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Bishop Michael Martin’s sweeping new directives attack core Catholic traditions, including the use of Latin, kneeling, and clergy prayers before and after Mass. --- Bishop Michael Martin’s sweeping new directives attack core Catholic traditions, including the use of Latin, kneeling, and [...]

Animal rights group PETA beamed a message onto the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace urging Pope Leo XIV to end purported Church ties to bullfighting. --- Animal rights group PETA beamed a message onto the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace urging Pope Leo XIV to [...]

Catholics must remember that it is the holiness of the papal office that matters most, not the man who happens to fill St. Peter’s shoes today or tomorrow. --- Catholics must remember that it is the holiness of the papal [...]

The new president of the academy is on record as having defended the use of contraception in certain cases in a marriage. --- The new president of the academy is on record as having defended the use of contraception in certain [...]

Two people are dead after a mass shooting in Philadelphia‘s Fairmount Park on Monday. Nine others were injured in the Memorial Day shooting, among them three teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17, according to Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin [...]

Mother Miriam sounds the alarm on fake AI-generated papal messages falsely attributed to “Pope Leo XIV,” urging Catholics not to be deceived by spiritual counterfeits online. In this powerful episode, she exposes the growing confusion in the digital age [...]

As with any new papacy, a quick look at their first appointments and audiences inside the system offers at least a small insight into what is first and foremost on their minds in terms of pastoral and administrative priorities. --- ROME [...]

A stable family life benefits any child. Pope Leo XIV, who calls his siblings at least weekly, is one good example. Then-Bishop Robert Prevost would call his older brother, John, daily from his post at the Vatican as Prefect [...]

Students pose after being called to “Petra House” at JSerra Catholic High School in Orange County, California, April 28, 2025. / Credit: JSerra Catholic High School CNA Staff, May 21, 2025 / 10:05 am (CNA). A Catholic school in Southern California [...]

Pope Leo XIV smiles during his first general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 21, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, May 21, 2025 / 10:46 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV will hold a meeting of cardinals on June [...]