Pope Francis greets young cancer patients who are on pilgrimage from Poland to Rome during a Jan. 10, 2025, audience at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 10, 2025 / 12:35 pm (CNA). Pope Francis told a group of children receiving treatment for cancer in Poland they are “witnesses of hope” to…

An African nun prays the rosary. On Jan. 7, 2025, two religious sisters were kidnapped in the Archdiocese of Onitsha in Nigeria. / Credit: Diego Cervo/Shutterstock ACI Africa, Jan 10, 2025 / 13:05 pm (CNA). The leadership of the Sisters’ Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mother of Christ (IHM) is appealing for assistance…

President Joe Biden speaks to the media on the federal response to the Los Angeles wildfires at the White House on Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images CNA Staff, Jan 10, 2025 / 12:05 pm (CNA). President Joe Biden has canceled his upcoming visit to Italy — what would have…

null / Credit: KieferPix/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 10, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Researchers in Canada are highlighting the link that declining marriage rates are playing in the overall decline in fertility rates in North America and around the world.  In their 2024 book “I…Do? Why Marriage Still Matters,” published in November 2024, Andrea Mrozek…

Pope Francis meets with World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder and other leaders at the Vatican on Oct. 19, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Jan 10, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (COP), a major U.S. Jewish organization, recently called on Pope Francis, who…