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Pope Leo XIV preaches at the historic Rotonda church in Albano, Aug. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 10, 2025 / 13:18 pm (CNA). On the evening of Sept. 9, when leaving Castel Gandolfo, where he had [...]

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, relator general of Synod on Synodality, speaks to the media on June 20, 2023, at the temporary headquarters of the Holy See Press Office in Vatican City. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Deutsch, Sep 10, 2025 / [...]

A Catholic lawyer has died in police custody in Nicaragua, the second such death in less than a week. The incident is the latest in a series of disappearances and alleged abuses under the regime of President Daniel Ortega [...]

Shane Encinas, 12, shown here with President Donald Trump, was among the students who recounted their experiences facing religious discrimination in American public schools at a Religious Liberty Commission hearing on Sept. 8, 2025, in Washingto... [...] --- Shane Encinas, 12, [...]

Aspiring for Heaven, leading others to Christ, and living pro-life values – Sacred Scripture calls us all to a life directed to God and grounded in the truths of our faith. --- Aspiring for Heaven, leading others to Christ, and living [...]

Muslims attacked a group of Catholics traveling to a Marian pilgrimage site in Punjab Province on Sunday, shooting one to death and wounding another. #Persecution #Pakistan #pilgrimage --- Muslims attacked a group of Catholics traveling to a Marian pilgrimage site in [...]

by Jedd Medefind Martin and Lily Silva* adopted Marci and Marlene from Guatemala. Although they had two biological sons already, the thought of welcoming children in need of a family inspired them deeply. Adoption was costly and complicated, but the [...]

Pope Leo XIV greets the families of the Vatican / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 8, 2025 / 14:13 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 6 participated in the Vatican’s Festival of Families, where he highlighted the importance of [...]

Britain’s King Charles III (right); Oratorian Father Ignatius Harrison (left); Daniel Joyce (back left), Newman archivist and librarian, Birmingham Oratory; and Father Anton Guziel (back right) walk during a tour of The Oratory of St. Philip Ner... [...] --- Britain’s King [...]

A painting of St. Joachim, the little Virgin Mary, and St. Anne in the Church of San Francesco in Reggio Emilia, Italy. / Credit: Renata Sedmakova/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Sep 8, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). The Catholic Church celebrates the birth [...]