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Pope Leo greets crowds in St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 14, 2025 / 13:02 pm (CNA). A 2025 survey of more than 1,100 American priests found high rates of self-reported personal flourishing, strong confidence in [...]

The 28-year-old Jordan Schwarzenberger discussed his Catholic conversion, the reality of evil, and the collapse of moral order in a wide-ranging interview. --- The 28-year-old Jordan Schwarzenberger discussed his Catholic conversion, the reality of evil, and the collapse of moral order [...]

In his first visit to Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Pope Leo XIV called for care of migrants and creation, condemning low European birth rates, and making an appeal for the strengthening of multilateralism. --- ROME – In his first visit to [...]

The main altar at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, which was desecrated on Oct. 10, 2025. / Credit: Jorge Royan (CC BY-SA 3.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 13, 2025 / 17:43 pm (CNA). Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica [...]

St. Carlo Acutis. / Credit: carloacutis.com ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 13, 2025 / 14:42 pm (CNA). A fire this weekend severely damaged the 17th-century Bernaga Monastery outside of Milan in northern Italy, forcing 21 cloistered nuns to flee the blaze. The fire [...]

Pope Leo XIV, who spent decades serving as a missionary in Peru, has encouraged faithful to support the church’s foreign missions as they offer catechesis and basic services to those in need. --- ROME – Pope Leo XIV is calling on [...]

Look, we get it. Fall is the season of basic everything—flannel, apple picking, and yes, those ubiquitous PSLs. But what if I told you that as a Catholic, you’re sitting on a goldmine of autumnal activities that are actually, [...]

Catholics and other Christians in Brazil are raising awareness and pushing back against what they say are efforts to circumvent the pro-life majority among the people and in the legislature. --- SÃO PAULO – Brazilian Catholics concluded a week of pro-life [...]

In Dilexi te (“I Have Loved You”), Leo XIV writes, “The poor can act as silent teachers for us, making us conscious of our presumption and instilling within us a The post Pope Leo’s first major document: the poor evangelize [...]

As the internet erupted over Pope Leo’s blessing of a 20,000-year-old block of melting Greenland ice, I remained happily oblivious to the firestorm while delivering some lectures on creation in the Bay Area. After completing my [...] --- As the internet erupted [...]