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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…
Credit: ivanko80/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 12, 2025 / 16:06 pm (CNA). California pregnancy centers filed an appeal last week asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to stop the state from censoring pro-life pregnancy centers that provide abortion pill reversals. The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) and the SCV…
Pope Leo XIV smiles as a jubilant crowd joins in prayer on Sunday, May 11, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 16:36 pm (CNA). As the world celebrates the election of the first pope born in the United States, the president of the only U.S.-based charitable organization dedicated to…
Pope Leo XIV, when he was a bishop, received the Gold Medal of St. Toribio de Mogrovejo from the Peruvian bishops in 2023. / Credit: Peruvian Bishops’ Conference YouTube/screenshot Lima Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 15:36 pm (CNA). On March 14, 2023, the bishops of Peru awarded the Gold Medal of St. Toribio de Mogrovejo to…
Bishop Robert Francis Prevost was named prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops on Jan. 30, 2023. / Credit: Frayjhonattan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 14:24 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV traveled to several countries as prior general of the Order of St. Augustine between 2001 and 2013…
More than 10,000 faithful gather on May 10, 2025, in front of the Cathedral of Santa María de Chiclayo in Peru to celebrate a Thanksgiving Mass for the election of Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Diego Lopez Marina/EWTN News Chiclayo, Peru, May 11, 2025 / 18:23 pm (CNA). In a jubilant atmosphere, more than 10,000…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a press conference after a meeting of European leaders in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on May 10, 2025. / Credit: GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images Vatican City, May 12, 2025 / 12:04 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have spoken on the phone following the pontiff’s…
A burnt scooter on May 9, 2025, stands on the spot where twins Zian Khan and Urwa Fatima died on May 7 during Pakistani artillery shelling in the main town of Poonch district. / Credit: PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP via Getty Images Bangalore, India, May 12, 2025 / 10:40 am (CNA). A Catholic school and convent in…
Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists on May 12, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Veronica Giacometti/EWTN News Vatican City, May 12, 2025 / 09:22 am (CNA). In his first address to international media on Monday, Pope Leo XIV thanked journalists for their service to the truth and for…
