Pew: Catholics who attend Mass weekly more likely to oppose changes to the Church  — By: Catholic News Agency

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…

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2 priests ‘elected’ as Catholic bishops in China after death of Pope Francis — By: Catholic News Agency

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…

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Martin Scorsese producing film featuring Pope Francis’ last in-depth on-camera interview — By: Catholic News Agency

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…

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