Pittsburgh Bishop-elect Mark Eckman / Credit: Courtesy of the Diocese of Pittsburgh Vatican City, Jun 4, 2025 / 07:30 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday appointed Pittsburgh Auxiliary Bishop Mark Eckman to lead the… Pope Leo XIV taps Pittsburgh Auxiliary Bishop Mark Eckman to lead diocese
Fom the Easter Vigil Mass in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Dublin, April 2025. / Credit: John McElroy CNA Staff, Jun 4, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The recent election of Pope Leo XIV has sparked new… Becoming Catholic: Everything you need to know about OCIA
This year’s class of ordinandi at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers. Bishop Joseph Massa is seated in the center. / Credit: Theo Deluhery, Diocese of Camden New York City, N.Y., Jun 4, 2025 / 06:00… Facing shortage, New York Archdiocese taps parishioners to spot future priests
Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to not delay in pursuing their faith during his Wednesday General Audience. He was speaking about the parable on the laborers in the vineyard Jesus gives in the Gospel of… Pope Leo XVI warns against ‘selling yourself to the first bidder’
L to R: Dan Stevens, Al Pacino and Abigail Cowen star in ‘The Ritual.’ FILM REVIEW: Emma Schmidt was possessed for more than two decades before finally being released from the devil’s grasp.
ROME – As with any new papacy, there is a risk in these early days of over-interpreting every word or action from Leo XIV, and while that is real, when it comes to current Vatican-Jewish… Pope Leo extends olive branch to Jews, sends subtle message on Gaza
MUMBAI, India – In India, two anti-Christian incidents in the state of Odisha have disturbed the peace-loving Christian community, which has already been traumatized by harassment by rightwing extremists. On Sunday, Sister Rachana Nayak was… Anti-Christian incidents in India state of Odisha trouble Church leaders
Tolkung‘Milky Way Over the Desert’ Modernity has dulled our sense of the sacred. Here’s how it happened — and how beauty, faith and worship can reignite it.
Marek Antoni Iwaczuk/SOPA ImagesKarol Nawrocki, presidential candidate of the Law and Justice Party (PiS), speaks to supporters following the Polish presidential runoff election on June 1, 2025 ‘Poland’s strength lies in its faith and family… Karol Nawrocki Wins Polish Presidential Election With Catholic Values Platform
Last month, St. Catherine’s Monastery, located in the desert of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, was seized by the government. COMMENTARY: Power politics of the rich and numerous against the dwindling and powerless is very… How Greed Threatens Middle East Christians