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Pope Leo XIV, when he was bishop of Chiclayo (Peru), recites the prayer of consecration before Our Lady of Fátima. / Credit: Courtesy of Fátima Mission Peru Lima Newsroom, May 13, 2025 / 17:19 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV, when he was bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, offered a special prayer of consecration to the Blessed Virgin…
Current Chiclayo Bishop Edinson Farfán at a press conference on Friday, May 9, 2025. / Credit: Diego López Marina/ACI Prensa Lima Newsroom, May 13, 2025 / 15:56 pm (CNA). The current bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, Edinson Farfán, is publicly defending the actions of his predecessor, Bishop Robert Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — in…
A Planned Parenthood facility in Indianapolis. / Credit: Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 13, 2025 / 14:18 pm (CNA). Planned Parenthood’s latest annual report shows a rising number of abortions and increasing federal funding for the abortion giant while other programs such as cancer screening and prevention services decrease. Released on Mother’s Day, Planned Parenthood’s…
Former United States Ambassador to the Holy See Francis Rooney speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Catherine Hadro on Monday, May 12, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 13, 2025 / 14:48 pm (CNA). Former United States Ambassador to the Holy See Francis Rooney said this week that he believes Pope Leo…
Delegates at the 2024 Synod on Synodality participate in roundtable meetings on Oct. 10, 2024, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, May 13, 2025 / 11:43 am (CNA). The leadership of the Vatican’s synod office has pledged its full availability and support of Pope Leo XIV in…
Jeanne Vath Ory receives her Regina Matrum Award after a special vigil Mass was celebrated by New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond at her home parish, St. Joan of Arc in LaPlace, Louisiana, on May 12, 2025, the day after Mother’s Day. / Credit: Kim Roberts CNA Staff, May 13, 2025 / 12:12 pm (CNA). A…
Pope Leo XIV with his friend Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez on May 12, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez Vatican City, May 13, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez of Chiclayo, Peru, had been planning a trip with his mother for months to visit various…
Archbishop Julian Porteous. / Credit: Archdiocese of Hobart Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 17:06 pm (CNA). A Catholic archbishop in Australia is calling attention to an ecumenical statement on human sexuality released last year as the group behind the project seeks to gain approval for the creed from “biblically orthodox leaders” worldwide. Archbishop…
U.S. Navy LSTs and other vessels unloading at low tide at Normandy, soon after the June 1944 invasion. USS LST-55 is in the center, behind the closest barrage balloon. USS LST-61 is at right. / Credit: Steck, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 17:26 pm…
Mikal Mahdi. / Credit: Federal Public Defenders (proof), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 18:06 pm (CNA). Lawyers who represent the recently executed Mikal Mahdi are alleging that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) “botched” their client’s firing squad execution, which caused him to scream out in pain…
