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Pope Leo XIV speaks from a window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square during the Sunday Angelus on Aug. 24, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 3, 2026 / 07:05 am (CNA). After U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Saturday, Pope Leo expressed deep concern over the situation. Global…
Members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia (CBCE). | Credit: CBCE Jan 5, 2026 / 12:34 pm (CNA). Catholic bishops in Ethiopia have issued a far-reaching synodality message that speaks to the fear, suffering, and fragmentation gripping the Horn of Africa nation, repeatedly urging the people of God to “not be afraid.” Dated Dec….
Seminarians approach the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Jan 5, 2026 / 09:00 am (CNA). More than 33.4 million pilgrims traveled to Rome to participate in the Jubilee of Hope, surpassing initial projections, the Vatican said Monday. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the…
The news app for Vatican City State, developed with support from the family of St. Carlo Acutis. / Credit: Vatican City State/Screenshot Vatican City, Jan 5, 2026 / 10:20 am (CNA). The parents of St. Carlo Acutis contributed to the development of a new official news application connected to the institutional website of the Vatican…
The National Shrine of St. John Neumann at St. Peter the Apostle Church in Philadelphia. | Credit: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jan 5, 2026 / 04:00 am (CNA). Every Jan. 5 the Church celebrates the feast of St. John Neumann, Redemptorist missionary, fourth bishop of the city of Philadelphia, and organizer of…
Thousands of participants with paper crowns gather on Castle Square in Warsaw during the Three Kings Procession on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2025. Credit: Paweł Kula/Fundacja Orszak Trzech Króli Jan 5, 2026 / 05:00 am (CNA). Nearly 2 million people will parade through streets Tuesday in one of Europe’s largest Catholic public celebrations, as the Three…
Republicans presently control the White House and both chambers of Congress, but their majorities in both legislative chambers are narrow. | Credit: roibu/Shutterstock Jan 5, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). Key elections in November 2026 could reshape the balance of power in the U.S. government, potentially upending the current Republican trifecta in Washington and offering…
Arthur Brooks gives a keynote address at SEEK 2026 on Jan. 4, 2026. | Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA Jan 4, 2026 / 23:20 pm (CNA). New York Times bestselling author and Harvard professor Arthur Brooks encouraged attendees at SEEK 2026 to resist the temptation as missionaries to “fight fire with fire.” In his Jan. 4 keynote…
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Trevor Williams delivers against the Chicago Cubs at Nationals Park on May 2, 2023. | Credit: Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images. Jan 4, 2026 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Catholic college athletes attending the SEEK 2026 conference in Columbus, Ohio, considered how holiness is built: Not through spotlight moments, but…
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on January 4, 2026. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 4, 2026 / 10:20 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV said Christian hope “is not based on optimistic forecasts or human calculations,” but on God’s decision to…
