Pope Leo XIV described himself as “a son of St. Augustine” when he greeted the faithful from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time on May 8, and he has already invoked… 

ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for an end to the “pandemic of arms, large and small,” as he prayed publicly for the victims of a shooting during a Catholic school Mass in… 

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Jan. 28, 2024. / Credit: Patrick Smith/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 29, 2025 / 18:52 pm (CNA). News this week of Taylor… 

Jesus and Mary are close to us in sorrow. Why Catholics turn to God in times of need …

null / Credit: Deemerwha studio/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 29, 2025 / 18:13 pm (CNA). After a man fired over a hundred bullets into a Minneapolis Catholic Church killing two children and injuring 17 others,… 

There is no shortage of people either lamenting or touting the death of religion as a social force and institutional given, especially in the West and particularly in the United Kingdom. They have good numbers… 

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A claim by U.S. President Donald Trump that he has stopped the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been dismissed by the Director of the Denis Hurley Peace… 

Devastating flooding in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. They called on the Church to be a sign of hope amid difficulties.

Police cruisers near Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025, following a mass shooting that killed two children and injured 17 others, 14 of them children. / Credit: Chad Davis, CC BY 4.0,… 

null / Credit: ArtOlympic/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 29, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news in the United States: Illinois man faces homicide charge after allegedly poisoning…