By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 31, 2025 / 14:59 pm U.S. President Donald Trump said he is designating Nigeria a “country of particular concern.” In a social media post Oct. 31, Trump said, “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists …

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 31, 2025 / 14:17 pm Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago described artificial intelligence (AI) as Pope Leo XIV’s  “industrial revolution” at a Georgetown University forum Oct. 30. The event, “Pope Leo XIV’s New Challenge and Moral Leadership on Poverty, Work, and Artificial Intelligence,” examined …

By Zelda Caldwell Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 29, 2022 / 10:55 am This October some churches and ministries in the United States are once again hosting Christian versions of haunted houses, and nonbelievers and believers alike are lining up for some rather existential spine-tingling for the first time since the pandemic. …

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 30, 2025 / 14:05 pm Catholic Charities USA has launched an emergency fundraising effort to support those about to lose access to federal food assistance in the coming days. Due to the ongoing government shutdown, funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 30, 2025 / 09:14 am The Vatican’s doctrine office announced Thursday it will release a document on Nov. 4 about titles of Mary that refer to her “cooperation in the work of salvation.” Mary’s contribution to human salvation, specifically the title of “Co-Redemptrix” (“Co-Redeemer”) has …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 29, 2025 / 12:27 pm Catholic charitable groups that provide food to needy families are voicing concern about the expected stoppage of federal food assistance programs as the government shutdown continues. The shutdown reached Day 29 on Oct. 29, and unless lawmakers come to …

By Alexey Gotovskiy Vatican City, Oct 27, 2025 / 15:23 pm A small delegation from Kazakhstan has brought to the Vatican two sealed boxes containing more than 30 pounds of documents, testimonies, and accounts of miracles for the cause of Servant of God Gertrude Detzel — a laywoman who kept the …

By Tessa Gervasini , Ken Oliver-Méndez Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 27, 2025 / 15:53 pm The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology is launching a new Bible study program to help Catholics prepare for the Advent and Christmas seasons. The Bible study, titled “Bible Across America,” is set to begin Nov. 5 and aims …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Oct 27, 2025 / 13:00 pm Pope Leo XIV will name St. John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education in a document to be published on Oct. 28 for the 60th anniversary of Gravissimum Educationis, the Second Vatican Council’s declaration on Christian education. He …

By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 25, 2025 / 07:00 am Father Burke Masters’ first dream was to be a major league baseball player, but after feeling a call from God to the priesthood he now uses the sport “to speak about Jesus and the Church.” “I played college baseball …