Pope Leo is showing is Augustinian roots when speaking politics
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…
Live musical performance honors life and legacy of St. Teresa of Calcutta
Soprano Catherine Wethington sings during a live performance of “Journey of Faith: A Musical Tribute to Mother Teresa” at Carnegie Hall. / Credit: Richard Termine CNA Staff, Aug 31, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A…
3 true stories of how cancel culture works, according to Cardinal Chomali
Cardinal Fernando Chomali speaks with ACI Prensa correspondent Julieta Villar during a January 2025 interview. / Credit: “EWTN Noticas”/Screenshot ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 31, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Cardinal Fernando Chomali, the archbishop of…
Pope Leo prays for Minneapolis school shooting victims, laments ‘pandemic of arms’
Pope Leo XIV speaks from a window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square during the Sunday Angelus on Aug. 24, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media. Vatican City, Aug 31, 2025 / 07:10 am…
Pope demands end to the ‘pandemic of arms’ as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting
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…
After Minneapolis Catholic church shooting, public leaders debate prayer
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,…
After Minneapolis Catholic Church Shooting, Public Leaders Debate Prayer
Jesus and Mary are close to us in sorrow. Why Catholics turn to God in times of need …
Taylor Swift engagement: Start of a promising cultural phenomenon?
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…
Catholic leaders question Trump’s claim of bringing peace to Congo
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…
New book finds strong reason for hope despite Church’s receding footprint
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…