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Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on May 1, 2020, the feast of St. Joseph the Worker. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, May 1, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis, who died last month, was well known for his devotion to St. Joseph, the foster father of…
Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas lived to 116. / Credit: Nathália Queiroz/ACI Digital Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 1, 2025 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest person in the world, died Wednesday in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at the age of 116. Born on May 27, 1908, the Teresian nun was the oldest person…
null / Credit: lunamarina/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 1, 2025 / 13:30 pm (CNA). The more often Catholics in the United States attend Mass, the more likely they are to oppose proposed changes to the Church, such as blessing same-sex marriages and allowing women to become priests, a new Pew Research Center study reveals. Pew…
National Shrine and Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Sheshan, also known as Basilica of Mary, Help of Christians, in Shanghai, China. / Credit: lobia, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, May 1, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). As the Catholic Church continues through a period of interregnum between the reign of popes, Chinese authorities have…
Pope Francis meets director Martin Scorsese in the Vatican on Nov. 30, 2016. / Credit: L’Osservatore Romano CNA Staff, May 1, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Filmmaker Martin Scorsese is producing a feature-length documentary about Pope Francis and the educational movement the late pontiff founded. “Aldeas, a New Story” will feature conversations between Scorsese and…
Members of the Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria (CATHAN) pledged to uphold the “theological and pastoral legacy” of the late Pope Francis, in a statement issued during their 39th annual conference and 40th anniversary commemoration. / Credit: CATHAN ACI Africa, May 1, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Members of the Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria…
Cardinals participate in the fifth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on April 30, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, May 1, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Members of the College of Cardinals have gathered in Rome in anticipation of the subsequent election of Pope Francis’ successor. There…
Archivists show a handwritten book of the Rule of St. Augustine found in the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine’s archives, an example of the materials that will be preserved in WRAC’s future heritage center. / Credit: Courtesy of the Women Religious Archives Collaborative CNA Staff, May 1, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A group…
Swiss Guards stand at attention during Easter Sunday liturgical celebrations at the Vatican on April 20, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Apr 30, 2025 / 23:18 pm (CNA). The conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor will begin on May 7, as the Church enters the final preparatory phase for choosing its 267th pope….
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri celebrates Mass on the fifth day of Novendiales Masses for Pope Francis on April 30, 2025, at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 30, 2025 / 18:34 pm (CNA). Cardinal Leonardo Sandri on Wednesday recalled one of the traditional titles for the pope, the “servant…
