Pilgrims visit Rome for the Jubilee of People with Disabilities on Monday, April 28, 2025. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Apr 29, 2025 / 16:49 pm (CNA). Thousands of people from more than 90 countries gathered in Rome this week to celebrate the Catholic Church’s Jubilee of People with Disabilities.  Wheelchairs rolled across cobblestones…

Cardinals participate in Day 4 of the Novendiales Masses for Pope Francis on April 29, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA CNA Staff, Apr 29, 2025 / 14:49 pm (CNA). The Pontifical Mission Societies USA is launching a prayer campaign to pray for the cardinals involved in the upcoming…

Pope Francis blesses a newly married couple during his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Apr 29, 2025 / 15:19 pm (CNA). In an exhortation to young people published after his death, Pope Francis urged couples to prepare properly…

Refugees from Mexico. / Credit: David Peinado Romero/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 29, 2025 / 15:49 pm (CNA). Utah’s Catholic Community Services will continue to operate its refugee support programs despite federal funding cuts after receiving well over $1 million in donations. In early April, the group, which is based in Salt Lake City, announced…

Pope Francis with Missionaries of Charity in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Sept. 15, 2022. / Credit: Pavel Mikheyev/Shutterstock Lima Newsroom, Apr 29, 2025 / 16:19 pm (CNA). Since his time as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis was already known for his humility, closeness to the poor, and an austere lifestyle that spoke louder than words….