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Mass at Arizona State University’s Newman Center chapel. / Credit: Courtesy of Father Bill Clements, director of ASU Newman Center Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 18, 2025 / 17:48 pm (CNA). Encouraging participation in Mass and making the sacraments more accessible can deepen fulfillment among Catholics and therefore help to keep Catholics in the faith, experts…
Pope Leo XIV holds up a tennis racket given to him by children of the Pope Paul VI Pontifical School in Castel Gandolfo on Dec. 16, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 18, 2025 / 18:08 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV enjoyed a special Christmas concert this week dedicated to him by…
Pope Leo XIV speaks to patients and caregivers at the De La Croix Hospital in Jal el Dib, Lebanon, on Dec. 2, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 18, 2025 / 18:28 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV warned against the destructive spiral fueled by the arms race and the development of autonomous weapons,…
The Michigan capitol building in Lansing. / Credit: John McLenaghan/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 18, 2025 / 12:36 pm (CNA). Counselors and therapists in Michigan will be allowed to treat children who believe themselves to be the opposite sex, striking down a Michigan law that outlawed such counseling by claiming it constitutes “conversion therapy.” The Dec….
President Donald J. Trump watches as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary, speaks after being sworn in on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 18, 2025 / 13:31 pm (CNA). The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. / Credit: fotogoocom via Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0) Vilnius, Lithuania, Dec 18, 2025 / 14:04 pm (CNA). The European Parliament voted Dec. 17 in favor of a resolution supporting the creation of a new European Union fund intended to expand access to abortion services across member states, a move…
Catholic faithful gather on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral in Dublin to celebrate two milestones: a decree from Pope Leo XIV formally designating St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Dublin and the cathedral’s bicentenary. / Credit: John McElroy/Dublin Archdiocese Dublin, Ireland, Dec 18, 2025 / 06:00…
New York Archbishop-elect Ronald Hicks meets people at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Dec. 18, 2025, in New York City. / Credit: Adam Gray/Getty Images Vatican City, Dec 18, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, as the next archbishop of New York —…
Pope Leo XIV passes through the Holy Door carrying the jubilee cross as he leads the pilgrimage of the Holy See on June 9, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 18, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Just a few weeks remain until the closing of the holy year, which was inaugurated by Pope…
This image is preserved in the Church of San Vital, built in 386, in Rome. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News Rome Newsroom, Dec 17, 2025 / 17:30 pm (CNA). The Church of St. Vitale, built in 386, is the oldest Christian church still standing in the center of Rome. It is the “only place of…
