Pope Francis and the editor of his autobiography, Carlo Musso. / Credit: Courtesy or Carlo Musso Vatican City, Jan 28, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). “Hope is the mainstay that undergirds Pope Francis’ entire life and is the thread that holds together this long narrative, even in the pages in which he recounts true horrors,”…

Sacred Hart Major Seminary Professor of Scripture Mary Healy has been appointed by Pope Francis to the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. / Credit: Courtesy of Professor Mary Healy Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jan 28, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). In an interview with CNA, Professor Mary Healy of Sacred Heart…

Attendees listen to a panel discussion at the New York Encounter in 2024. / Credit: New York Encounter Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 28, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Over the course of three days next month, Catholics from the U.S. and abroad will gather in the heart of New York City for a one-of-a-kind cultural…

null / Credit: science photo/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 28, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). For years, scientists have sought to understand how a collection of chemicals that are not themselves alive — in the case of humans, inanimate organic molecules — are able to work together to create living organisms that can eat, reproduce, and…

Father Francesco Patton, custos of the Holy Land, stops at the Eighth Station of the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem during the Good Friday Via Crucis on March 29, 2024. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Jerusalem, Jan 28, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Franciscan Father Francesco Patton’s nine-year tenure as custos of the Holy Land began unexpectedly…