There is a certain majesty and real beauty to be found in everyday life. If we have the eyes to see it, everything from rising in the morning, to going to work, to doing the [...] --- There is a certain [...]

Pope Leo XIV greets a baby during the general audience in November 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Nov 26, 2025 / 18:04 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV praised “the wonderful adventure” of becoming parents that many families are choosing [...]

Looking at the history of American Thanksgiving, we can identify three stages: Thanksgiving as a religious feast, as a family feast, and as a commercial feast. Thanksgiving began as a religious feast, a harvest gathering [...] --- Looking at the history [...]

Religious freedom advocates sounded the alarm over China's persecution of Christians and other religions during a congressional hearing last Thursday. --- Religious freedom advocates sounded the alarm over China's persecution of Christians and other religions during a congressional hearing last [...]

Vatican City, Nov 26, 2025 / 11:15 am The Vatican, the smallest state in the world, possesses a unique and complex legal, administrative, and spiritual structure designed to guarantee the independence of the pope and [...] --- Vatican City, Nov 26, [...]

All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants following a mass abduction last week from a school in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s president announced Tuesday. --- SOKOTO, Nigeria — All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants following a mass abduction last [...]

Pope Francis left the Church with multiple controversies, some that he inherited, some that he induced. Indeed, amid the complaints about clericalism and “backwardists,” the considerable presence of LGBT and The post In Search of the Historical St. Francis of [...]

Pope Leo XIV speaks to reporters after a daylong stay at the papal villa of Castel Gandolfo on Nov. 25, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Nov 25, 2025 / 15:31 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday suggested [...]

Frank dives into the Catholic classic Liberalism Is a Sin by Don Félix Sardà y Salvany to show how the Church’s 19th-century warnings still speak directly to our time. Sardà y Salvany argued that liberalism replaces God with human [...]

'The True Gifts of Christmas' offers a reminder that values like generosity, joy, light, and peace should be the prevailing reason for the season. --- 'The True Gifts of Christmas' offers a reminder that values like generosity, joy, light, and [...]