MUMBAI, India – In India, the Delhi High Court recently upheld the dismissal of Lieutenant Samuel Kamalesan, a Christian officer from the Indian Army, for his refusal to participate in religious rituals at his regiment’s…
Diocese of Assisi/Wikimedia CommonsBlessed Carlo Acutis (left) and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. In an unexpected move, the consistory also decided to move the date for Frassati’s canonization, which had been set for Aug. 3 during…
Credit: FreshStock/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 13, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Here’s a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: China recognizes Pope Leo XIV’s first bishop…
null / Credit: Andy via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) CNA Staff, Jun 13, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). For many years in the United States, Catholic dioceses have periodically announced major settlements involving victims of…
Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati / EWTN News Vatican City, Jun 13, 2025 / 04:42 am (CNA). The Vatican announced Friday that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics beloved…
Fertility rose at the end of the Depression and the end of World War II with the Baby Boom, to more than 3.5 births for every woman by 1960 — then plummeted immediately thereafter. /…
Father Michael Herlihey, OFM Cap, one of three chaplains serving pilgrims along the Drexel Route, blesses children following the opening Mass of the 2025 Eucharistic Pilgrimage in Indianpolis on May 18, 2025. / Credit: Jeffrey…
He has only been in office for a month, but every word and action of Pope Leo XIV has been analyzed extensively by the media trying to determine the mentality of the new pontiff, elected…
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – A victim of sexual abuse by a priest over 50 years ago in April created Brazil’s first Network of Survivors of Ecclesiastical Abuse. The South American country had at least 148…
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Catholic bishops criticized the Senate for delaying the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, who is accused of misusing public funds and plotting to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Duterte…