Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA CNA Staff, Jun 18, 2025 / 16:23 pm (CNA). Leading Catholic voices in New York, including Cardinal Timothy Dolan, are urging the state’s Catholic governor to veto an assisted suicide bill that has no wait period or psychological evaluation requirement.   “This is the cheapening of…

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on June 18, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 18, 2025 / 14:25 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on June 18 renewed his strong call for peace, urging people to not “get used to war.” Addressing pilgrims at the end…

Scenes from the beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a Congolese martyr, in Rome on Sunday, June 15, 2025. In a Monday, June 16, audience with pilgrims from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who traveled for the beatification of Bwana Chui at the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, the Holy Father said:…

Father Theodore Gabrielli, SJ. / Credit: San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office CNA Staff, Jun 18, 2025 / 12:27 pm (CNA). A priest in California has been arrested and charged with acts of child sex abuse that reportedly occurred through the 1990s.  Police arrested Father Theodore Gabrielli last week on charges of aggravated sexual assault…