Even veteran politicians with practiced media savvy, honed under the most ruthlessly challenging conditions, and and who have forged strong relationships with the scribblers in the press corps who follow them, occasionally get caught flat-footed… On purpose or not, Pope grabs third rail of US, Catholic politics with both hands
null / Credit: Petra Homeier/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 2, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). During the month of October, the Catholic Church celebrates guardian angels. Guardian angels are instruments of providence who help protect their… 9 quotes from the saints about guardian angels
A student receives his diploma during a graduation ceremony at the Catholic University of Erbil in Iraq on Sept. 30, 2025. / Credit: ACI MENA ACI MENA, Oct 2, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The… Catholic University in Erbil celebrates fifth graduating class
Cardinal Daniel Sturla testifies before Uruguay’s Senate Health Committee on Sept. 30, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Senate of the Republic of Uruguay ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 2, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The archbishop… Cardinal Sturla defends life as Uruguay debates euthanasia
A 13th-century fresco of St. Francis of Assisi by the Florentine painter Cimabue, one of the earliest depictions of the saint, is located in the lower church of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi… It’s official: St. Francis’ feast day back to being a national holiday in Italy
Patrick Ruddy/CNACardinal Robert McElroy gives his first homily as the shepherd of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on March 11, 2025. Cardinal McElroy referenced… Cardinal McElroy Calls for Solidarity With Immigrants Lacking Legal Status
Andrew HarnikU.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Virginia. The Chicago-born Pope Leo spoke to reporters as he was leaving… Pope Leo XIV Says Hegseth’s Talk of War Is ‘Worrying’
Courtesy photoBrooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan carries the thurible around the altar inside Louis Armstrong Stadium on April 20, 2024. The pracitce is not yet legal in New York, but the Medical Aid in Dying Act… Brooklyn Bishop Calls On Faithful to Lobby Against New York Assisted Suicide Legislation
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 at the Vatican on Sept. 11, 2025. Leo recommended cultivation of friendship with Jesus first and foremost.