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…

The choir, clergy and guests stand during the ceremony to mark the reopening of Notre-Dame of Paris Cathedral on Dec. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. After five years of restoration, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris reopened its doors to the world in the presence of Emmanuel Macron and around 50 heads of state, including President-elect Donald…

Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback speaks to EWTN News Nightly Anchor Mark Irons on Friday, April 11, 2025. / Credit; EWTN News CNA Newsroom, Apr 12, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback on Friday praised President Donald Trump’s choice of former U.S. Rep….