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null / Credit: lunamarina/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 1, 2025 / 13:30 pm (CNA). The more often Catholics in the United States attend Mass, the more likely they are to oppose proposed changes to the Church, such as blessing same-sex marriages and allowing women to become priests, a new Pew Research Center study reveals. Pew…

National Shrine and Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Sheshan, also known as Basilica of Mary, Help of Christians, in Shanghai, China. / Credit: lobia, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, May 1, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). As the Catholic Church continues through a period of interregnum between the reign of popes, Chinese authorities have…

Pope Francis meets director Martin Scorsese in the Vatican on Nov. 30, 2016. / Credit: L’Osservatore Romano CNA Staff, May 1, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Filmmaker Martin Scorsese is producing a feature-length documentary about Pope Francis and the educational movement the late pontiff founded. “Aldeas, a New Story” will feature conversations between Scorsese and…

Members of the Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria (CATHAN) pledged to uphold the “theological and pastoral legacy” of the late Pope Francis, in a statement issued during their 39th annual conference and 40th anniversary commemoration. / Credit: CATHAN ACI Africa, May 1, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Members of the Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria…

Cardinals participate in the fifth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on April 30, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, May 1, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Members of the College of Cardinals have gathered in Rome in anticipation of the subsequent election of Pope Francis’ successor.  There…