Priests bow during the consecration at the opening Mass at SEEK25 in Salt Lake City on Jan. 1, 2025. / Credit: Kate Quiñones/CNA CNA Staff, Feb 12, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The small Midwestern diocese of Wichita, Kansas, continues to lead the nation in many metrics related to priestly vocations, according to a new…

L-R: Cincinnati Archbishop-elect Robert Casey, Sioux City Bishop-elect John Keehner, Norwich Bishop-elect Richard Reidy. / Credits: Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Diocese of Sioux City, Diocese of Worcester. CNA Staff, Feb 12, 2025 / 13:45 pm (CNA). The Vatican on Wednesday announced that Pope Francis had appointed three new bishops to dioceses in the United States.  The Archdiocese of Cincinnati…

Pope Francis met the Catholic bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo on his final day in Kinshasa on Feb. 3, 2023 / Elias Turk/CNA ACI Africa, Feb 12, 2025 / 10:15 am (CNA). The leadership of the Justice, Peace, and Development Commission (JPDC) of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM-JPDC)…

Pope Francis greets visitors at his general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 12, 2025 / 10:16 am (CNA). Pope Francis held his general audience in the Vatican on Wednesday despite bronchitis affecting his breathing, with the Holy Father urging people to pray and do penance…

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark, New Jersey. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa CNA Staff, Feb 12, 2025 / 10:45 am (CNA). Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark this week announced an independent review to reexamine previous reports related to the actions of Monsignor Joseph Reilly, who was recently appointed president of Seton Hall University despite…