Pope Leo XIV is seen here at the Jubilee of Youth on August 3, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 18, 2025 / 11:48 am (CNA). On the occasion of the 99th World Mission Day, to be celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 19, with the theme “Missionaries of Hope among all Peoples,” the…

Scene from the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, Indiana. / Credit: EWTN News in Depth/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 18, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Several hymns were temporarily banned last year in the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri after being found “to be insufficient in sound doctrine,” with the action raising questions about…

Pope Leo XIV hugs a man during the Jubilee of Roma, Sinti, and Travelers on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 18, 2025 / 13:10 pm (CNA). At the Vatican’s Jubilee of Roma, Sinti, and Travelers, Pope Leo XIV praised pilgrims for their deep trust in God despite centuries of…

null / Credit: vmargineanu/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 18, 2025 / 14:15 pm (CNA). Officials in New Jersey have charged a former parish financial director with the theft of more than half a million dollars in church funds. Joseph Manzi has been charged with second-degree theft by unlawful taking after he allegedly stole hundreds of thousands…