy to the global Church, New York archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan said on Friday. Dolan spoke to EWTN News President and COO Montse Alvarado at the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on Friday. The cardinal is one of 10 from the United States who will vote in the upcoming conclave to elect the next pope. Reflecting on the three most recent popes — St. John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis — the cardinal archbishop said John Paul II “reinvigorated the soul of the world” that was weary from “lies” and “atrocities.” Benedict XVI, meanwhile, was known for uniting “the mind, faith, and reason.”“And Pope Francis, I thought, spoke

Catholic Relief Services ordered to pay ex-employee $60,000 in LGBT discrimination suit

null / Credit: sergign/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 25, 2025 / 18:16 pm (CNA). A Maryland district court judge this week ordered Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to pay a former employee $60,000 for its refusal to provide spousal health care benefits to the man’s civilly married “husband.”The union is recognized under Maryland state law and federal law but is not recognized by the Catholic Church. The Church teaches that marriage is exclusively between a man and a woman and does not recognize homosexual civil “marriages” between two men or between two women.In an April 21 ruling, U.S. District Judge Julie Rubin ruled that CRS violated state and federal laws that prohibit discrimination based on a person’s sex and his or her sexual orientation. The judge rejected CRS’ argument that the organization was covered under state and federal religious exemptions to the discrimination laws.Rubin also rejected CRS’ argument that

Longtime EWTN host Father Brian Mullady passes away

Father Brian Thomas Beckett Mullady, OP, speaks to Father Mitch Pacwa on “EWTN Live,” Wednesday, July 31, 2019. / Credit: EWTN Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 25, 2025 / 17:16 pm (CNA). EWTN television and radio show host, author, and devoted teacher Father Brian Thomas Becket Mullady, OP, passed away on the evening of Tuesday, April 22, following health complications. He was 78. Mullady will be remembered for his strong media presence teaching the Catholic faith in an understandable and relatable manner. Throughout his career he hosted seven television series on EWTN and published seven books with EWTN Publishing. The priest hosted several programs centered on Christ and the Church, including “God’s Blueprint for a Happy Life” with Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers. The show was created to “provide a step-by-step guide for getting the most out of the Ten Commandments and to show how faithfully following them leads to a rich and rewarding l

Colorado bishops call new law offering tax dollars for abortion a ‘tragedy’

The Colorado capitol in Denver. / Credit: robert cicchetti/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 25, 2025 / 15:51 pm (CNA). Catholic leaders in Colorado this week decried a new state law signed by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday that will mandate taxpayer funding for elective abortions. Colorado was already one of the most permissive states in the country in terms of abortion. Voters in November 2024 approved Amendment 79, which enshrined in the state constitution the state laws already in place that allow abortion through all nine months of pregnancy. One of the two new laws Polis signed April 24 — passed by the Legislature as Senate Bill 183 — implements Amendment 79, setting the date for it to ultimately take effect at the beginning of 2026. As part of the new law, an earlier provision in the state constitution that prohibited public funds for abortion has now been repealed; the new law requires abortion coverage for Medicaid patients and Child

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