LIVE UPDATES: Cardinals gather for second meeting as thousands bid farewell through the night to Pope Francis
Swiss Guards accompany the pallbearers with the wooden coffin of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on April 23, 2025, during the translatio — the solemn transfer of the pope’s…
MAP: Remembering Pope Francis’ many apostolic journeys abroad
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2025 / 08:00 am Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, traveled abroad on apostolic journeys nearly 50 times during his…
Cardinals converge in Rome as second general congregation gathers 103 prelates
By Martin Bürger CNA Newsroom, Apr 24, 2025 / 02:04 am The College of Cardinals saw a significant increase in attendance at Wednesday’s general congregation, with 103 cardinals now present…
Federal Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias gets underway
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 23, 2025 / 17:26 pm The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) hosted the inaugural meeting this week of a new task force to…
Grief, sorrow in endless lines to bid farewell to Pope Francis
By Victoria Cardiel Vatican City, Apr 23, 2025 / 16:51 pm In the endless lines of pilgrims wishing to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose coffin now lies…
JD Vance on Pope Francis: ‘He was a great Christian pastor’
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Apr 23, 2025 / 16:21 pm U.S. Vice President JD Vance said this week that he is refusing to politicize Pope Francis’ death, hailing the…
Americans who met Pope Francis in the United States share their reflections
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 23, 2025 / 15:51 pm Among the people throughout the world remembering Pope Francis in a special way this week are three Americans who shared extraordinarily…
Catholics bid final farewell as Pope Francis lies in state at St. Peter’s Basilica
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Apr 23, 2025 / 14:37 pm Thousands of Catholics said their last goodbyes and paid their respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday as the late…
Handing out ice cream, visiting the poor: Charity of Pope Francis on his patron saint’s day
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 23, 2025 / 12:55 pm Pope Francis, baptized as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, celebrated his patron saint’s feast day every April 23. The patron…
Los Angeles Archdiocese reports highest number of Easter converts in 10 years
By María J. Moriarty Seattle, Wash., Apr 23, 2025 / 09:00 am The Archdiocese of Los Angeles welcomed more than 5,500 converts into the Catholic Church this Easter — the…
CNA explains: ‘Sede vacante’ and ‘interregnum’ — what do they mean?
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Apr 23, 2025 / 08:00 am Pope Francis died on April 21 at the age of 88. As Catholics around the world mourn his passing,…
Pope Francis moved to St. Peter’s Basilica for final goodbye
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Apr 23, 2025 / 06:06 am Pope Francis’ coffin was carried Wednesday morning in solemn procession to St. Peter’s Basilica, where the late pontiff will…