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by Frank DeVito When someone has a powerful influence on the world, different factions will always clamor to claim that person as their own. This impulse is even stronger in death. So, in the wake of the shocking and horrible [...]

St. Hildegard of Bingen. / Credit: Lettera43.it, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Sep 17, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Every gift from the Holy Spirit is meant for the edification of the community of believers, Pope Benedict XVI said [...]

St. Hildegard of Bingen. / Credit: Lettera43.it, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Sep 17, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Every gift from the Holy Spirit is meant for the edification of the community of believers, Pope Benedict XVI said [...]

Pallbearers from The Royal Dragoon Guards carry Katharine, Duchess of Kent’s coffin, draped in the Royal Standard, into Westminster Cathedral for a Vigil for the Deceased with Rite of Reception and Vespers for the Dead ahead of her funeral [...]

Priests throughout the country have mentioned assassinated conservative Christian activisit Charlie Kirk in their homilies this week. / Credit: ChoeWatt/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 16, 2025 / 18:24 pm (CNA). Catholic priests around the country have discussed the assassination of Turning [...]

The saints tell us that Our Lady of Sorrows is a great source of comfort when we suffer! Let us turn to her for consolation! --- Devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows focuses on the Virgin Mary’s many sufferings throughout her [...]

Pope Leo XIV on Monday praised the willingness to forgive after the mother of slain American journalist James Foley told a Vatican vigil about her process of healing following meetings with an Islamic State group fighter convicted in his [...]

With the help of former students and a locksmith, three elderly nuns in Austria have returned to their former convent after leaving a Catholic care home where they say they were placed against their will. #Nuns #Austria #ArchdioceseofSalzburg #ReichersbergAbbey [...]

Ferrara, Italy, resident Davide Andreoli and his family visit St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of People with Disabilities, Monday, April 28, 2025. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Sep 13, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has approved [...]

Front view of Westminster Cathedral, London. / Credit: Adrian Pingstone on Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 15, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The first Catholic funeral of a member of the British royal family since the Anglican Reformation will... [...] --- Front [...]