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 in Assisi, Italy.  / Credit: Jacob Stein/Crux Stationalis Rome, Italy, Sep 24, 2025 / 13:02 pm (CNA). The Italian Parliament…

Credit: Ivanko80/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Sep 24, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Abortion pill complications go underreported in abortion industry studies and mainstream media, according to a recent report by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC). Abortion industry studies claim that serious complications are incredibly rare — occurring in less than half a percent of…

Bishop James Checchio of Metuchen. / Leo Song, Seminarian, Pontifical North American College. Rome Newsroom, Sep 24, 2025 / 06:25 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday named Bishop James Checchio coadjutor archbishop of New Orleans, positioning him to head an archdiocese facing bankruptcy and a costly clergy abuse settlement. The 59-year-old Checchio — bishop…

 Father José Giner, 94, says Mass twice a day. / Credit: Father José Giner ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 24, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). At age 94 and with seven decades of priesthood behind him, Catalan priest Father José Giner, who has lived in Ecuador for 70 years, said he doesn’t feel like a teacher…

Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his weekly General Audience, September 24, 2025. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Sep 24, 2025 / 07:24 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV renewed the Holy See’s support for a two-state solution in the Holy Land and voiced concern over rising tensions in Ukraine, speaking…