Spirits were uplifted and joyful following the concluding Mass at the end of the SEEK25 conference on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, as some 3,500 young Catholics, priests, and religious poured out of the Washington Hilton in downtown Washington, D.C. / Credit: Migi Fabara/CNA Washington D.C., Jan 7, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Some 3,500 young…

People visit the St. Patrick Catholic Church, illuminated with decorative lights on Christmas Eve in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, on Dec. 24, 2024. / Credit: R. SATISH BABU/AFP via Getty Images Bangalore, India, Jan 7, 2025 / 12:30 pm (CNA). In an appeal to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, more than 400 Christian and civil…

Pilgrims cross the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Dec. 25, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Vatican City, Jan 7, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). More than half a million people have passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, two weeks after its Christmas Eve opening.  Pope Francis,…

Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon, France. / Credit: Claude Truong-Ngoc via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) Rome Newsroom, Jan 7, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis accepted Tuesday the early resignation of French Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon following years of Vatican scrutiny over the ordination of clerics using pre-Vatican II liturgical books and other…

Father Roberto Pasolini. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome, Italy, Jan 7, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). Franciscan Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini is very comfortable with public speaking — it’s basically his job as a Scripture expert called on to give talks and lead retreats around Italy. Yet, just late last year, he began a new…