Those who want to participate can visit the eCatholic website to “take a moment to offer a message of prayer, encouragement, or support” and submit a video. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom,… ‘Send a message to the Holy Father’ initiative elicits supportive video messages for new pope
Spanish Augustinian Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín and Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Courtesy of Bishop Luis Marín Vatican City, May 22, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The undersecretary of… Synod undersecretary: Leo XIV ‘doesn’t govern from his office, he goes out to meet people’
null / Credit: BUTENKOV ALEKSEI/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Canadian government’s abolishment of a government ministry for disabled citizens underscores the government’s “demeaning attitude” toward disabled people, advocates say,… Canada’s lack of disabilities minister criticized by pro-life advocates
ROME – An American rabbi has voiced optimism for Catholic-Jewish relations after the election of Pope Leo XIV, saying his pontificate marks an opportunity for renewal given a spike in tensions during the last months… Rabbi ‘optimistic’ about relations with Catholic Church under Pope Leo
SÃO PAULO – A festival of Catholic music drew more than 40,000 attendants on May 17 to Santa Bábara d’Oeste, a city with 180,000 inhabitants about 85 miles away from São Paulo, Brazil’s major economic… Catholic music festival gathers 40,000 people in small Brazilian city
ROME – In his first public general audience address, Pope Leo XIV said he would continue his predecessor’s reflection on Jesus Christ as a source of hope during the ongoing Jubilee year, and prayed for… In first general audience, Pope Leo prays for Gaza, continues Francis catechesis
The Catholic Church in South Korea is one of the few voices promoting reconciliation between the two countries. / Credit: Courtesy of South Korean Bishops’ Conference ACI Prensa Staff, May 21, 2025 / 06:00 am… Church in Korea keeps up quest for reconciliation between the peninsula’s two nations
With Speaker of the House Mike Johnson by his side, President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit:… UPDATED: President Trump extols Pope Leo XIV, meets brother Louis Prevost
At his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on May 21, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace and the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, where, he said, children and elderly are suffering.… Pope Leo XIV appeals for end to hostilities in Gaza in first general audience
Michel LunangaPharmacist Joseph Njer Airo inspects boxes of antiretroviral drugs labeled “USAID,” from the last donation before the funding cuts inside the medical stockroom of Migosi Sub-county Hospital on April 24, 2025 in Kisumu, Kenya.… Getting Foreign Aid Right