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St. Mary's Cathedral in Valencia, Spain. / Credit: Pere López, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Madrid, Spain, Sep 3, 2025 / 05:15 am (CNA). The Observatory for Religious Freedom and Conscience (OLRC by its Spanish acronym) in Spain decried that [...]

St. Mary's Cathedral in Valencia, Spain. / Credit: Pere López, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Madrid, Spain, Sep 3, 2025 / 05:15 am (CNA). The Observatory for Religious Freedom and Conscience (OLRC by its Spanish acronym) in Spain decried that [...]

Pope Leo XIV in a surprising decision invited Israeli President Isaac Herzog to the Vatican for a meeting Tuesday with himself and top aides to discuss the safety of Christians in the Middle East and other “political matters.” --- ROME – [...]

Father Marcial Maciel. / Credit: DominikHoffmann, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 2, 2025 / 17:42 pm (CNA). A new HBO series on Marcial Maciel has once again placed the spotlight on the founder of the Legionaries [...]

Nearly a week after the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly $4 million has been raised for the families of the victims.  #AnnunciationCatholicSchool #RobertWestman #Minnesota #Massshooting #CatholicChurch #JenPsaki --- Nearly a week after the mass shooting at [...]

The day before his elevation to the Sacred College of Cardinals was announced, Archbishop Francis George of Chicago, delivering an unprepared homily at a Saturday evening Mass, threw down a challenge to “liberal Catholicism.” He called it [...] --- The day before his [...]

Pope Leo XIV is shown here at the Holy Mass for the opening of the general chapter of the Order of Saint Augustine on Sept. 1, 2025 . / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Sep 1, 2025 / 14:38 pm [...]

Carlo Acutis Catholic High School in Blantyre, Malawi, opened in 2022 with just 90 students and has since grown to accommodate 300, with boarding facilities for girls and a dedicated computer lab. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Carlo Acutis [...]

Pope Leo XIV speaks from a window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square during the Sunday Angelus on Aug. 24, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media. Vatican City, Aug 31, 2025 / 07:10 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Sunday [...]

Pope Leo XIV accepts the Medal of St. Augustine from Fr. Robert P. Hagan, O.S.A., prior provincial of the Augustinian Province of St. Thomas of Villanova (R) and Fr. Joseph Farrell, O.S.A., vicar general of the Order of St. [...]