Pope Leo XIV at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on May 20, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Vatican City, May 21, 2025 / 14:32 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on May 20 visited St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica, one of the papal basilicas located outside Rome, to pray at the…

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia speaks at a press conference for a Vatican summit on longevity on March 24, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 21, 2025 / 15:22 pm (CNA). The Pontifical Academy for Life, the elderly advocacy group AARP, and the Muslim Council of Elders this month signed a…

Students pose after being called to “Petra House” at JSerra Catholic High School in Orange County, California, April 28, 2025. / Credit: JSerra Catholic High School CNA Staff, May 21, 2025 / 10:05 am (CNA). A Catholic school in Southern California is preparing to launch a “house system” that it says will help students connect…

Pope Leo XIV smiles during his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on May 21, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, May 21, 2025 / 10:46 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV will hold a meeting of cardinals on June 13 to give the final approval to the canonizations of several beatified men and…

At his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on May 21, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace and the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, where, he said, children and elderly are suffering. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, May 21, 2025 / 08:05 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV in the first general…