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Pope Leo XIV waves to those gathered for Mass on the solemnity of Corpus Christi on Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Rome. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 24, 2025 / 14:47 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday said he was “deeply saddened” by the terrorist attack on a church in Damascus,…
Over 3,000 Catholics filled the streets of Portland, Oregon, on Sunday, June 22, 2025, for a major Eucharistic procession led by Archbishop Alexander Sample. / Credit: Dylan Encarnacion Portland, Ore., Jun 24, 2025 / 15:17 pm (CNA). Over 3,000 Catholics filled the streets of Portland, Oregon, on Sunday for a Eucharistic procession led by Archbishop…
Seminarian Thomas Hammen smiles in view of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Tuesday. June 24, 2025. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Jun 24, 2025 / 13:47 pm (CNA). More than 2,500 seminarians from 57 countries converged on Rome this week to pray at the tomb of St. Peter, receive a blessing from Pope…
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, in an interview with ACI MENA, CNA’s Arabic-language news partner, emphasized that the Catholic Church in the Holy Land must remain “open”: “The Church must remain open and accessible to all. This is absolutely essential. Everyone must be able to reach us, we must be a point…
null / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 24, 2025 / 12:37 pm (CNA). The Supreme Court this week said it will decide whether prisoners can sue individual prison workers — rather than merely the government itself — over violations of a key U.S. religious liberty law. The high court on Monday granted certiorari in…
Pope Leo XIV meets with the Order of Malta’s grand master, Fra’ John Dunlap, and members of the Order of Malta on June 23, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 24, 2025 / 13:12 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV in a message to the Order of Malta underlined the order’s…
St. Mary Cathedral in Hamburg, Germany. / Credit: John Samuel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Deutsch, Jun 24, 2025 / 10:31 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Hamburg in Germany has drawn sharp criticism from former Catholic school students and others following the unveiling of a controversial 33-page sexuality education framework that critics say…
Statue of St. John the Baptist with golden cross, Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic. / Credit: Oldrich Barak/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Jun 24, 2025 / 11:13 am (CNA). St. John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, is one of only three people in history — after Jesus and Mary — whose birthday is celebrated in the…
Cassandra Baker, now a coordinator for the Catholic Montessori Institute, presents a math lesson introducing the decimal system to a 4-year-old student in spring 2023 at the Christ the King Catholic Montessori Grade School in Mandan, North Dakota. / Credit: Mike McCleary/University of Mary CNA Staff, Jun 24, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The University…
null / Credit: blvdone/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 24, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Catholic Church’s enduring commitment to support human rights — anchored in a fundamental understanding of what it means to be human — has taken on renewed urgency amid recent global conflicts such as the Russia-Ukraine war, the war in Gaza, and…
