Pope Leo XIV Restores Custom of Christmas Day Mass
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Parish Church of St. Anne in the Vatican on Sept. 21, 2025. The Vatican has released the upcoming Mass schedule.
Pope Leo XIV Responds to Aspiring Doctor Who Asks ‘What Does the Future Hold for Us?’
Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Sept. 11, 2025. Leo recommended cultivation of friendship with Jesus first and foremost.
Christians in Chad complain of Islamicization of public institutions
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Christian leaders in Chad are warning that the country’s public institutions are increasingly being monopolized by Islam, part of what they see as a pattern of growing pressures on Christianity in the…
Pope Leo channels his inner Benedict XVI by extolling ‘healthy secularism’
ROME – Channeling his inner Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Leo met a “Working Group on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue” yesterday sponsored by the European Parliament and extolled what he called “healthy secularism,” a core concept…
Are modern Bible translations always better? A Catholic linguist praises St. Jerome’s Vulgate
Saint Jerome Writing, a painting by Caravaggio, dated to 1605–06. / Credit: Public domain CNA Staff, Sep 30, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Most people know that St. Jerome — whose feast day the Catholic Church…
Top U.S. political satirist draws attention to plight of Christians in Nigeria
“Where are the kids protesting this?” Bill Maher said of the Christian genocide in Nigeria during the Sept. 26, 2025, edition of his HBO program “Real Time with Bill Maher.” / Credit: Noam Galai/Getty Images…
Top U.S. Political Satirist Draws Attention to Plight of Christians in Nigeria
Noam Galai“Where are the kids protesting this?” Bill Maher said of the Christian genocide in Nigeria during the Sept. 26, 2025, edition of his HBO program “Real Time with Bill Maher.” Since July 2009, more…
Philadelphia Archdiocese launches ‘missionary hubs’ to help bring faithful back to Church
Archbishop of Philadelphia Nelson J. Perez speaks to members of his congregation at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul following a special Mass for Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, in Philadelphia.…
From Ohio to Erbil: Student Missionaries Help Revive Catholic Education in Iraq
Alex McKennaSt. Thomas Mission service at Mar Qardakh International School. At Mar Qardakh International School, the young adult missionaries engage in a wide variety of activities: teaching subjects like history and science, assisting in administration,…
CNA explains: What is transhumanism?
null / Credit: maxuser/Shutterstock Rome, Italy, Sep 29, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Many influential figures hope that developments in brain-computer interfaces, artificial general intelligence (AGI), and genetic engineering will usher in a new transhumanist…