Pope Francis blesses an ambulance that he donated to to treat the wounded in Ukraine’s Ternopil region in 2024. / Credit: Dicastery for the Service of Charity Vatican City, Apr 7, 2025 / 18:01 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has donated to Ukraine four ambulances that will be deployed in hardest-hit areas in a concrete gesture…

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at the USCCB fall plenary assembly Nov. 14, 2023. / Credit: USCCB video Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 7, 2025 / 17:29 pm (CNA). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has made what it is calling the “difficult decision” to not renew…

National Institutes of Health building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 7, 2025 / 16:22 pm (CNA). The Trump administration has directed the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to begin a research initiative to study “regret” among individuals who undergo so-called gender transition treatments. In March, the White…

Loyola High School alumni, students, and school benefactors gather in the new St. Peter Claver Chapel on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The chapel features sacred items donated from various churches in the Archdiocese of Detroit. / Credit: Valaurian Waller/Detroit Catholic CNA Staff, Apr 7, 2025 / 16:47 pm (CNA). A shooting in northwest Detroit on…

Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire, a media apostolate focused on evangelization. / Credit: Courtesy of Word on Fire CNA Staff, Apr 7, 2025 / 15:22 pm (CNA). The Catholic University of America (CUA) has announced that Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, is set to speak at its 2025 commencement…