Gigi Duncan

Gigi Duncan

Gigi Duncan is currently completing an internship with Catholic News Agency. She is a recent graduate of the University of South Carolina, where she studied business and communications.

Articles by Gigi Duncan

Katie Ledecky visits students at Stone Ridge of the Sacred Heart School following the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic games Credit: Stone Ridge of the Sacred Heart School

‘Strong faith and humility’ mark swimmer Katie Ledecky’s life, her former principal says

Jul 23, 2024 / 06:00 am

Those who knew the Maryland native in her youth while she attended Catholic schools describe her as being a bright, kind, and faithful student.

Parishioners attend a July 2024 Mass at St. Peter Church in Quincy, Illinois. This parish is one of many participating in the “Family School Agreement” meant to increase regular Mass attendance and activity among parishioners. Credit: Randy Dickerman

Quincy, Illinois, Catholic schools implement subsidy program to encourage Mass attendance

Jul 22, 2024 / 06:00 am

The goal of the “Family School Agreement” is to bring families back to the Eucharist and be more active in their parishes.

This summer some 40 aspiring and current Catholic journalists gathered at the campus of the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, where they studied and worked in teams to produce, shoot, and edit videos, all while taking a deeper dive into their faith. Credit: EWTN News/Screenshot

2024 EWTN Summer Academy in Rome concludes

Jul 21, 2024 / 06:00 am

Some 40 journalists from more than 20 countries participated in the training

Abbé Pierre died at the age of 94 in 2007. He is now accused of sexually assaulting and harassing numerous women. Credit: Wim van Rossem for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Famous French priest Abbé Pierre accused of sexual assault and harassment

Jul 19, 2024 / 17:23 pm

The famous French priest, who died in 2007, has now been accused of sexual assault and harassment by at least seven victims.

Bishops gathered at the19th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar in Accra, Ghana, July 2022. Credit: Courtesy of SECAM

U.S. bishops’ Solidarity Fund reminds Catholic to ‘stand with Africa’

Jul 14, 2024 / 07:00 am

Though plagued with various difficulties, Africa’s growth and vitality in Catholicism has made the continent a focal point in the Church’s future aspirations.

A handful of LOFRON resolution members stand outside of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Trenton, New Jersey. It was here where they recited the Prayer of Consecration of America to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on July 4, 2022. Credit: LOFRON

More than 100 years after Fátima, New Jersey Knights of Columbus promotes similar message

Jul 13, 2024 / 06:00 am

The “Living Our Faith to Restore Our Nation” resolution was officially approved this past March by the Knights of Columbus Order of the Fourth Degree.

Father Mike Schmitz is the host of "The Bible in a Year" podcast produced by Ascension. Credit: Photo courtesy of Ascension

‘The Bible in 10 Minutes’ becomes Father Mike Schmitz’s most viral video in first 24 hours

Jul 11, 2024 / 09:33 am

Released on July 9, the video had amassed over 598,000 views just two days later.

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions. Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN News

‘Mystical Rose’ Marian apparitions in Italy receive Vatican approval

Jul 8, 2024 / 18:07 pm

The apparitions took place in Montichiari and Fontanelle, Italy, located in the country’s northern province of Brescia in 1947 and 1966.

An emergency novena will take place between July 16-24, including the feast days of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Charbel Makhlouf. Credit: The Philos Project

Novena for peace in the Near East announced for Christians, innocents in region

Jul 4, 2024 / 11:00 am

The novena, which will take place July 16–24, will implore protection for Christians and all innocent civilians in the region, particularly in Israel and Lebanon.

Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune poses alongside many of the priests of the Diocese of Charleston at a recent ordination. The diocese has seen a recent surge in vocations. Credit: The Catholic Miscellany/Doug Deas

The rise of South Carolina’s Catholic population

Jul 2, 2024 / 06:00 am

The Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina, which turns 204 years old this month, has seen an impressive rise in its Catholic population the last few decades. 

The Wisconsin Supreme Court building in Madison, Wisconsin. Credit: Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules in favor of pro-life advocate citing ‘free speech rights’

Jul 1, 2024 / 17:00 pm

The court ruled last week that a lower court order prohibiting a pro-life advocate from approaching a Planned Parenthood employee violated his rights.

National Catholic Register Editor-in-Chief Shannon Mullen (left) and Catholic News Agency Editor-in-Chief Ken Oliver (right) flank Jeanette DeMelo (center), the executive director of the two EWTN News properties. Rita Sporleder/EWTN News

EWTN News divisions shine at 2024 Catholic Media Association awards

Jun 26, 2024 / 12:05 pm

The 2024 Catholic Media Association awards saw EWTN News properties garner top honors in 13 categories and 33 total awards. 

Students and pro-life advocates gather at the Lincoln Memorial for a rally commemorating the second anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 22, 2024. Credit: Gigi Duncan/CNA

A father shares the heartache of abortion at rally celebrating overturning of Roe v. Wade

Jun 25, 2024 / 14:45 pm

Clementine, who was almost five months along, was “subjected to a second-trimester abortion without proper legal and ethical guidelines being followed.”

The scene outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., after the court released its decision in the Dobbs abortion case on June 24, 2022. Pro-abortion demonstrators gradually made up a decided majority of the crowd as the day wore on. Credit: Katie Yoder/CNA

U.S. bishops commemorate 2nd anniversary of Dobbs ruling

Jun 24, 2024 / 06:00 am

Bishop Michael Burbidge urged Catholics “to engage their elected officials on all issues endangering life.”

Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life, attends the 50th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2023. Credit: Katie Yoder/CNA

March for Life president Mancini urges advocates for unborn to continue fight

Jun 22, 2024 / 09:00 am

“I don’t think in my lifetime I thought Roe would be overturned, and to consider that it was overturned in our lifetime is just unbelievable,” Jeanne Mancini said.

Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. Credit: Matt Cashore/Notre Dame de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture

U.S. bishops issue plea for nonviolence ahead of elections

Jun 20, 2024 / 15:00 pm

Archbishop Borys Gudziak called on Christians to address others “with the God-given human dignity” of each person when engaging in political discussions.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at an event marking the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in the East Room at the White House on June 18, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

U.S. bishop applauds Biden’s move to allow undocumented spouses pathway to citizenship

Jun 18, 2024 / 17:30 pm

To be eligible for this process, noncitizens must have resided in the U.S. for 10 years or more and be legally married to an American citizen.

Pro-life activists chant during a Celebrate Life Day Rally at the Lincoln Memorial on the first anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, June 24, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Credit Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Two years after overturning of Roe, pro-lifers come to DC to ‘Celebrate Life’

Jun 18, 2024 / 12:12 pm

March for Life President Jeanne Mancini will deliver the opening keynote session on the next steps for the pro-life movement following the Dobbs decision.