ROME – In a meeting with the College of Cardinals Saturday, two days after his election to the papacy, Pope Leo XIV explained that he chose his papal name as a commitment to the Church’s… Pope Leo says he chose name due to revolution of artificial intelligence

ROME – In his first outing as pope, Leo XIV made an unannounced visit to a shrine dedicated to Saint Augustine in a small town outside of Rome, where he prayed before a famed icon… Pope makes surprise outing to visit shrine dedicated to Saint Augustine

Pope Leo XIV prays at the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, Saturday, May 10, 2025 / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Deutsch, May 10, 2025 / 13:42 pm (CNA). Pope Leo… 'I wanted so much to come here': Pope Leo visits Marian shrine outside of Rome

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Daniel Ibáñez/CNAMore than 1,800 priests gathered with cardinals and bishops at St. Peter’s Basilica for the Holy Thursday Chrism Mass, April 17, 2025. Holy Thursday marks the institution of the Eucharist and the sacrament of… More Than 1,800 Priests Celebrate Holy Thursday Chrism Mass at Vatican

A view of the edicule and the oculus of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher. March 30, 2024. / Credit: Marinella Bandini CNA Staff, Apr 17, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). While Easter dates usually… CNA explains: Why Eastern and Western Easter dates differ — and why 2025 is different

Courtesy photoJubilee of Hope pilgrims outside St. Peter’s Basilica, the final destination of their St. Philip Neri’s Seven Churches Pilgrimage, Monday, April 14, 2025. Jacob Derry, a Pontifical North American College student and seminarian for… Holy Week Pilgrims in Rome Take Up Ancient Seven Churches Walks

Daniel Ibáñez/CNAThousands of volunteers in colorful safety vests fill St. Peter’s Square during the Jubilee of Volunteers at the Vatican on March 9, 2025. The cardinal also expressed his gratitude for the collaboration of the… Security, Technological Enhancements Made to St. Peter’s Basilica

Stanisław Jakub Rostworowski, “The Crucifixion,” 1885 COMMENTARY: The fifth word from the cross points to Christ’s real bodily suffering — and his divine thirst for our salvation — as foretold in Scripture and confessed in… The 7 Last Words and the Nicene Creed: ‘I Thirst’