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null / Credit: Leigh Prather/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 27, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). About three-fourths of states scored less than 50% on Napa Legal Institute’s religious freedom index, which measures how well states safeguard religious liberty for faith-based organizations. The “2025 Religious Freedom Percentage” was part of Napa’s Faith & Freedom Index published…
Pope Leo XIV speaks to participants in the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies on Oct. 24, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 27, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV drew laughter and applause on Oct. 24 when he recalled asking…
Father Vladimír Jukl who was born 100 years ago, was a secretly ordained Catholic priest in communist Czechoslovakia, and endured imprisonment and torture. He was a key figure in the underground Catholic resistance and inspired thousands through faith, courage, and quiet leadership. / Credit: Karol Dubovan Rome, Italy, Oct 27, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA)….
Pope Leo XIV celebrates a Mass of episcopal consecration at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 26, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. Vatican City, Oct 26, 2025 / 18:24 pm (CNA). Bishops should be humble servants and men of prayer — not possession, Pope Leo XIV said at a Mass…
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies on the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Oct. 26, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 26, 2025 / 08:10 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV said at a Mass on Sunday that no one in the…
Jonatan Medina, son of evangelical pastors, shares how he converted to the Catholic faith. / Credit: EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 26, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Jonatan Medina Espinal is a young Catholic influencer who, as the son of evangelical pastors, was considered unlikely to embrace the Catholic faith, but he did so…
Cardinal József Mindszenty in 1974. / Credit: Mieremet, Rob/Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 NL, via Wikimedia Commons Rome, Italy, Oct 26, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Hungarian Church leaders recently gathered in Rome to commemorate Venerable Cardinal József Mindszenty, the persecuted prelate who died in exile 50 years ago and became an enduring symbol of resistance…
Pope Leo XIV claps with pilgrims during an audience for the Jubilee of Hope in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 25, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media. Vatican City, Oct 25, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Saturday said the key to living in a difficult time, when the Church’s teachings are often…
Pilgrims participate in a Pontifical Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, celebrated by Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke at the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 25, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrated a special Traditional Latin Mass…
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on Oct. 24, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Trump is traveling to Malaysia for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit (ASEAN), Japan, and to South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC). / Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images CNA Staff, Oct 25, 2025 / 11:00…
