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 [...]

From 2016 to 2022, government figures say a crackdown on drugs and gang violence resulted in just over 6,000 deaths, mostly at the hands of police and security officials, though human rights groups say the real number could be [...]

Faith organizations and leaders around the globe have set faith-centered priorities to eradicate the scourge of human trafficking by 2030. --- YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Faith organizations and leaders around the globe have set faith-centered priorities to eradicate the scourge of human [...]

Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati / EWTN News Vatican City, Sep 7, 2025 / 04:25 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the Italians Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis as saints of the Church on Sunday, decreeing their veneration among [...]

Pope Leo XIV meets with Israel President Isaac Herzog in a private audience at the Vatican on Sept. 4, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Sep 4, 2025 / 12:14 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV discussed the conflict in Gaza, [...]

Mass at St. Michael’s Abbey in California. / Credit: “EWTN News In Depth”/Screenshot CNA Staff, Sep 4, 2025 / 10:19 am (CNA). A man arrested with a car full of weapons after threatening a California Catholic church told the parish he [...]

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday appointed Fr. Raffaele De Angelis as Eparch of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, located in Sicily. The appointment comes after a five-year vacancy in the see. In February 2020, the last [...]

Relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis on display. / Credit: Courtesy of Milagro Eucarístico Perú - 1649 CNA Staff, Sep 4, 2025 / 05:17 am (CNA). From the finger of St. Thomas, to the arm of St. Jude, to the miraculous blood [...]

Relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis on display. / Credit: Courtesy of Milagro Eucarístico Perú - 1649 CNA Staff, Sep 4, 2025 / 05:17 am (CNA). From the finger of St. Thomas, to the arm of St. Jude, to the miraculous blood [...]

A woman kneels to pray during a prayer service of peace and healing at the Cathedral of St. Paul held to address the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in neighboring Minneapolis on Aug. 28, 2025 in St. Paul, Minnesota. [...]