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Eduardo Peñalver will begin his role as the 49th president of Georgetown on July 1, 2026. / Credit: Georgetown University Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 15, 2025 / 18:22 pm (CNA). The oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher learning in the United States, Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., has named Eduardo Peñalver, current president of…
Archbishop Sanz Montes, with the Lumen Dei missionaries sent to the Diocese of Tlapa in Mexico. / Credit: Archdiocese of Oviedo ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 15, 2025 / 12:34 pm (CNA). The archbishop of Oviedo in Spain, Jesús Sanz, was momentarily held at gunpoint but was allowed to proceed unharmed by hooded men with machine…
null / Credit: Melnikov Dmitriy/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 15, 2025 / 12:45 pm (CNA). Pensacola-Tallahassee Bishop William Wack this week called for immigration reform while urging the faithful to welcome immigrants amid ongoing deportations and detainments in Florida and throughout the country. The bishop told the faithful in his diocese in an Oct. 14 letter…
The 6th Annual Eucharistic Procession took place in New York City on Oct. 14, 2025, a day after a Nor’easter soaked the tri-state area. Organizers praised God for holding back the rain during the event and for allowing the procession to take place peacefully in Time Square during the 5 p.m. rush hour without incident….
Pope Leo with ‘Proton’ / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 15, 2025 / 14:35 pm (CNA). Before the general audience on Oct. 15, Pope Leo XIV was gifted with a 12-year-old purebred Arabian horse named Proton. The white horse is a gift from Michalski Stables in Kołobrzeg-Budzistowo, and will reside in Castel Gandolfo,…
A papal ring, part of Father Richard Kunst’s “Vatican Unveiled” exhibit. / Credit: Courtesy of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis CNA Staff, Oct 15, 2025 / 15:41 pm (CNA). A priest with a passion for historical artifacts has curated the largest collection of papal memorabilia outside of Rome — and the Archdiocese of…
Pope Leo and Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News CNA Staff, Oct 15, 2025 / 15:43 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has appointed Chicago Archbishop Cardinal Blase Cupich to the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, the Holy See said on Wednesday. The Vatican made…
The U.S. bishops gather in Baltimore, Md., on Nov. 12, 2024 for their plenary assembly. / Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 15, 2025 / 11:48 am (CNA). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will select a new president and vice president during its Fall Plenary Assembly, which is set for Nov….
Pope Leo gives an address in St. Peter’s Basilica. 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media EWTN News, Oct 15, 2025 / 09:45 am (CNA). The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Ignatius Wu Jianlin as auxiliary bishop of Shanghai on Aug. 11, with his episcopal ordination taking place today under the framework of…
Pope Leo XIV waves from the popemobile during an Oct. 15, 2025 public audience in St. Peter’s Square. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. Rome Newsroom, Oct 15, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). Optimism can disappoint us, but Christian hope “promises and fulfills” our hearts’ desire for fullness, Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly audience on…
