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Pope Leo gives an address in St. Peter’s Basilica. 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media EWTN News, Oct 15, 2025 / 09:45 am (CNA). The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Ignatius Wu Jianlin as auxiliary bishop of Shanghai on Aug. 11, with his episcopal ordination taking place today under the framework of…
Pope Leo XIV waves from the popemobile during an Oct. 15, 2025 public audience in St. Peter’s Square. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. Rome Newsroom, Oct 15, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). Optimism can disappoint us, but Christian hope “promises and fulfills” our hearts’ desire for fullness, Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly audience on…
Religious education teacher and author Andy Lewis, assistant principal at St. Bonaventure Catholic Secondary School in London, told CNA he believes the move to cut the bursary for religious education will have a “huge” impact on the ability of Catholic schools to recruit religious education teachers. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Andy Lewis London, England,…
The Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), popularly known as the Vatican Bank. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 15, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Last week, Pope Leo XIV introduced a significant reform to the financial architecture of the Holy See. With the motu proprio Coniuncta Cura, (“Shared Responsibility”) the Holy Father revoked…
Younger U.S. priests say they are far more conservative than older priests in their voting patterns, according to a 2025 survey. / Credit: TSViPhoto/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 14, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA). Younger U.S. priests are far more conservative than older priests, reaffirming a generational divide in political views, according to a 2025…
Father Mario de Jesús Guevara Calero. / Credit: Archdiocese of Managua ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 14, 2025 / 16:05 pm (CNA). Father Mario de Jesús Guevara Calero, 66, spiritual director of the La Purísima Archdiocesan Major Seminary in Nicaragua, died on Sunday, Oct. 12, according to the Archdiocese of Managua. Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, archbishop of…
Pope Leo XIV meets Italian President Sergio Mattarella during his first state visit to the country that surrounds Vatican City State on Oct. 14, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Oct 14, 2025 / 12:06 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV met with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinal Palace in Rome on Tuesday,…
Pope Leo greets crowds in St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 14, 2025 / 13:02 pm (CNA). A 2025 survey of more than 1,100 American priests found high rates of self-reported personal flourishing, strong confidence in Pope Leo XIV, and a mixed level of trust in U.S. bishops. The National…
null / Credit: Ivan Galashchuk/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 14, 2025 / 13:38 pm (CNA). A recent study found that among adults who attend Christian worship at least monthly, 68% agreed marriage is between one man and one woman, but only 46% defined “family” in corresponding terms of a husband and wife, their children, and…
Pope Leo XIV greets a baby at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 14, 2025 / 08:41 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has sent 5,000 doses of antibiotics to the Gaza Strip in a humanitarian gesture aimed primarily at children…
