StephanieRPereiraJudge Frank Caprio served for decades as chief municipal judge in Providence, Rhode Island. ‘Because you’re in a position of power doesn’t mean you have to use it against people who don’t have power,’ Caprio’s…
Participants gather at the Aug. 18, 2025, launch event for a new digital app that will bring together 66 Catholic radio stations in east Africa. Father Don Bosco, editor-in-chief of ACI Africa, CNA’s news partner…
As Pope Leo XIV passed the 100-day mark in his pontificate, one native Chicagoan – Leo’s own older brother, John Prevost — said the new pontiff is having a good time of it in the…
During his General Audience, Pope Leo XIV spoke about the importance of forgiveness in the lives of people, looking at the story of Judas Iscariot’s betrayal of Jesus. “How many relationships are broken, how many…
Vampires have always had a weird romance with the Catholic Church – holy water, crucifixes, and the Eucharist were always seen as the proper weapons against the legendary demonic creatures, but this began to change…
Wikimedia Commons Chinese seminarians in a Jesuit mission in 1900. COMMENTARY: Robert Royal deserves our gratitude for reminding us that our ultimate destiny is eternal life within the light and love of the Trinity..
Father Charles Gallagher, pastor of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., with Auxiliary Bishop Juan R. Esposito-Garcia at the blessing of the Frassati Chapel on Aug. 9, 2025. / Credit: Steve and Bernadette Dalgetty…
Young people gather on the esplanade of Tor Vergata during the Jubilee of Youth. / Credit: Courtesy of Claudia Arrieta ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 19, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Two weeks ago, 1 million…
Father Ralph O’Donnell, bishop-elect of Jefferson City, Missouri. / Diocese of Jefferson City website. Vatican City, Aug 19, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV named Father Ralph O’Donnell of the Archdiocese of Omaha…
null / Credit: UVgreen/Shutterstock Philadelphia, Pa., Aug 19, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Aurora Pomales still remembers the feelings after her grandmother died. The grief was real and disorienting. After all, it was her grandmother…