Priests designated as “Missionaries of Mercy” gather for a special Mass in Rome on March 30, 2025. To date, approximately 1,250 priests have been commissioned by the Vatican to embrace the call in Misericordiae Vultus to be “living signs of the Father’s readiness to welcome those in search of his pardon.” / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA…

Catholic Charities USA President Kerry Alys Robinson / Credit: Catholic Charities USA CNA Newsroom, Mar 30, 2025 / 09:02 am (CNA). Catholic Charities USA President Kerry Alys Robinson will receive the University of Notre Dame’s 2025 Laetare Medal, the university announced on Sunday, with the school bestowing the prestigous award for her “boundless compassion” and…

Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 5, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Mar 30, 2025 / 09:18 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Sunday encouraged Christians to continue their Lenten journey as a time of healing and faith in Jesus Christ. …

A monumental cross towers above the Valley of the Fallen complex. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons Madrid, Spain, Mar 30, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). In a statement published by the Archdiocese of Madrid, Cardinal José Cobo defended his role as an interlocutor between the Vatican and the Spanish government in the process of resignifying the…

The proposed restoration of the frontage of the Basilica of Sainte Anne de Détroit. / Credit: Pulte Family Charitable Foundation CNA Staff, Mar 30, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A major U.S.-based initiative is providing tens of millions of dollars to Catholic parishes and organizations across the country to “restore and endow” Catholic communities around…