Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy, celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for Korean Catholics before the statue of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn was blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, on Sept. 16, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Apr 13, 2025 / 14:50 pm (CNA)….

A smiling Pope Francis arrives in St. Peter’s Square on April 13, 2025, in a surprise visit at the end of the outdoor Palm Sunday Mass. / Credit: Bénédicte Cedergren/CNA Rome Newsroom, Apr 13, 2025 / 10:50 am (CNA). Marking another in a series of recent surprise public appearances, Pope Francis on Sunday briefly greeted…

At least 33 people have been reported dead and thousands displaced following April 5-6, 2025, flooding that cut access to over half of the Congolese capital of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. / Credit: Catholic Radio Elikya/Arsene/Radio Okapi ACI Africa, Apr 13, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Catholic bishops in the Democratic Republic…

The main entrance to the Armenian Patriarchate and the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Jerusalem, Apr 13, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Tensions have continued to escalate between the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem municipality with the latest skirmish over a demand for significant property tax payments called the “Arnona…