Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims during his general audience on July 30, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 4, 2025 / 18:02 pm (CNA). In a new gesture of closeness to the victims of irregular migration, Pope Leo XIV expressed his “profound sorrow” for the…

Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney told a packed basilica of young jubilee pilgrims in Rome on Aug. 4, 2025, that holy relics are “not just a quirky Catholic thing — they are a quirky God thing.” / Credit: Ivanka Ranic/Archdiocese of Sydney Vatican City, Aug 4, 2025 / 16:29 pm (CNA). Standing before the casket…

The Durg railway station in Chhattisgarh, site of the July 25, 2025, arrest of two nuns. / Credit: Rajbhatt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 4, 2025 / 14:54 pm (CNA). Two Catholic nuns who were arrested at a train station in central India have been released on bail after spending…

Young Korean pilgrims gather for Mass during the Jubilee of Youth in the Basilica of San Crisogono in Trastevere offered by Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung on July 31, 2025. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Aug 4, 2025 / 12:05 pm (CNA). The next World Youth Day, scheduled for Aug. 3–8, 2027, will mark a…

Pope Leo XIV prays during Mass for more than 1 million young pilgrims at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, in Rome’s outskirts, on Aug. 3, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA CNA Staff, Aug 4, 2025 / 13:22 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of August is for mutual coexistence. In…