The Book of the Gospels is displayed at the Sistine Chapel for the conclave to elect the next pope, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, May 7, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). As the cardinals gather in conclave beginning today, May 7, the Church and all people of goodwill are invited…

null / Credit: pim pic/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 6, 2025 / 18:11 pm (CNA). The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday urged a federal judge in Texas to dismiss an ongoing lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its removal of safety restrictions on abortion drugs.   In its filing on Monday, the Department…

Lt. Matt Owens of the Arlington County Police Department plays the bugle in honor of fallen service members, at the annual Blue Mass on Tuesday May 6, 2025, at St. Patrick Cathlolic Church in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA Washington D.C., May 6, 2025 / 18:41 pm (CNA). On Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of first…

Thousands participate in the March for Life on May 3, 2025, in Mexico City. / Credit: Courtesy of Steps for Life Puebla, Mexico, May 6, 2025 / 17:11 pm (CNA). Thousands of people participated in the March for Life on May 3 in Mexico City to mark 18 years since abortion was decriminalized in Mexico’s…

White smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on March 13, 2013, signaling that the College of Cardinals has elected a new pope. / Credit: ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images ACI Prensa Staff, May 6, 2025 / 17:41 pm (CNA). When a new pope is elected, there are two signs that mark that…