Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s secretary for relations with states, meets with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on June 5, 2025, in Cuba. / Credit: Vatican Secretariat of State Vatican City, Jun 6, 2025 / 11:53 am (CNA). The Vatican’s foreign minister is in Havana this week, where he met with local Catholics and political…

null / Credit: Blue Planet Studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 6, 2025 / 10:31 am (CNA). Catholic bishops from Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., released a pastoral letter this week addressing the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and the Church’s response to the numerous challenges and opportunities the technology presents.  Signed by Baltimore Archbishop William…

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his general audience on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 6, 2025 / 09:35 am (CNA). A group of European bishops have turned to Pope Leo XIV and the Holy See for help as the Court of Justice of the…

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, archbishop of Cologne in Germany. / Credit: Marko Orlovic/German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 6, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Here’s a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: Petition to Pope Leo XIV to remove German cardinal gains over 60K signatures …

A statue of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in the Seton Legacy Garden at the Seton Shrine in Maryland. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Seton Shrine Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 6, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). This month the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is hosting two pilgrimages to commemorate the 50-year anniversary…

Stained glass window of Blessed Carlo Acutis at St. Aldhelm’s in Malmesbury, England. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Thomas Kulandaisamy/Catholic Herald Vatican City, Jun 6, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). When will Carlo Acutis be canonized? That is the question Catholics are asking after the ceremony scheduled for April 27 was postponed due to…