Pope Leo XIV greets thousands of youth and pilgrims ahead of a vigil at Tor Vergata, Rome, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025 / Credit: Mateusz Opila Vatican City, Aug 2, 2025 / 18:15 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV addressed the largest crowd of his pontificate in Rome’s outskirts on Saturday, telling an estimated 1 million young…

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Dec. 20, 2024, that he has chosen CatholicVote President Brian Burch to be his ambassador to the Holy See. / Credit: Photo courtesy of CRC Advisors Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 2, 2025 / 16:25 pm (CNA). The Senate has confirmed former CatholicVote president and founder Brian Burch to serve as…

Pakistan minority rights campaigners protest the sentencing of a Christian man to death for sharing an allegedly blasphemous TikTok post in Karachi on July 2, 2024. / Credit: RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP via Getty Images Brussels, Belgium, Aug 2, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pakistan’s Senate has passed legislation removing the death penalty for two specific crimes…

Mural of Pope Francis in La Plata, Argentina. / Credit: Municipality of La Plata, Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug 2, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Just a few meters from Immaculate Conception Cathedral in the Argentine city of La Plata stands the world’s largest mural dedicated to Pope Francis, painted by renowned artist Martín Ron….

Health care professionals at the Colorado-based, pro-life Bella Health and Wellness health care clinic. / Credit: Bella Health and Wellness CNA Staff, Aug 2, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). A federal district court on Friday ordered that a Colorado medical clinic run by two Catholic nurses can continue its abortion-pill reversal ministry, partially blocking a…

Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd following his unexpected ride around St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican following the Jubilee of Youth welcome Mass — which was celebrated by Archbishop Rino Fisichella (right) — on July 29, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Aug 2, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on…