PHOTOS: 45,000 attend Bruges’ Holy Blood Procession honoring Christ’s relic
By Thomas Philipp Reiter Bruges, Belgium, May 31, 2025 / 11:00 am Over 45,000 people, including visitors from the Americas, lined the streets and walked in procession Thursday for the…
In New York City, Antonia Acutis speaks of her son’s holy witness
By Sabrina Ferrisi New York City, N.Y., May 31, 2025 / 10:30 am Antonia Salzano Acutis, the mother of soon-to-be canonized Carlo Acutis, spoke to a capacity crowd of more…
Bishops of El Salvador oppose country being used as ‘international prison’
By Diego López Colín ACI Prensa Staff, May 31, 2025 / 10:00 am As El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele marks his sixth anniversary in office, the country’s Catholic bishops have…
Pope Leo XIV ordains 11 new priests for Rome, urges transparent priesthood
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, May 31, 2025 / 09:30 am Pope Leo XIV ordained 11 new priests for the Diocese of Rome on Saturday during a Mass at St.…
Barefoot and hungry pilgrims keep returning to Ireland’s most grueling pilgrimage
By Patrick J. Passmore Dublin, Ireland, May 31, 2025 / 09:00 am This weekend, the Jubilee of Hope pilgrimage season will open in Ireland and the first cohort of 2025…
Catholic ‘creative minority’ revitalizing Church in the Netherlands, Dutch cardinal says
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, May 31, 2025 / 08:00 am The Church in the Netherlands is gaining momentum thanks to the “creative minority” of young people rediscovering the Catholic…
Trappist monks honor enslaved buried in unmarked graves with garden and Christ sculpture
By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 31, 2025 / 07:00 am On a piece of land in South Carolina where hundreds of Indigenous and African Americans were once enslaved,…
French bishops condemn passage of euthanasia bill, call for compassionate alternatives
By Solène Tadié Paris, France, May 31, 2025 / 06:00 am The French National Assembly has approved a controversial bill legalizing “assistance in dying,” a move that the country’s Catholic…
Pope Leo XIV set to obtain new Peruvian identity document
By Walter Sánchez Silva Lima Newsroom, May 30, 2025 / 19:23 pm Pope Leo XIV has updated his personal information for a new Peruvian national identity document (DNI, by its…
‘Martyrs of the New Millenium’ examines plight of persecuted Christians
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 30, 2025 / 18:53 pm The whole nature of Chrisitian martyrdom has shifted in the 21st century, according to Robert Royal, author of…
Cardinal Dolan urges New York lawmakers: ‘Prevent, don’t assist, suicide’
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 30, 2025 / 18:23 pm Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York is asking state lawmakers to oppose a bill that…
Planned Parenthood to close 8 abortion facilities across the Midwest
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, May 30, 2025 / 17:53 pm Planned Parenthood has announced the upcoming closure of eight of its abortion facilities across Minnesota and Iowa. Planned Parenthood…