Pope Leo XIV, who spent decades serving as a missionary in Peru, has encouraged faithful to support the church’s foreign missions as they offer catechesis and basic services to those in need. --- ROME – Pope Leo XIV is calling on [...]

Look, we get it. Fall is the season of basic everything—flannel, apple picking, and yes, those ubiquitous PSLs. But what if I told you that as a Catholic, you’re sitting on a goldmine of autumnal activities that are actually, [...]

Catholics and other Christians in Brazil are raising awareness and pushing back against what they say are efforts to circumvent the pro-life majority among the people and in the legislature. --- SÃO PAULO – Brazilian Catholics concluded a week of pro-life [...]

In Dilexi te (“I Have Loved You”), Leo XIV writes, “The poor can act as silent teachers for us, making us conscious of our presumption and instilling within us a The post Pope Leo’s first major document: the poor evangelize [...]

Puebla, Mexico, Oct 9, 2025 / 16:53 pm The body of Father Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada was found on Oct. 6. The Mexican priest had been reported missing on Saturday, Oct. 4, in the state of [...] --- Puebla, Mexico, Oct 9, [...]

As the internet erupted over Pope Leo’s blessing of a 20,000-year-old block of melting Greenland ice, I remained happily oblivious to the firestorm while delivering some lectures on creation in the Bay Area. After completing my [...] --- As the internet erupted [...]

Vatican City, Oct 6, 2025 / 06:00 am Long before cloud servers and computers, medieval Catholic monks preserved the intellectual inheritance of the ancient world by handwriting Greek and Latin manuscripts. Centuries later, the Vatican [...] --- Vatican City, Oct 6, [...]

What does the Catholic Church believe about Islam and about Muslims? This question flares up periodically on the internet and sometimes in real life. Clearly, Muslims reject Jesus and are not a part of the [...] --- What does the Catholic [...]

Pope Leo XIV greets a member of the Swiss Guard during a swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025 / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Oct 4, 2025 / 13:05 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Saturday attended the [...]

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, [...]