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How Iskali is helping young Latino Catholics encounter God and find their purpose
Iskali, a ministry that serves young Hispanic Catholics in the United States, seeks to form active missionary disciples. / Credit: Iskali CNA Staff, Dec 20, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Fifteen years ago, Vicente Del…
Pope names new archbishop of Westminster in London
ROME — Pope Leo XIV named a new archbishop of Westminster on Friday in another high-profile appointment that signals a generational shift in the English-speaking Catholic hierarchy. Leo tapped Bishop Richard Moth, 67, to replace the…
Pope Leo XIV Appoints New Bishop for Palm Beach, Auxiliary Bishop for Phoenix
Diocese of Palm BeachPalm Beach Bishop-elect Manuel de Jesus Rodriguez Bishop-elect Rodriguez is currently a priest in the Diocese of Brooklyn, where he serves at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Queens.
In Rare Move, Retired Albany Bishop Files for Personal Bankruptcy After Pension Verdict
Aaron LynettBishop Edward Scharfenberger speaks to members of the media following the resignation of Bishop Richard Malone, during a press conference at the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo on Dec. 4, 2019, in Buffalo, New York.…
Jerusalem churches advocate for Gazan children to have cancer treatment in Israel
Eight-year-old Yamen Abu Hilal lies on a bed as a woman sits beside him in a hospital room in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Nov. 24, 2025. His condition has sharply worsened amid the collapse…
Spread of famine in Gaza Strip averted, Cardinal visits only Catholic church
TEL AVIV, Israel — The spread of famine has been averted in the Gaza Strip, but the situation remains critical with the entire Palestinian territory still facing starvation, the world’s leading authority on food crises…
Virginia Takes a Troubling Path on Life and Conscience Rights
Sean PavoneThe Virginia State Capitol in Richmond COMMENTARY: As Virginia’s new political landscape takes shape, Catholic leaders warn that physician-assisted suicide and weakened conscience rights could soon return to the legislative agenda.
Turning Point youth conference begins in Phoenix without founder Charlie Kirk
PHOENIX — Turning Point USA, the conservative youth organization that Charlie Kirk turned into a political juggernaut, will convene its flagship conference on Thursday for the first time since the assassination of its charismatic founder,…
Countdown to the closing of the jubilee: When, who will close the Holy Doors in Rome?
Pope Leo XIV passes through the Holy Door carrying the jubilee cross as he leads the pilgrimage of the Holy See on June 9, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 18, 2025 /…