null / Credit: Ivon19, public domain via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0) CNA Staff, Oct 21, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Catholics across the United States are encouraged to participate in the national Respect Life Novena beginning Oct. 22 in an effort to [...]

Iranian women walk in front of a relief sculpture of the Virgin Mary at the newly-opened Maryam Moghaddas (Virgin Mary) metro station near the Sarkis Cathedral of the Armenians in Tehran on Oct. 18, 2025. / Credit: ATTA KENARE/AFP [...]

Pope Leo XIV meets the president of the Italian Anti-Usury Council, Luciano Gualzetti, on Oct. 18, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 20, 2025 / 15:53 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Saturday condemned usury, a practice that [...]

A pilgrim prays the rosary at a Marian vigil in St. Peter’s Square, Rome, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 20, 2025 / 17:27 pm (CNA). A poll released by the Pew Research Center found [...]

Bishop Mark O’Connell. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Boston Vatican City, Oct 20, 2025 / 09:44 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Monday named Bishop Mark O’Connell, an auxiliary bishop of Boston, the next bishop of the Diocese [...]

Bishop Mark O’Connell. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Boston Vatican City, Oct 20, 2025 / 09:44 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Monday named Bishop Mark O’Connell, an auxiliary bishop of Boston, the next bishop of the Diocese [...]

null / Credit: esfera/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 16, 2025 / 16:11 pm (CNA). The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) at an Oct. 16 hearing heard recommendations from lawmakers and advocates for addressing... [...] --- null / Credit: esfera/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, [...]

The sixth annual Eucharistic procession took place in New York City on Oct. 14, 2025, a day after a Nor’easter soaked the tristate area. Organizers praised God for holding back the rain during the event and for allowing the [...]

The discovery in southern Turkey of five small round loaves — probably intended for the Eucharist — more than 1,300 years old, one of which features an image of Jesus Christ, took place in Topraktepe, an ancient Roman and Byzantine center known [...]

Pope Leo decried an ‘unfair and unsustainable system of resource distribution,’ suggesting that political solutions to hunger are needed that treat food security as a basic right. --- Pope Leo decried an ‘unfair and unsustainable system of resource distribution,’ suggesting that [...]