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CNA Staff, Oct 5, 2025 / 06:00 am For the first time in the United States, Catholics will have the opportunity to venerate the full-size habit worn by St. Pio of Pietrelcina, also known as [...] --- CNA Staff, Oct 5, [...]

In response to a journalist who asked the pontiff about the “[Cardinal Angelo] Becciu trial” on a recent evening outside Castel Gandolfo, the pope said “the trial must go forward” The post Leo XIV says he’ll not interfere in the [...]

The bones and reliquary of St. Thérèse of Lisieux make their first stop at the Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak, Michigan, on Oct. 1, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Detroit Catholic Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct [...]

NBC News reported Oct. 2 that Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin was “overwhelmed” by Pope Leo’s comments about the Archdiocese of Chicago’s plans to award the pro-abortion… The post NBC reports Durbin moved by ‘support’ from Pope Leo appeared first on [...]

Professor John Rist is denouncing Pope Leo's 'shameful' refusal to criticize Cardinal Cupich's award for pro-abortion Sen. Dick Durbin. --- Professor John Rist is denouncing Pope Leo's 'shameful' refusal to criticize Cardinal Cupich's award for pro-abortion Sen. Dick [...]

A 13th-century fresco of St. Francis of Assisi by the Florentine painter Cimabue, one of the earliest depictions of the saint, is located in the lower church of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy.  / [...]

Leo’s answers to the other questions were careful and calibrated. They were amply newsworthy, and they offered what could fairly be called a master class in press relations. --- Even veteran politicians with practiced media savvy, honed under the most ruthlessly [...]

Catholic organizations are urging lawmakers in Congress to come to a swift resolution to end the government shutdown. / Credit: Traci L. Clever/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 1, 2025 / 17:20 pm (CNA). After the U.S. government shut... [...] --- Catholic organizations are [...]

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin has declined to accept a coveted award from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago following a firestorm over the cardinal's decision to recognize him despite his advocacy for abortion, prompting reporters to demand a response [...]

Several conservative Catholics criticized the blessing on social media, most notably Jack Posobiec and Matt Walsh. --- Several conservative Catholics criticized the blessing on social media, most notably Jack Posobiec and Matt [...]