Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Sept. 11, 2025. Leo recommended cultivation of friendship with Jesus first and foremost.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Parish Church of St. Anne in the Vatican on Sept. 21, 2025. The Vatican has released the upcoming Mass schedule.

Courtesy photoBrooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan carries the thurible around the altar inside Louis Armstrong Stadium on April 20, 2024. The pracitce is not yet legal in New York, but the Medical Aid in Dying Act… Brooklyn Bishop Calls On Faithful to Lobby Against New York Assisted Suicide Legislation

Andrew HarnikU.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Virginia. The Chicago-born Pope Leo spoke to reporters as he was leaving… Pope Leo XIV Says Hegseth’s Talk of War Is ‘Worrying’

Patrick Ruddy/CNACardinal Robert McElroy gives his first homily as the shepherd of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on March 11, 2025. Cardinal McElroy referenced… Cardinal McElroy Calls for Solidarity With Immigrants Lacking Legal Status

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Christian leaders in Chad are warning that the country’s public institutions are increasingly being monopolized by Islam, part of what they see as a pattern of growing pressures on Christianity in the… Christians in Chad complain of Islamicization of public institutions

ROME – Channeling his inner Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Leo met a “Working Group on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue” yesterday sponsored by the European Parliament and extolled what he called “healthy secularism,” a core concept… Pope Leo channels his inner Benedict XVI by extolling ‘healthy secularism’

Saint Jerome Writing, a painting by Caravaggio, dated to 1605–06. / Credit: Public domain CNA Staff, Sep 30, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Most people know that St. Jerome — whose feast day the Catholic Church… Are modern Bible translations always better? A Catholic linguist praises St. Jerome’s Vulgate

“Where are the kids protesting this?” Bill Maher said of the Christian genocide in Nigeria during the Sept. 26, 2025, edition of his HBO program “Real Time with Bill Maher.”  / Credit: Noam Galai/Getty Images… Top U.S. political satirist draws attention to plight of Christians in Nigeria

Noam Galai“Where are the kids protesting this?” Bill Maher said of the Christian genocide in Nigeria during the Sept. 26, 2025, edition of his HBO program “Real Time with Bill Maher.”  Since July 2009, more… Top U.S. Political Satirist Draws Attention to Plight of Christians in Nigeria