Pope warns against new arms race
Pope Leo XIV warned Wednesday of the grave danger of a “new global arms race” as the New START nuclear weapons treaty between the United States and Russia reached its…
U.S. solicitor general backs Colorado Catholics in dispute over universal preschool program
The United States solicitor general urged the Supreme Court to stop Colorado from excluding Catholic schools from the state’s universal preschool (UPK) program in a brief on Friday. The 25-page…
Bishops warn that Cuba risks social chaos if urgent changes are not made
The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba (COCC, by its Spanish acronym) warned that the country risks descending into social chaos and violence if increasingly urgent structural changes are not…
This is the pope’s prayer intention for the month of February
Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of February is for children with incurable diseases. In a video to be released on Feb. 5, the Holy Father prayed that…
Pope Leo to beatify Guatemalan martyr and Italian religious who founded a new congregation
Franciscan Father Augusto Ramírez Monasterio is shown after his initial interrogation and torture; he is hiding the wounds on his hands and wrists. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Ana Morales…
Vance, lawmakers defend Trump’s abortion policies at March for Life
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks at the March for Life rally on Jan. 23, 2026, in Washington, D.C. | Credit: EWTN News/Screenshot Jan 23, 2026 / 15:29 pm (CNA).…
Sarah Hurm: ‘You have that power’ to help women
Sarah Hurm speaks at the March for Life on Jan. 23, 2026. | Credit: EWTN News/Screenshot Jan 23, 2026 / 14:23 pm (CNA). Pro-life speaker Sarah Hurm offered her testimony…
Christian identity vital amid aggressive secularization, ecumenism expert says
Father Philip Goyret, an ecclesiology professor at Rome’s Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Philip Goyret Jan 23, 2026 / 12:04 pm (CNA). Ecumenical…
Pope Leo XIV to visit 5 Rome parishes during Lent
Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with Cardinal Baldassare Reina, vicar general of Rome, during a meeting with priests of the Rome Diocese at the Vatican on June 12, 2025. |…
‘I saw my baby:’ After traumatic chemical abortion, woman calls for safety regulations
Credit: Carl DMaster/Shutterstock Jan 23, 2026 / 11:34 am (CNA). At around 10 weeks, an unborn baby is about the size of a gummy bear. Some mothers may find this…
Ahead of March for Life, Trump vows to ‘always be a voice for the voiceless’
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on Jan. 20, 2026, in Washington,…
‘The antidote to abortion is love,’ Cardinal O’Malley says ahead of March for Life
Cardinal Seán O’Malley, archbishop emeritus of Boston, offers the homily at the closing Mass for the annual National Prayer Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of…