Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter’s Square for his weekly general audience on Oct. 29, 2025. / Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News Vatican City, Oct 29, 2025 / 08:55 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday… Pope Leo XIV: 'The Church does not tolerate antisemitism'

Courtesy of the University of Notre DameMary Catherine Levri, associate professor of organ and church music at the University of Notre Dame, leads a choir. The apostolates that have taken up this task of sanctifying… A Vocation in Beauty: How Music Is Restoring the Sacred in a Secular Age

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Jesuit Father Lado Ludovic has made an urgent rallying cry to the people of Cameroon, declaring the moment for nonviolent resistance is “now or never.” The call came even before the Constitutional… Many Catholics in Cameroon object to re-election of President Biya

NAIROBI, Kenya — As part of a new national policy on drugs and alcohol, Kenyan government officials have been considering raising the drinking age to 21, from 18. But one new brand of imported South… After altar wine becomes popular in bars, Kenya’s Catholic bishops order proprietary brand

MUMBAI, India – The Supreme Court of India is raising questions over the anti-conversion law in Uttar Pradesh state, sayings India is a secular country. The court is dealing with a batch of petitions concerning… Supreme Court in India questions anti-conversion laws

ROME – A new book painting a deep and intimate portrait of the longstanding friendship between Pope Leo XIV and one of his closest friends offers new insights into the pontiff and points to authentic… Friend offers intimate portrait of Pope Leo in new book

Omar Al-QattaaA young altar server censes as Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, prepares the eucharist during Sunday morning Mass at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City on July… The State of Catholic-Jewish Relations on 60th Anniversary of ‘Nostra Aetate’

VATICAN CITY — A top American cardinal celebrated a traditional Latin Mass on Saturday in St. Peter’s Basilica with the explicit permission of Pope Leo XIV, thrilling traditionalist Catholics who had felt abandoned after Pope… American cardinal celebrates old Latin Mass in St. Peter’s in a sign of change

ROME  — The man who just took charge of Rome’s top tourist attraction wants to set the record straight: The Colosseum won’t be hosting any electronic dance music parties on his watch. Simone Quilici, director… New Colosseum director sets the record straight on plans for sacred area

Father Vladimír Jukl who was born 100 years ago, was a secretly ordained Catholic priest in communist Czechoslovakia, and endured imprisonment and torture. He was a key figure in the underground Catholic resistance and inspired… The ‘General of the Secret Church’: Remembering Vladimír Jukl a century after his birth