World leaders, delegates set to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, May 17, 2025 / 15:00 pm U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are among numerous international leaders and dignitaries, representing…
Students react to Pope Leo XIV: ‘I hope more people will become Catholic’
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, May 17, 2025 / 11:00 am For Catholic students in the United States, the election of Pope Leo XIV as the first American pope on…
Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music launches ‘Let’s Sing with the Pope’ video series
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, May 17, 2025 / 10:00 am The Vatican’s sacred music school is seeking to teach Catholics worldwide how to sing ancient Gregorian chant as a…
FULL TEXT: Pope Leo XIV addresses Centesimus Annus Foundation on Catholic social teaching
By Pope Leo XIV Rome Newsroom, May 17, 2025 / 09:42 am Pope Leo XIV urged members of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation to embrace Catholic social doctrine as…
What to watch for: Key moments taking place in Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass
By Victoria Cardiel Vatican City, May 17, 2025 / 09:00 am The Mass for the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate will be celebrated on Sunday, May 18, at 10…
LIVE UPDATES: Pope Leo XIV’s first days
Pope Leo XIV speaking before cardinals in Rome after his election. May 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media In his first significant address on Catholic social teaching, Pope Leo XIV offers…
An Augustinian pope: Upholding Africa’s legacy and embracing Eastern Christianity
By Souhail Lawand ACI MENA, May 17, 2025 / 08:00 am Eastern Christian communities erupted in celebration at the election of the Catholic Church’s new pontiff on May 8, with…
The meaning of Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass and taking possession of St. John Lateran
By Victoria Cardiel Vatican City, May 17, 2025 / 07:00 am The Mass for the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate will be celebrated on Sunday, May 18, at 10…
New Mexico diocese uses classic cars to drive vocations and evangelization
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, May 17, 2025 / 06:00 am In 2015, Father Matthew Keller, a priest in the Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico, restored a 1972 Chevelle…
Trump names Archbishop Cordileone to Religious Liberty Commission advisory board
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 16, 2025 / 18:03 pm U.S. President Donald Trump has tapped San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone to serve on an advisory board…
100 years after her canonization, St. Thérèse’s ‘Little Way’ still guides hearts to God
By Solène Tadié Paris, France, May 16, 2025 / 17:11 pm In 2025, the Church honors a saint whose impact has only grown with time. One hundred years after her…
An athletic pope: Pope Leo XIV worked out regularly at this gym
By Victoria Cardiel Vatican City, May 16, 2025 / 16:41 pm When he was prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost used to take long walks through…