Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas lived to 116. / Credit: Nathália Queiroz/ACI Digital Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 1, 2025 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest person in the world, died Wednesday in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at the age of 116. Born on May 27, 1908, the Teresian nun was the oldest person…

null / Credit: lunamarina/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 1, 2025 / 13:30 pm (CNA). The more often Catholics in the United States attend Mass, the more likely they are to oppose proposed changes to the Church, such as blessing same-sex marriages and allowing women to become priests, a new Pew Research Center study reveals. Pew…

National Shrine and Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Sheshan, also known as Basilica of Mary, Help of Christians, in Shanghai, China. / Credit: lobia, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, May 1, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). As the Catholic Church continues through a period of interregnum between the reign of popes, Chinese authorities have…

Pope Francis meets director Martin Scorsese in the Vatican on Nov. 30, 2016. / Credit: L’Osservatore Romano CNA Staff, May 1, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Filmmaker Martin Scorsese is producing a feature-length documentary about Pope Francis and the educational movement the late pontiff founded. “Aldeas, a New Story” will feature conversations between Scorsese and…