Then-Cardinal Robert Prevost speaking at St. Jude Catholic Church in New Lenox, Illinois, on Aug. 7, 2024. / Credit: Courtesy of St. Jude Catholic Church in New Lenox, Illinois CNA Staff, May 9, 2025 / 16:58 pm (CNA). Nine months ago, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost sat down for an interview at a parish in the…

Crowds of the faithful fill St. Peter’s Square awaiting smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 9, 2025 / 17:28 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news that you might have missed this week: Indian and Pakistani cardinals leave St. Peter’s…

Pope Benedict XVI greets the future Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican Gardens. / Credit: Courtesy of the Augustinian Midwest Province (USA), Our Mother of Good Counsel ACI Prensa Staff, May 9, 2025 / 15:53 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV had the opportunity to meet three of his predecessors at the helm of the Barque…

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful in St. Peter’s Square shortly after his election to the papacy, Thursday, May 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Lima Newsroom, May 9, 2025 / 14:49 pm (CNA). In some of his first words to the world on May 8, newly-elected Pope Leo XIV recalled the land where he…

null / Credit: Taiga/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 9, 2025 / 15:23 pm (CNA). Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Boston who are in the United States on visas have been urged to avoid international travel amid the Trump administration’s immigration policies and deportations.  “As many of you may be aware, recent policy changes by…

U.S. Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, May 9, 2025 / 13:32 pm (CNA). The U.S. Department of Justice says a recent data breach of a California consulting firm exposed data of Catholic clergy abuse survivors in nearly a dozen bankruptcy lawsuits. …