Archbishop Charles C. Thompson elevates the Eucharist during the Opening Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis, marking the official launch of the St. Katharine Drexel Route. May 18, 2025. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno CNA Newsroom, May 18, 2025 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage kicked off Sunday, May 18,…

Pope Leo XIV acknowledged divisions among the faithful with a call for fraternal communion and unity in the homily at his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square on May 18, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, May 18, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV delivered this homily at the Mass for the…

Melanie McClanahan, a Rosary Team volunteer, with a resident. / Credit: Mike Jensen CNA Staff, May 18, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Teresa Rodriguez was working as a hospice nurse, seeing patients at a memory care facility, when she realized that her patients were not being offered any spiritual services. While speaking with a patient…