American flag flies over the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. COMMENTARY: The sounds of bells, the sight of flags, the silence of prayer — all bear witness to lives laid down.
Casamari Abbey in Italy. / Credit: D. Ermacora Rome, Italy, May 26, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Casamari Abbey in Italy is a gem of Cistercian-Gothic art, whose stones have been imbued with the prayers… Casamari Abbey: Cistercian art, ancient remedies, and praying monks
ROME – Pope Leo XIV Sunday paid visits to the papal basilicas of St. John Lateran, where he was formally installed as Bishop of Rome, and St. Mary Major, assuring Romans of his closeness as… Pope Leo XIV officially installed as bishop of Rome
The nave of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral on Nov. 29, 2024. / Credit: STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Paris, France, May 25, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The 16th annual Vigil for Life was… French bishops lead prayer vigil at Notre-Dame amid euthanasia debate
Former Archdiocese of Vancouver communications director Makani Marquis and Archbishop J. Michael Miller talk during their final interview together before Miller retires. / Credit: Archdiocese of Vancouver Vancouver, Canada, May 25, 2025 / 06:00 am… Outgoing Vancouver archbishop offers a parting call to hope
A pope from the United States. That was the biggest surprise on May 8 when the new pontiff, Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost, was announced as Pope Leo XIV. It was quite the surprise, but… U.S.-born pope picked the name of the pontiff who condemned ‘Americanism’
The path of prayer is an adventure of the soul as it seeks God. There are many avenues to the path of prayer and each of them has its own place and merit. The three… There is no set cookie-cutter expression of prayer
(ZENIT News / Roma, 05.24.2025).- On the morning of Saturday, May 24, Pope Leo XIV held a special audience for the employees of the various dicasteries of the Holy See—both lay and religious—as well as… “Popes pass, the Curia remains»: Pope Leo’s first meeting with Vatican employees
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A leading Nigerian prelate says faith-based organizations in the Sahel region have become soft targets for extremists. Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of the Abuja Archdiocese was speaking in an exclusive interview following a… Nigerian Archbishop says faith groups have become ‘soft targets’ for terrorists
SÃO PAULO – Thirty-eight years after the brutal killing of Spanish-born Jesuit missionary Vicente Cañas in the Amazonian State of Mato Grosso, the Brazilian judiciary finally issued an arrest warrant against one of the murderers.… Murderer of Jesuit missionary in Brazil convicted 38 years after crime