Sister Raffaella Petrini. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Vatican City, Jan 21, 2025 / 16:30 pm (CNA). In less than a month and a half, Pope Francis will install Franciscan nun Raffaella Petrini as head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the Vatican City State. The change will take effect in March when…

President Donald Trump speaks at the 47th March For Life rally on the National Mall on Jan. 24, 2020, in Washington, DC. / Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 21, 2025 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Newly inaugurated President Donald Trump is scheduled to be in California visiting areas significantly damaged by wildfires on…

Pope Francis meets with an ecumenical delegation from Finland on Jan. 20, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 21, 2025 / 14:15 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Monday emphasized the ecumenical vocation shared by Christians during an audience held at the Vatican with Finnish representatives of various Christian denominations…

Political commentator and writer Matt Walsh is seen at Turning Point USA’s Inaugural Eve Ball on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Migi Fabara/EWTN CNA Staff, Jan 21, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Numerous notable Catholic celebrities and public figures attended festivities surrounding Donald Trump’s swearing-in as the 47th president of the…

Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde (left) arrives as U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during the National Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.. / Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 21, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). At the interfaith prayer service held at Washington National Cathedral…