Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.” / Credit: Public domain Vatican City, Jun 13, 2025 / 17:09 pm (CNA). The Vatican has recognized two miracles attributed to Blessed Pier…

Mother Carmen Rendiles and Dr. José Gregorio Hernández are scheduled to be proclaimed Venezuela’s first saints on Oct. 19, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Mother Carmen of Venezuela/public domain Vatican City, Jun 13, 2025 / 17:39 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV will canonize seven blesseds on Oct. 19, including two Venezuelans: José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros,…

Volunteers and staff with Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley assist Latin American and Haitian migrants at a migrant shelter in McAllen, Texas. / Credit: Peter Pinedo/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 13, 2025 / 18:09 pm (CNA). The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability have announced the…

Pope Leo XIV presides over the first ordinary public consistory of cardinals of his pontificate on June 13, 2025, at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 13, 2025 / 16:39 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV stated that “the gravest poverty is not to know God” and that having…