Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, presides over a celebratory liturgy at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on the occasion of the World Day of Eastern Christians on May 25, 2025. / Credit: L’Œuvre d’Orient ACI MENA, May 27, 2025 / 17:18 pm (CNA). To mark the World Day of Eastern Christians,…

The first season of the EWTN series “James the Less” received the Best Video award at the 2024 Gabriel Awards presentation on June 20, 2024, in Atlanta. / Credit: Ken Oliver-Méndez/CNA CNA Staff, May 27, 2025 / 16:06 pm (CNA). The second season of the award-winning online EWTN series “James the Less” will be released…

The Servant of God Matthew Makil (center) appears in this 1896 photo flanked by apostolic vicars Aloysius Pazheparambil (left) and John Menachery (right). / Credit: kirchlicher Fotograf, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, May 27, 2025 / 14:36 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV authorized the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to promulgate…

Catholic Relief Services distributed humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier in the spring and has asked Israel to allow it to resume its work. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Catholic Relief Services Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 27, 2025 / 15:06 pm (CNA). Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is calling on Israel to resume allowing its humanitarian aid…

Pope Leo XIV greets Buddhist monks in a meeting with representatives of other Christian churches, ecclessial communities, and other religions on May 19, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, May 27, 2025 / 15:36 pm (CNA). The Vatican commenced its eighth Buddhist-Christian Colloquium on Tuesday in Cambodia, bringing together representatives of…