Cardinal Kurt Koch during an interview with EWTN News. / Credit: EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 1, 2025 / 16:21 pm (CNA). The executive director of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Regina Lynch, thanked Pope Leo XIV for appointing Cardinal Kurt Koch as the new president of the pontifical foundation. “We very…

St. Peter’s Square during the declaration of St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church in November 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News Vatican City, Dec 1, 2025 / 16:51 pm (CNA). The Holy See closed the 2024 fiscal year with a surplus of 1.6 million euros ($1.86 million), according to the 2024 Consolidated…

Pope Leo XIV reflects on the enduring message of St. Charbel Makhlouf at the hermit’s tomb at the Monastery of St. Maron in Annaya, Lebanon, on Dec. 1, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Annaya, Lebanon, Dec 1, 2025 / 03:37 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV began his second day in Lebanon on Monday with a…

Pope Leo XIV addressed Lebanon’s bishops, clergy, and pastoral workers at Harissa, Lebanon, on Dec. 1, 2025. / Credit: Elias Turk/EWTN Harissa, Lebanon, Dec 1, 2025 / 05:32 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV told Lebanon’s bishops, clergy, and pastoral workers on Monday that Christians can remain steadfast in hope “even when surrounded by the sound…

Pope Leo XIV in Harissa, Lebanon, on Dec. 1, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Beirut, Lebanon, Dec 1, 2025 / 10:35 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV told Lebanon’s religious leaders on Monday that their country remains a sign to the world that fear and prejudice do not have the final word. At an ecumenical and…