by CNA Staff Denver, Colo., Jun 4, 2022 / 07:30 am This weekend, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season and celebrates the beginning of the Church. Here’s what you need to know about the feast day: The …

By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 4, 2025 / 16:29 pm Bishop Robert Barron sat down with conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson this week to talk about the Catholic faith and discuss some hot cultural topics. Carlson, an Episcopalian, began the June 2 interview by saying that his friends urged …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Jun 5, 2025 / 12:05 pm The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously held that the state of Wisconsin had violated the First Amendment when it denied a tax exemption to a Catholic charity after claiming that the group’s charitable undertakings were not “primarily” religious. The …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 5, 2025 / 08:54 am Pope Leo XIV on Thursday named Uganda-born Father Simon Peter Engurait, a former business analyst who became a priest at age 41, to lead the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in southeastern Louisiana. The 53-year-old priest, ordained for the diocese in 2013, …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Jun 3, 2025 / 11:59 am In his first prayer intention video of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has asked the faithful to pray that the world might grow in compassion during the month of June. “Let us pray that each one of us might …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 4, 2025 / 07:30 am Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday appointed Pittsburgh Auxiliary Bishop Mark Eckman to lead the northern U.S. diocese, with the bishop-elect succeeding Bishop David Zubik in that role. Leo accepted Zubik’s resignation June 4. The outgoing bishop turned 75 — the …

By Jonathan Liedl National Catholic Register, Jun 4, 2025 / 09:39 am The bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, has delayed his plan to restrict the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in his diocese, pushing the date back by nearly three months after a week and a half of significant backlash in North …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton Nashville, Tenn., May 29, 2025 / 14:12 pm Catholic home schooling families from across the country joined popular Catholic speakers in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 23 for an evening of camaraderie supporting Regina Caeli Academy, an accredited pre-K–12 classical home school hybrid academy founded in 2003. The …

By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 30, 2025 / 16:23 pm Pope Leo XIV on Friday appointed Nicaraguan-born Father Pedro Bismarck Chau as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. The Holy Father also accepted the resignation of 77-year-old Newark Auxiliary Bishop Gregory J. Studerus. Bishop-elect Chau is …

By Alexander Folz CNA Deutsch, May 29, 2025 / 10:48 am A German archdiocese has distanced itself from the controversial performance “Westfalen Side Story” in Paderborn Cathedral and told CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner, that it had no prior knowledge of the specific content of the performance. The Archdiocese of …