The “Caravaggio 2025” exhibition revives the legend of the baroque genius in Rome. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/ EWTN News Vatican City, Apr 1, 2025 / 13:12 pm (CNA). The adventures of Michelangelo Merisi (1571–1610), known as Caravaggio, were linked to the religious context in Rome from his earliest days as a painter. The Ordinary Jubilee…

null / Credit: ElenaR/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 1, 2025 / 11:35 am (CNA). A former bookkeeper at two New Jersey Catholic parishes has been accused of stealing nearly $300,000 from the two churches over the course of several years.  Morris County, New Jersey, Prosecutor Robert Carroll’s office said in a Friday press release that Melissa…

Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 5, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Apr 1, 2025 / 12:12 pm (CNA). Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of April is for the use of new technologies.  “How I would like for…

Pope Francis gives a thumbs up gesture from his window at Gemelli Hospital in Rome during his first public appearance in weeks on Sunday, March 23, 2025. / Credit: Screenshot/Vatican Media Vatican City, Apr 1, 2025 / 09:44 am (CNA). Pope Francis shared on Monday that he has experienced the gift of Christian joy during…

Father José Luis Quijano is one of the 500 priests who participated in the March 28-30, 2025, Jubilee of Priests Instituted as Missionaries of Mercy. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News Vatican City, Apr 1, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). In 2016, when Pope Francis instituted the ministry of the Missionaries of Mercy during the extraordinary…