Priests gather at the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. / Credit: Photo by Josh Applegate, in partnership with the National Eucharistic Congress Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 17, 2025 / 14:03 pm (CNA). More than 400 men will be ordained to the priesthood in the U.S. this year, and on average they began to consider…

Stained0glass window of Blessed Carlo Acutis at St. Aldhelm’s in Malmesbury, England. / Credit: Courtesy of Father Thomas Kulandaisamy/Catholic Herald CNA Staff, Apr 17, 2025 / 14:34 pm (CNA). Blessed Carlo Acutis, the gaming teenager who had a deep love for Christ in the Eucharist, is about to become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint….

Pope Francis meets with inmates in a surprise visit to the Regina Coeli Prison on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Rome. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Apr 17, 2025 / 12:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis, still recovering after his recent hospitalization for double pneumonia, made a surprise visit to Rome’s Regina Coeli prison…

The Mystery of the Brotherhood of San Benito processes through the surroundings of the cathedral of Seville on Holy Tuesday, April 15, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Joaquín Carmona Seville, Spain, Apr 17, 2025 / 13:01 pm (CNA). The Holy Week processions in the Andalusian capital are one of Spain’s most iconic traditions. Every…

Many “Hebrew Catholics” continue to practice aspects of their Judaism; they continue to eat the Passover Seder (pictured here) with their families and friends. / Credit: RadRafe~commonswiki, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons St. Louis, Mo., Apr 17, 2025 / 10:54 am (CNA). Raised in a conservative Jewish household in New York, David Moss had his…