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. /…
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…
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…
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…
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).…
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 05.11.2025).- On Saturday, May 10, the official photograph of Pope Leo XIV was released, along with his signature, coat of arms, and motto. The official photo was taken shortly after…
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said he was confident that Pope Leo XIV would continue the programs of the late Pope Francis for the poor and neglected, even if these projects might…
MUMBAI, India – Japanese Cardinal Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo says Pope Leo XIV’s previous work as a missionary and as a Vatican official were important reasons he will make a good pontiff. Speaking to Crux,…
A Planned Parenthood facility in Indianapolis. / Credit: Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pro-life organizations are stepping up their campaign to defund “big abortion” as the reconciliation bill…
ROME – In a speech to members of the international media Monday, Pope Leo XIV called for a rhetoric of peace over words of anger or ideology, and issued an appeal for the freedom of…