null / Credit: Paul Gueu/Shutterstock Denver, Colorado, Dec 5, 2025 / 18:18 pm (CNA). After receiving a letter of excommunication from the Vatican, the leader of a schismatic group in Colorado Springs told congregants he would ignore it — furthering the divide between the small splinter group and the Catholic Church. Anthony Ward heads the…

Paula Fitzgerald, Roxana Rueda Moreno, moderator Christian Soenen, Rosa Reyes discuss the effects of mass deportation at a conversation sponsored by the Georgetown Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. / Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 5, 2025 / 12:44 pm (CNA). Life for members of the Latino community has “changed drastically,”…

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square shortly after his election on Thursday, May 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 5, 2025 / 14:08 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV will offer his “vision for peace, unity, and reconciliation” in his first full-length book to be published in February…

Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation and the Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities on Dec. 5, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 5, 2025 / 14:38 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV reflected Dec. 5 at the Vatican on the challenges posed by artificial intelligence…

Singer Michael Bublé called meeting Pope Leo XIV on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, “one of the greatest moments of my life,” adding that as he prepares to headline the Vatican’s annual Christmas concert for the poor, he hopes his example will encourage more people to speak openly about their faith. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican…