A candlelight Stations of the Cross in St. Peter’s Square on Good Friday 2021. / Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Feb 24, 2025 / 07:32 am (CNA). The Vatican announced Monday that cardinals will lead a nightly rosary in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’s recovery, with the first prayer service scheduled for 9 p.m. Rome…
The St. Louis Cathedral, the oldest Catholic cathedral in continual use in the United States, on April 9, 2020, in New Orleans. / Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images CNA Staff, Feb 24, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Millions of Catholics from around the world are converging on Rome this year for the Jubilee Year of Hope….
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The College of Cardinals celebrates Mass March 12, 2013, before entering the Sistine Chapel for the papal conclave. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno/CNA Rome Newsroom, Feb 24, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The retirement on Jan. 25 of Cardinal Oswald Gracias as archbishop of Bombay and the end of the 30-year “reign” of Cardinal Christoph Schönborn…
Let’s face it, there will always be people of privilege—the so-called Beautiful People—armed with advantages far beyond the reach of everyone else. Beyond even the wildest dreams of everyone else. “You are truly rich,” wrote Henry James, whose stories are filled with such people, “if you can meet the demands of your imagination.” Such people…
On the day of President Trump’s near-assassination, July 13, 2024, I was the priest who met him, spoke with him, and prayed for him. In that private moment, I witnessed firsthand a man who spoke with conviction about the struggle for justice for the long-suffering Ukrainian people, particularly regarding Ukraine’s sovereignty and the need to…
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Get-well cards from schoolchildren to Pope Francis are seen at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025 / Credit: ACI Stampa CNA Staff, Feb 23, 2025 / 14:40 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Sunday was flooded with get-well cards and hand-drawn greetings from schoolchildren in Rome as the Holy Father continues to battle a series of…
