Pope Francis waves to the crowd in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican during his Wednesday general audience on Jan. 22, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 22, 2025 / 09:50 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday continued his yearlong jubilee catechesis series on “Jesus Christ Our Hope,” emphasizing that those…
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 22, 2025 / 10:20 am (CNA). Policies related to immigration, gender ideology, abortion, and in vitro fertilization (IVF) are among the top religious liberty concerns heading into 2025, according to a report…
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn (left) shakes hands with Father Josef Grünwidl, whom Pope Francis appointed as apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Vienna on Jan. 22, 2025. / Credit: Archdiocese of Vienna / Stephan Schönlaub Rome Newsroom, Jan 22, 2025 / 07:04 am (CNA). Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, OP, concluded his term as archbishop of Vienna, Austria,…
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Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David receives his cardinal’s hat on Dec. 7, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Madrid, Spain, Jan 22, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). “Holy Father, you have changed my life again! Shouldn’t you have at least given me advance notice?” With these words the newly created Philippine Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David y…
Book cover/Cardinal Robert Sarah. / Credit: Cantagalli / Paul Badde/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 22, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). “Does God Exist?: The Cry of Man Asking for Salvation” is the title of a new interview book by Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect emeritus of the Congregation — now Dicastery — for Divine Worship…
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It’s a popular pastime for Catholics to gripe about the music at their parishes. I should know because I was among those who did so. Instead of continuing the rich tradition of producing and preserving over a millennium of beautiful Catholic music, most parishes feature contemporary pop music (usually in the style of James Taylor…
British evolutionary biologist and prominent atheist Richard Dawkins has regrets about describing himself as a “cultural Christian” last year in an interview. “I imprudently said I was a ‘cultural Christian,’ and I haven’t heard the end of it,” wrote Dawkins in a recent piece for The Spectator. Though standing by his earlier comments—in which he…
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