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From the popemobile, Pope Leo XIV greets thousands of people lined up along Via della Conciliazione on the morning of his inaugural Mass, Sunday, May 18, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, May 22, 2025 / 14:18 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has appointed Sister Tiziana Merletti as secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes…
Pope Leo XIV prays in front of the famous icon at the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 / 13:12 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV, the first pope to come from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA),…
San Diego Bishop-elect Michael Pham. / Credit: Father Michael Pham Vatican City, May 22, 2025 / 11:22 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Thursday appointed Bishop Michael Pham as bishop of the Diocese of San Diego. He will rise from the position of auxiliary bishop there and succeed Cardinal Robert McElroy as head of the…
St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. / Credit: travelview/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 / 11:52 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of New Orleans this week agreed to pay a massive $180 million to victims of clergy abuse there, bringing an end to years of bankruptcy proceedings in federal court and pointing to what Archbishop Gregory…
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller|Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 / 12:12 pm (CNA). The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to issue a ruling in a contentious case involving what was proposed to be the nation’s first religious charter school, leaving untouched a lower court ruling that…
The childhood home of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, in Dolton, Illinois. / Credit: Michael Howie, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 / 09:21 am (CNA). The village of Dolton, a suburb just south of Chicago and the hometown of Pope Leo XIV, is seeking to acquire his childhood home for…
Those who want to participate can visit the eCatholic website to “take a moment to offer a message of prayer, encouragement, or support” and submit a video. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 22, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Tech company eCatholic is collecting video messages of prayer, encouragement, and support from…
null / Credit: BUTENKOV ALEKSEI/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Canadian government’s abolishment of a government ministry for disabled citizens underscores the government’s “demeaning attitude” toward disabled people, advocates say, particularly after the country opted to expand the national euthanasia program to include those with disabilities. Canadian Prime Minister Mark…
Spanish Augustinian Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín and Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Courtesy of Bishop Luis Marín Vatican City, May 22, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The undersecretary of the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, the Spanish Augustinian Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín, is among those…
Police patrol in Mexico City. / Credit: David Ramos/ACI Prensa Puebla, Mexico, May 21, 2025 / 19:22 pm (CNA). The Mexican Bishops’ Conference expressed its “profound consternation” following the assassination of two senior officials of the Mexico City government, which occurred Tuesday in the Mexican capital. The victims of the shooting are Ximena Guzmán, private…
