Planned Parenthood says abortions at all-time high, taxpayer funding increasing
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, May 13, 2025 / 14:18 pm Planned Parenthood’s latest annual report shows a rising number of abortions and increasing federal funding for the abortion giant…
Catholic mom of 10 honored as ‘queen of mothers’ at New Orleans vigil Mass
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, May 13, 2025 / 12:12 pm A Catholic mother of 10 and grandmother of 30 was honored by New Orleans’ Archbishop Gregory Aymond during a…
Synod leaders pledge obedience to Pope Leo XIV
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, May 13, 2025 / 11:43 am The leadership of the Vatican’s synod office has pledged its full availability and support of Pope Leo XIV in…
A priest friend of Pope Leo XIV shares memories of him in Peru
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú Vatican City, May 13, 2025 / 06:00 am Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez of Chiclayo, Peru, had been planning a trip with his mother for months to visit…
Lawyers for Mikal Mahdi allege ‘botched’ firing squad execution in South Carolina
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 18:06 pm Lawyers who represent the recently executed Mikal Mahdi are alleging that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC)…
Pope Leo’s ‘greatest generation’ dad served on D-Day tank landing ship
By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 17:26 pm Louis Marius Prevost, the father of Pope Leo XIV, served on a D-Day landing ship during World War…
Australian archbishop promotes ecumenical creed on human sexuality
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 17:06 pm A Catholic archbishop in Australia is calling attention to an ecumenical statement on human sexuality released last year…
Leo XIV papacy could mean increased charitable giving, Papal Foundation president says
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 16:36 pm As the world celebrates the election of the first pope born in the United States, the president of…
California pregnancy centers appeal abortion pill reversal censorship
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, May 12, 2025 / 16:06 pm California pregnancy centers filed an appeal last week asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to…
Leo XIV, in 2023, acknowledged previous meetings with Pope Francis in which they disagreed
By Walter Sánchez Silva Lima Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 15:36 pm On March 14, 2023, the bishops of Peru awarded the Gold Medal of St. Toribio de Mogrovejo to…
10 countries Pope Leo XIV visited before becoming pope
By Kristina Millare Rome Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 14:24 pm Pope Leo XIV traveled to several countries as prior general of the Order of St. Augustine between 2001 and…
Pope Leo XIV, Zelenskyy hold first phone call about Russia-Ukraine war, Vatican says
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, May 12, 2025 / 12:04 pm Pope Leo XIV and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have spoken on the phone following the pontiff’s plea for lasting…