The U.S. and Israel continually try to stop delegations of powerful nations from participating in these summits, especially G7 nations. --- The U.S. and Israel continually try to stop delegations of powerful nations from participating in these summits, especially G7 [...]

--- Two of the most senior Christian leaders in the Holy Land travelled to Gaza on Friday after Israeli fire killed three at the Palestinian territory's only Catholic church, provoking international condemnation.Israel strictly controls access to the territory, where the [...]

On Friday, Pope Leo XIV spoke to Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, about the situation in the Gaza Strip, where on Thursday the area’s only Catholic church was hit by Israel. --- On Friday, Pope [...]

Pope Leo XIV pledged to work to “pursue the path of unity and fraternal charity” in a meeting in Castel Gandolfo with Orthodox and Catholic clergy from the United States. --- Pope Leo XIV pledged to work to “pursue the path [...]

The Church of the Holy Family in Gaza was hit the Israeli military on Thursday, an action Israel allegedly called “a shooting error.” --- The Church of the Holy Family in Gaza was hit the Israeli military on Thursday, an action [...]

Mosaic of Mary, Virgin Immaculate, in the Chapel of the Choir in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome. / Daniel Ibañez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 16, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). A new study has found that “reciting the rosary privately” is the [...]

Photos of Pier Giorgio Frassati climbing in the Alps. The right photo shows him rappelling Rocca Sella on March 30, 1925. / Credit: Associazione Pier Giorgio Frassati Torino Turin, Italy, Jul 16, 2025 / 08:45 am (CNA). When alpine climber Edoar... [...]

The port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. / Credit: Tahir mq, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 16, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). In Saudi Arabia, a theocratic monarchy where Islam is the official and only permitted [...]

Recalling the famous Christmas soccer match that occurred between opposing forces at the begging of World War I, Pope Leo XIV said it is “always possible to meet, even in a time of ... war,” and people must create [...]

Archbishop Jacques Mourad denounced the practice of people driving around in official cars with loudspeakers proclaiming verses from the Quran and calling on Christians to convert. / Credit: Courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need ACI Prensa Staf... [...] --- Archbishop [...]