Left photo: Pivato and Pope Francis in March 2024. | Right photo: Francis and Pivato in December 2013, at the start of his pontificate. / Credit: Photos courtesy of Marcelo Pivato Lima Newsroom, May 3, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Following Pope Francis’ passing, one of his closest Argentine friends remembered him with gratitude, emphasizing…

Credit: SevenMaps/Shutterstock ACI Africa, May 3, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). In the aftermath of this year’s Holy Week massacres in Nigeria’s Plateau and Benue states that reportedly left over 170 people dead, the pastor of St. Joseph Aboki Parish in the Diocese of Katsina-Ala has shared firsthand testimony of the deadly attacks, which he…

Confessional. / AS photo studio/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, May 3, 2025 / 06:30 am (CNA). Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Friday signed a controversial state law that requires priests to report child abuse to authorities even if they learn of it during the sacrament of confession. The measure, introduced in the state legislature earlier this year,…

Cardinal John O’Connor attends the St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City as grand marshal on March 17, 1995. / Credit: JON LEVY/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 3, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). In 1975, Cardinal John O’Connor, the late former archbishop of New York, visited the Dachau concentration camp. His…

Cardinal Francis Arinze speaks to EWTN News on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, May 3, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Cardinal Francis Arinze has said that the Church needs “a pope who is full of fire for the kingdom of Christ.”  In an interview with EWTN earlier this year, the…