Newman and the New Ultramontanism
Daniel Ibanez Tapestry of Saint John Henry Newman hangs in Vatican Square Nov. 1, 2025, on the day Pope Leo XIV declared the saint a doctor of the church. COMMENTARY: The newest doctor of the…
Did You Know That America Traces Its Name to a Medieval Hungarian Saint?
Wikimedia Commons Left: Detail of St. Emeric from a 1478 painting in the Church of Spišská Kapitula, Slovakia. Right: Charles Willson Peale, “Amerigo Vespucci,” 1816, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. How a Catholic explorer, a…
Venice revives a quarter-mile floating bridge to island cemetery for All Souls’ Day mourners
VENICE, Italy — Venice’s San Michele island is the final resting place of American poet Ezra Pound, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky and many Venetians known only to their loved ones. The city of Venice this year…
Faith leaders condemn a Pennsylvania Halloween parade float with an Auschwitz sign
Jewish and Catholic faith leaders condemned a Halloween parade float that carried a replica of the gate to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz as the designer behind it apologized, saying he made it “with…
Vatican nixes use of ‘Co-Redemptrix,’ ‘Mediatrix’ as titles for Mary
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, prays before an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Child during the rosary vigil for Pope Francis at the Vatican…
Vatican Nixes Use of ‘Co-Redemptrix,’ ‘Mediatrix’ As Titles for Mary
Daniel Ibáñez/CNACardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, prays before an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Child during the rosary vigil for Pope Francis at the…
S.F. Archbishop Says State Officials Never Contacted Him About Removal of St. Junípero Serra Statue
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone joins Vigil participants on July 1, 2020, at the St. Junípero Serra Statue along I-280 in California. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s account flatly contradicts the California Department of Transport’s narrative; no…
Catholics welcome Trump designation of Nigeria as Country of Particular Concern
Nigerian Catholics welcomed US President Donald Trump’s decision to designate Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern over the weekend, even as Trump’s rhetoric became more bellicose on Saturday. Trump told military leaders on Saturday to…
Pope Leo XIV at All Souls’ Mass: “Love conquers death”
In a Mass commemorating all the faithful departed, Pope Leo XIV on Sunday said the memory of those who have gone before us carries hope for eternal life and is a reminder that Jesus has…
7 fascinating facts about St. Martin de Porres, the first Black saint of the Americas
St. Martin de Porres. / Credit: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Nov 3, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Nov. 3, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Martin de…