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Japanese Cardinal Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo says Pope Leo XIV’s previous work as a missionary and as a Vatican official were important reasons he will make a good pontiff. --- MUMBAI, India – Japanese Cardinal Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo says Pope [...]

null / Credit: Melnikov Dmitriy/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 11, 2025 / 14:20 pm (CNA). The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has released a new 10th anniversary preface to a major document on the Church’s response to pornography, offe... [...] --- null / [...]

--- Pope Leo XIV has laid out the vision of his papacy and has identified artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing [...]

When Villanova University’s president, Father Peter Donohue, was nearing graduation as a theatre student, a future pope wasn’t far away on campus, studying math two grades below him. --- VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania — When Villanova University’s president, Father Peter Donohue, was nearing [...]

VATICAN CITY // The passage in Matthew when Jesus gives Peter the keys to the kingdom of Heaven is frequently mentioned when Catholics cite where the… The post What are the Scriptural roots of the papacy? Rome-based theology professor weighs [...]

This year’s National March for Life theme is 'Protection at Conception,' which will bring attention to the biological facts about the beginning of human life. --- This year’s National March for Life theme is 'Protection at Conception,' which will bring attention [...]

Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. --- 1. Cardinals gather for conclave to choose new pope 2. REAL ID is here: 5 things to know before flying 3. [...]

The Catholic Church said priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement. --- The Catholic Church announced that priests will be excommunicated if they follow a [...]

Cardinal Isao Kikuchi says he had no knowledge of about a case of a woman who was allegedly sexually abused by a priest. --- MUMBAI, India – Cardinal Isao Kikuchi says he had no knowledge of about a case of a [...]

Abortion is legal in Russia through 12 weeks of pregnancy and until 22 weeks for cases of rape. Prior to 2023, it had been allowed until 22 weeks for 'social reasons' like unemployment. --- Abortion is legal in Russia through 12 weeks [...]