St. Martin de Porres. / Credit: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Nov 3, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Nov. 3, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Martin de… 7 fascinating facts about St. Martin de Porres, the first Black saint of the Americas
Nigerian Catholics welcomed US President Donald Trump’s decision to designate Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern over the weekend, even as Trump’s rhetoric became more bellicose on Saturday. Trump told military leaders on Saturday to… Catholics welcome Trump designation of Nigeria as Country of Particular Concern
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Videos of police agents and Prosecutor’s Office’s investigators who were kidnapped months ago by a major Colombian guerrilla group, released last week by magazine Semana, not only gave hope to their… Church keeps working for the end of conflicts in Colombia
In a Mass commemorating all the faithful departed, Pope Leo XIV on Sunday said the memory of those who have gone before us carries hope for eternal life and is a reminder that Jesus has… Pope Leo XIV at All Souls’ Mass: “Love conquers death”
At the Carmelite chapel in Alhambra, banners stretched across the church façade proclaim her message. Children in school uniforms scattered rose petals along the path as priests and sisters processed forward. The arrival was joyful… And Heaven Touched Earth: When St. Thérèse of Lisieux Visited California
Joža Uprka, “All Souls Day,” 1897 COMMENTARY: The faithful departed are not distant memories but companions still — God binds us together, even across death itself.
Kathleen Murphy/CNAScene from Nov. 1, 2025 Mass outside the Broadview facility in Chicago where immigration advocates allege federal authorities inhumanely treat detainees. An estimated 2,000 Catholics attended the outdoor Mass including Sister JoAnn Persch, 91,… Detainees Denied Communion at Illinois Detention Facility
An illuminated manuscript depicts a requiem Mass. COMMENTARY: Finding Light in the Traditional Requiem Mass
Fuse15A bust of St. John Henry Newman stands in the Garden Quad of Trinity College, Oxford. COMMENTARY: Meet some saints whose holiness and wisdom may earn them one of the Church’s rarest titles.
Sir John Everett Millais, “St. John Henry Newman (1881)” COMMENTARY: Pope Leo XIV recognizes Newman’s lifelong mission to unite faith and intellect — and names him Co-Patron for Catholic Education.