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The front door of 212 E. 141st Place, the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV, in Dolton, Illinois. / Credit: EWTN News CNA Staff, Jun 14, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). A small home in Dolton, Illinois, was on the market for $199,000 until a former inhabitant of the house became the pope. Now the…
Deacons gather in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome in February. The number of deacons in the U.S. has declined year over year, according to a recent report, June 13, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 14, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). The number of ordinations of permanent deacons in the United States…
Fernando Moscardó (center) and his friend Patricia (far left) meet with Pope Leo XIV and Bishop Mikel Garciandía of Palencia (right) after the Holy Father’s general audience on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 14, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Following the June 11 general audience, Pope Leo XIV spoke…
The McCoppin family (from left): Alyssa, Courteney, James, Rhys, and Kelly, poses for a photo after entering the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil on April 8, 2023, at Sacred Heart Church in Manassas. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the McCoppin family Locust Grove, Virginia, Jun 14, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). High school can…
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.” / Credit: Public domain Vatican City, Jun 13, 2025 / 17:09 pm (CNA). The Vatican has recognized two miracles attributed to Blessed Pier…
Mother Carmen Rendiles and Dr. José Gregorio Hernández are scheduled to be proclaimed Venezuela’s first saints on Oct. 19, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Mother Carmen of Venezuela/public domain Vatican City, Jun 13, 2025 / 17:39 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV will canonize seven blesseds on Oct. 19, including two Venezuelans: José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros,…
Volunteers and staff with Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley assist Latin American and Haitian migrants at a migrant shelter in McAllen, Texas. / Credit: Peter Pinedo/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 13, 2025 / 18:09 pm (CNA). The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability have announced the…
Pope Leo XIV presides over the first ordinary public consistory of cardinals of his pontificate on June 13, 2025, at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 13, 2025 / 16:39 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV stated that “the gravest poverty is not to know God” and that having…
Blessed Carlo Acutis. / Credit: Diocese of Assisi Vatican City, Jun 13, 2025 / 15:09 pm (CNA). It’s official! Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blessed Carlo Acutis on Sept. 7 together with Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati as the first new saints of his pontificate. A gamer and computer coder who loved the Eucharist, Carlo Acutis…
null / Credit: Pormezz/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 13, 2025 / 14:39 pm (CNA). When Ken Williams was 17 years old, he struggled with suicidal ideation because he was torn — he was a Christian, but he also had same-sex attraction. “My faith convictions were that God wanted me to live a life not including those…
