Pilgrims gather in St. Peter’s Square for a Mass and canonization of 14 new saints on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Mar 31, 2025 / 13:17 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has advanced five people’s paths to sainthood after approving decrees promulgated by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints…

A view of the Opera House in the port zone of Sydney. / Credit: Benh LIEU SONG vía Flickr (CC BY-SA 4.0) Rome Newsroom, Mar 31, 2025 / 10:33 am (CNA). Australian bishops on Sunday said the country’s Catholics have a vital role to promote the common good when they head to the polls on…

Mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik are displayed throughout the shrine in Lourdes, France. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Rome Newsroom, Mar 31, 2025 / 11:03 am (CNA). The Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France announced Monday that the entrances to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, featuring art by the…

Bishop Michael McGovern preaches at the Mass for Life during the Illinois March for Life in Springfield, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. / Credit: Diocese of Springfield Rome Newsroom, Mar 31, 2025 / 10:03 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Monday appointed Bishop Michael McGovern of Belleville, Illinois, to lead the Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska, after he…

Panelists discuss the connection between Catholicism and feminism at a recent Notre Dame conference. From left to right, Rachel Coleman, Deborah Savage, Leah Libresco Sargeant, Erika Bachiochi, Melissa Moschella, Helen Alvare, Abigail Favale, and Angela Franks. / Credit: Jonathan Liedl/National Catholic Register South Bend, Ind., Mar 31, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Should Catholics identify…