The coffin of Pope Francis rests before the altar at the funeral Mass on St. Peter’s Square, April 26, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Dec 30, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). 2025 began with Catholics around the world uniting [...]

John-Henry Westen reflects on the founding of the Rome Life Forum and the early concerns raised in 2014 about Pope Francis and the Church’s direction. He outlines how doctrinal confusion and moral compromise have persisted under Pope Leo XIV, [...]

The lethal injection chamber at the Oklahoma State Penintentiary, May 7, 2010. Credit: Josh Rushing via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Dec 29, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A rise in executions in the United States in 2025 occurred alongside “shifting public [...]

Graduates pose with their degrees at St. Mary’s University College in Belfast, Northern Ireland. / Credit: St. Mary’s University College EWTN News, Dec 29, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Four generations of teachers, a Nobel Prize winner, and a kicker with [...]

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 28, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 28, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has sent three [...]

Bottega Ferrigno is located in the iconic “Christmas Alley,” part of the southern Italian city of Naples’ historic San Gregorio Armeno neighborhood. / Credit: Gianpiero Passalia/EWTN News Rome Newsroom, Dec 28, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). On a small street in [...]

Sister Carla Venditti of the Sacred Heart of Jesus helps women and girls who are victims of human trafficking. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Giulio Gargiullo CNA Staff, Dec 27, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Some women, forced into prostitution by [...]

What an incredible story! --- “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? [...]

The world was just as dark when Christ was born, yet His Gospel transformed empires and can do so again, according to God’s will. --- The world was just as dark when Christ was born, yet His Gospel transformed empires and [...]

John-Henry Westen is joined by Father James Altman for a crucial discussion on honoring the Mother of God. Amid new Vatican documents that sideline titles like Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix under the guise of not confusing Protestants, Fr. Altman delivers [...]