Iman Hijaze and her mother, Hadidza, at St. Joseph’s House. / Credit: Alexey Gotovskiy/EWTN Vatican Bureau Rome Newsroom, Apr 20, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). In 2017, while working at the World Food Program office in the Azarieh building in downtown Beirut, Iman Hijaze spotted her colleague’s rosary lying on the floor. Alex Imad, a…

Pope Francis wishes the crowd a “Happy Easter” from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Apr 20, 2025 / 07:12 am (CNA). Pope Francis decried the numerous conflicts plaguing the planet and appealed to world leaders “not to yield to the logic…

Dutch flowers decorate St. Peter’s Square for Easter Sunday Mass 2019. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Apr 20, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). In early 2022, some Dutch Catholics were dismayed to learn that a 37-year Easter tradition would not continue. The Netherlands, known for its fields of flowers, had for more than three…

Incense is dispensed at St. Peter’s Basilica during the Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 19, 2025 / Credit: Zosia Czubak Vatican City, Apr 19, 2025 / 20:25 pm (CNA). Catholics celebrated Easter Vigil in the Holy Night at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday, marking what Pope Francis in his homily said was the…

Catholics gather for Easter Vigil Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, April 19, 2025 / Credit: Zosia Czubak Vatican City, Apr 19, 2025 / 15:15 pm (CNA). Candlelight illuminated St. Peter’s Basilica during the Easter Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday where Pope Francis’ homily, read on his behalf, proclaimed the resurrection of Christ as…

State capitol in Dover, Delaware. / Jon Bilous/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Apr 19, 2025 / 11:15 am (CNA). Delaware’s Democratic Gov. Matt Meyer is set to sign a controversial assisted suicide bill recently passed by the state legislature, one that has drawn opposition from Catholic advocates who warn that it will “put the lives of [the…