Pope Francis meets with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Vatican on May 13, 2023, their first meeting since the start of the full-scale war with Russia. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 29, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis spoke by telephone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy three days after Christmas…

A prayer meeting organized by the Taizé community. / Credit: Christian Pulfrich, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED, Wikimedia CNA Staff, Dec 29, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis urged young people attending the 46th European Meeting organized by the ecumenical monastic community Taizé to “dare to build a different world, a world of listening, dialogue,…

Zubair Simonson, O.F.S., is a convert who was raised Muslim. / Credit: The Journey Home/EWTN Global Catholic Network Lima Newsroom, Dec 29, 2023 / 16:10 pm (CNA). Christmas is a time of reconciliation. God himself chose to become a man, coming into the world to save fallen humanity and reconcile it with himself. Christmas represents…

Pope Benedict XVI on May 11, 2010. / Credit: Mazur/www.thepapalvisit.org.uk Rome Newsroom, Dec 29, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA). One year after the death of Pope Benedict XVI, scholars, experts, and friends of the late pontiff will meet in Rome on Dec. 30–31 in the Benedict XVI Hall of the Campo Santo Teutonico at the…

Rev. Eugene F. Rivers III. / Credit: Ben P L from Provo, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 29, 2023 / 12:20 pm (CNA). With some African bishops expressing concerns about the Vatican’s new same-sex blessing declaration, one prominent black Pentecostal leader is voicing his “solidarity” with African Catholics and…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts a Christmas gathering with Christian leaders, including Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai and Delhi Archbishop Anil Couto, at his residence in New Delhi on Dec. 25, 2023. / Credit: Prime Minister of India’s office Bangalore, India, Dec 29, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA). Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader…

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is greeted by Pope Francis during the Ordinary Public Consistory at St. Peter’s Basilica on Feb. 14, 2015. / Credit: Franco Origlia/Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Dec 29, 2023 / 10:57 am (CNA). On the eve of the first anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s death, his biographer, Peter Seewald, raised serious concerns…

null / Credit: Jill Sauve/Unsplash CNA Staff, Dec 29, 2023 / 11:30 am (CNA). The pro-life group Americans United for Life (AUL) has released its annual “Life List” revealing its full rankings of every U.S. state from most to least pro-life.  The group said in a press release that over the course of 2023, U.S. states “have…