Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims during his general audience on July 30, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 4, 2025 / 18:02 pm (CNA). In a new gesture of closeness to [...]

The Durg railway station in Chhattisgarh, site of the July 25, 2025, arrest of two nuns. / Credit: Rajbhatt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 4, 2025 / 14:54 pm (CNA). Two Catholic nuns who were arrested [...]

Young Korean pilgrims gather for Mass during the Jubilee of Youth in the Basilica of San Crisogono in Trastevere offered by Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung on July 31, 2025. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Aug 4, 2025 / 12:05 [...]

During yesterday’s Mass for the Jubilee of Young People at Tor Vergata just outside of Rome, Pope Leo XIV reminded the young people that Jesus is our hope, urging them The post Pope at Youth Mass: The Lord is gently [...]

Pope Leo XIV’s decision to proclaim St. John Henry Newman the 38th Doctor of the Universal Church will help bring the 19th-century English saint’s teachings to a world in great The post Newman’s Elevation as Doctor of the Church: a [...]

A priest listens to a penitent during confession during a reconciliation event at the Circus Maximus, Rome, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Aug 1, 2025 / 13:45 pm (CNA). Thousands of Jubilee of Youth pilgrims head... [...]

--- Sr. Clare Crockett was a rising star from Northern Ireland, drawn to the spotlight and headed for a career in acting. But a chance encounter with Christ on Good Friday changed everything. At just 18 years old, Clare walked [...]

Father Cosimo Schena is a priest at St. Francis Parish in the Diocese of Brindisi in southern Italy. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News Vatican City, Aug 1, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). With more than a million followers across Instagram, TikTok, [...]

St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credi: cinemavision/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 1, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Vatican announced Thursday that St. John Henry Newman will be declared a doctor of the Church. The 19th-century English saint — a former Anglican priest [...]

Several of the participants at the 2025 EWTN Summer Academy in Rome, an intensive program in religious journalism and digital storytelling, come from places where Catholics live their faith amid severe adversity. / Credit: Lemmy Ogbonnaya Ijioma... [...] --- Several of [...]