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Above: Catholic vice president JD Vance. Photo credit. As all the world knows, on May 18, 2025, Pope Leo XIV was inaugurated. Although not nearly as impressive or expressive as the coronations of once – and we pray – future popes, it was certainly not unimpressive in its way. As foreign leaders and representatives of…
Venerable Enrique Shaw. / Credit: Acdeano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jun 21, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). The cause for canonization of Venerable Enrique Shaw, an Argentine husband, father, and businessman remembered for his vocation of service and his close ties to the working class, took another step forward at the…
The pope told the political leaders that “natural law, which is universally valid apart from and above other more debatable beliefs, constitutes the compass by which to take our bearings in legislating and acting.” / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 21, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). Pope Leo urged political leaders from around the…
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null / Credit: Sasapin Kanka|Shutterstock Brussels, Belgium, Jun 21, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). In an era where mindfulness apps dominate smartphones and meditation studios populate urban corners, a new groundbreaking international study suggests that the ancient Catholic prayer practice of praying the rosary may offer comparable mental health benefits to Eastern-inspired meditation techniques. The…
The outside of Guaranteed Rate Field, where the Chicago White Sox baseball team plays. / Credit: Spirit Juice Studios CNA Staff, Jun 21, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). From popping a wheelie in front of Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home to sitting in “the pope’s chair” at a favorite local pizzeria, filmmaker Rob Kaczmark appeared…
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Sport on June 15, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 21, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV is preparing to celebrate the solemnity of Corpus Christi for the first time as bishop of Rome, one…
How to account for the Good News of Jesus Christ? The short answer is the Holy Ghost, who, in the words of the poet Hopkins, “with warm breast and with ah! bright wings,” hovers about a broken world, and in whose fiery descent deigns to give birth to men and women annealed in Christ through…
June used to be associated with weddings. Marriage is suffering its share of problems. People find all sorts of ersatz substitutes for it; and, if they marry at all, it’s usually later than it’s ever been. For Catholics, marriage is a sacrament. That means it is more than a civil ceremony, more than “a license…
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