Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd at the Jubilee of Youth on Aug. 3, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Aug 5, 2025 / 14:16 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV made a surprise visit to Ignacio Gonzálvez, a 15-year-old Spanish boy who had been urgently admitted to Bambino Gesù Hospital in Rome after collapsing…

For decades, Father Chris Riley transformed thousands of lives through his Youth Off The Streets project in Australia. He died Aug. 1, 2025, at age 70 after a prolonged illness. / Credit: El Pics/ Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Aug 5, 2025 / 10:50 am (CNA). Australians are paying tribute to a prominent priest who passionately…

A gentle cascade of white rose petals falls from the ceiling of the Basilica of St. Mary Major on Aug. 5, 2025, the feast of the dedication of the basilica, evoking “the miracle of the snow” said to have taken place nearly 17 centuries ago. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Aug 5, 2025 /…

Shroud of Turin featuring positive (left) and negative (right) digital filters. / Credit: Dianelos Georgoudis via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Aug 5, 2025 / 11:54 am (CNA). The guardians of the famed Shroud of Turin are disputing the results of a recent study that purports to disprove the cloth’s origins as the burial shroud of…