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Pope John Paul II blesses young faithful as he arrives at Tor Vergata campus to take part in World Youth Day on Aug. 19, 2000. More than 2 million young people turned out under a blazing sun to see the pope. / Credit: PAOLO COCCO/REUTERS POOL/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 1, 2025…
Father Cosimo Schena is a priest at St. Francis Parish in the Diocese of Brindisi in southern Italy. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News Vatican City, Aug 1, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). With more than a million followers across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and other platforms, Father Cosimo Schena has become one of the most recognizable…
Fifty-four Missionaries of Charity are in Rome this week for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee of Young People, where they are approaching young people one by one to invite them to spend time with Christ in all-day Eucharistic Adoration and to learn about the mission and message of their founder, St. Teresa of Calcutta. / Credit:…
St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credi: cinemavision/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 1, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Vatican announced Thursday that St. John Henry Newman will be declared a doctor of the Church. The 19th-century English saint — a former Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism — will join 37 other saints who have been given…
Credit: J.J. Gouin/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 31, 2025 / 16:35 pm (CNA). The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating potential “unfair or deceptive trade practices” regarding transgender surgeries and drugs. The launch of the federal inquiry is designed to “gauge the harms consumers may be experiencing” from “false or unsupported claims” about transgender treatment, according…
Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, in St. Peter’s Square, a day before the canonization Mass of St. John Henry Newman, Oct. 12, 2019. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 31, 2025 / 17:18 pm (CNA). Catholic bishops across the nation are reacting to the “joyful” news that Pope Leo XIV has approved…
Bishop Robert Barron delivers the keynote address at the Jubilee of Youth’s National U.S. Pilgrim Gathering on July 30, 2025, at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 31, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron in Rome this week urged young people…
null / Credit: Patrick Thomas/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 31, 2025 / 16:05 pm (CNA). Uruguay’s Chamber of Deputies (lower house) is scheduled to vote on a euthanasia bill, titled as “death with dignity,” on Aug. 5. Just days before legislators cast their votes, Catholic Church leaders and professionals from various fields are weighing in…
null / Credit: Ulf Wittrock/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 31, 2025 / 15:05 pm (CNA). A lawsuit filed in Massachusetts alleges that a Catholic student in a medical education program was dismissed from the school after she objected to having been forced to witness an abortion as part of her clinical studies. The lawsuit, filed earlier…
Ryan Bethea (left) and Father Carlos Martins (right), co-hosts of “The Exorcist Files” podcast. / Credit: The Exorcist Files CNA Staff, Jul 30, 2025 / 13:09 pm (CNA). The popular podcasting priest Father Carlos Martins is no longer facing criminal charges after an incident at an Illinois parish last year led to misdemeanor allegations. The…
