Before leaving Castel Gandolfo this evening, Pope Leo XIV stopped to talk to some journalists, and answered some questions on international current affairs. By Vatican News “We must encourage everyone to leave weapons behind, and to leave behind the money-making that is behind every war.’ Those were the Pope’s words …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Jul 21, 2025 / 14:06 pm A Chicago family vacationing in Rome is making headlines after a video of their encounter with Pope Leo XIV on Sunday went viral. Marcel and Ann Muñoz, along with their three children, met the pope after Mass on July …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Jul 21, 2025 / 06:00 am In the heart of New York City, nestled among the tall buildings of Times Square, sits a small tattoo shop with two 17-inch signs of the Miraculous Medal hanging outside the front door. Inside, walls of rosaries, crucifixes, and …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Newsroom, Jul 19, 2025 / 10:45 am From Detroit to California to Florida, Catholic clergy are rallying to show support and solidarity for immigrants facing deportations. While the Tennessee bishops and Bishop Alberto Rojas of San Bernardino recently granted dispensations to the Sunday Mass obligation for those who fear …

By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jul 20, 2025 / 07:05 am Pope Leo XIV encouraged people on Sunday to embrace the summer season as a time to deepen their relationship with God through silence, reflection, and time spent with others. “Summer can be a providential time to experience the beauty and …

Suhail Abo Dawood, a young Catholic student from Gaza seriously wounded in the Israeli attack on the Holy Family parish on Thursday, tells Vatican media that his condition is improving. “Love”, says the young man, who writes a column for the Holy See’s newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, “is stronger than war”. …

Speaking after the Sunday Angelus, Pope Leo mourns the three Gazans killed in an attack on the Holy Family Catholic parish in Gaza city, which he says is “just one” of the “continuous” attacks on Gaza’s people and holy sites. By Joseph Tulloch Pope Leo XIV has expressed his “deep …

In the wake of the Israeli strike on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza, Pope Leo XIV and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak by phone, with the Pope reaffirming the urgent need to protect places of worship and achieve a ceasefire. By Deborah Castellano Lubov Amid the ongoing …

By Amira Abuzeid CNA Newsroom, Jul 17, 2025 / 15:58 pm U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) delivered a speech on the Senate floor on July 16 denouncing cuts to federal funding of faith-based organizations that play critical roles in refugee resettlement and international humanitarian aid. The Rescissions Act of 2025, pushed …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jul 18, 2025 / 04:10 am A reported strike on the only Catholic Church in Gaza killed three people and injured nine others July 17, according to a statement from the Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM. Among the injured was the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli. Pictures showed damage …