Pope Leo XIV’s American citizenship: Can he keep it as pope?
Pope Leo XIV speaks to the College of Cardinals in Rome on Saturday, May 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, May 14, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Catholics around the world continue to…
British envoy to Vatican looks forward to collaborating with new pope
ROME – British Ambassador to the Holy See Chris Trott has voiced excitement over the recent election of Pope Leo XIV and has said he is looking forward to continuing collaboration with the world’s greatest…
Bolivian bishops make unprecedented critical tone against the government before elections
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – As Bolivia prepares for the upcoming August elections and relevant politicians confirm their will to run for president, the nation’s episcopate unprecedentedly decided to take an ostensible stance against the left-wing…
Former Swiss Guard’s Thoughts on Election of Pope Leo XIV
(ZENIT News – The Daily Signal / Washington, 05.13.2025).- In the days leading up to the announcement of a new pope, among all the hypotheses, maneuvers, fears, and attempts at prediction, no one truly seemed to…
Lion XIV inherits 52 million followers on X and opens Instagram surpassing 400 thousand followers first day
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 05.13.2025).- The Holy Father Leo XIV has chosen to maintain an active social media presence through the official papal accounts on X and Instagram. He has inherited the @Pontifex accounts on X that were used by…
Caritas urges respect for environmental laws after floods in eastern DRC
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Heavy flooding in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) washed away several villages along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, leaving at least 104 dead and 50 others…
Lawyers for Mikal Mahdi allege ‘botched’ firing squad execution in South Carolina
Mikal Mahdi. / Credit: Federal Public Defenders (proof), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 18:06 pm (CNA). Lawyers who represent the recently executed Mikal Mahdi are alleging that the…
Pope Leo’s ‘greatest generation’ dad served on D-Day tank landing ship
U.S. Navy LSTs and other vessels unloading at low tide at Normandy, soon after the June 1944 invasion. USS LST-55 is in the center, behind the closest barrage balloon. USS LST-61 is at right. /…
A priest friend of Pope Leo XIV shares memories of him in Peru
Pope Leo XIV with his friend Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez on May 12, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez Vatican City, May 13, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).…
9 things to know and share about Fátima
Monument of the Guardian Angel of Portugal apparition to the three little shepherd children of Fátima. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA National Catholic Register, May 13, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). May 13 is the optional…