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A 13th-century fresco of St. Francis of Assisi by the Florentine painter Cimabue, one of the earliest depictions of the saint, is located in the lower church of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy. / Credit: Jacob Stein/Crux Stationalis Rome, Italy, Sep 24, 2025 / 13:02 pm (CNA). The Italian Parliament…
Credit: Ivanko80/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Sep 24, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Abortion pill complications go underreported in abortion industry studies and mainstream media, according to a recent report by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC). Abortion industry studies claim that serious complications are incredibly rare — occurring in less than half a percent of…
Bishop James Checchio of Metuchen. / Leo Song, Seminarian, Pontifical North American College. Rome Newsroom, Sep 24, 2025 / 06:25 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday named Bishop James Checchio coadjutor archbishop of New Orleans, positioning him to head an archdiocese facing bankruptcy and a costly clergy abuse settlement. The 59-year-old Checchio — bishop…
Father José Giner, 94, says Mass twice a day. / Credit: Father José Giner ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 24, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). At age 94 and with seven decades of priesthood behind him, Catalan priest Father José Giner, who has lived in Ecuador for 70 years, said he doesn’t feel like a teacher…
Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his weekly General Audience, September 24, 2025. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Sep 24, 2025 / 07:24 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV renewed the Holy See’s support for a two-state solution in the Holy Land and voiced concern over rising tensions in Ukraine, speaking…
Father Matthew Eya, a parish priest in the Diocese of Nsukka in Nigeria, was shot and killed on the evening of Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, while returning to his parish after a pastoral assignment. / Credit: Diocese of Nsukka ACI Africa, Sep 23, 2025 / 14:12 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Nsukka in Nigeria has…
Taiwanese Catholic artist Hsieh Sheng-Min drew inspiration from traditional Chinese woodblock printing to create this depiction of the Sermon on the Mount, which includes a large Chinese character of the word “blessing” at its center. / Credit: Embassy of the Republic of China to the Holy See Vatican City, Sep 23, 2025 / 14:42 pm…
Archbishop Gallagher speaks at the United Nations in New York on Sept. 23, 2025. / Credit: Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 23, 2025 / 15:12 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s secretary for relations with states, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, on Tuesday reaffirmed before the United Nations the Holy…
Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 23, 2025 / 16:52 pm (CNA). Chicago archbishop Cardinal Blase Cupich is defending his decision to honor pro-abortion Illinois Democrat Sen. Richard Durbin with an award at the archdiocese’s upcoming Keep Hope Alive immigration ministry fundraiser. “Recently some have criticized the decision…
The Confiteor at a Traditional Latin Mass. / Credit: James Bradley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Sep 23, 2025 / 17:22 pm (CNA). In one of his final acts as the bishop of Monterey, California, Bishop Daniel Garcia issued a letter terminating the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in the diocese “in order…
