A view of the Opera House in the port zone of Sydney, Australia. / Credit: Benh LIEU SONG vía Flickr (CC BY-SA 4.0) Vatican City, Feb 11, 2025 / 10:35 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Father Anthony Gerard Percy as a new auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Sydney and as bishop of…

Mother Teresa (left) smiles during Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Atlanta on June 12, 1996. / Credit: Doug Collier/AFP via Getty Images Vatican City, Feb 11, 2025 / 09:05 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Tuesday added the Sept. 5 feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta to the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar as an…

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered for his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 5, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 11, 2025 / 09:35 am (CNA). Pope Francis addressed the bishops of the United States on Tuesday about the country’s ongoing mass deportation of immigrants,…

null / Credit: Reshetnikov_art/Shutterstock Puebla, Mexico, Feb 11, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Being invited to the wedding of a family member or friend is often a cause for joy, but for many Catholics, being invited to a same-sex wedding can precipitate a deep internal conflict. How can one reconcile loyalty to family or a…

Father Zvonimir Pavicic, OFM, is pastor of the parish church at the Marian shrine of Medjugorje. / Credit: Nicolás de Cárdenas/ACI Prensa Madrid, Spain, Feb 11, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Father Zvonimir Pavicic, OFM, the pastor of the parish church at the Marian shrine of Medjugorje, welcomed the recent Vatican recognition of the spiritual…