By CNA Staff Vatican City, Sep 13, 2025 / 11:03 am Pope Leo XIV on Saturday morning received Brian Burch, the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace for the formal presentation of his letters of credence. According to a U.S. embassy statement, the two men …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 9, 2025 / 06:00 am President Donald Trump launched an initiative that urges Americans to pray for the country and its citizens in preparation for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026. The initiative, called “America Prays,” urges Americans to dedicate …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 3, 2025 / 18:32 pm Nearly 20% of adults in the United States — approximately 50 million people — call themselves Catholic, but the American Catholic population is diverse in its beliefs, its adherence to Church teaching, and its religious practices as well as …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 20, 2024 / 15:05 pm President-elect Donald Trump selected CatholicVote president and co-founder Brian Burch to serve as the United States ambassador to the Holy See, he announced on Truth Social Friday afternoon. “Brian is a devout Catholic, a father of nine, and president of CatholicVote,” …

By Joe Bukuras, Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 23, 2024 / 19:25 pm One year after the FBI’s Richmond office sent out a memorandum outlining an investigation into traditionalist Catholics, a Latin Mass was held in the U.S. Capitol with the support of House Speaker Mike Johnson and two other Republican …

by Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Nov 8, 2022 / 10:00 am Catholics are heading to the polls Tuesday along with the rest of the electorate to decide who will fill all 435 U.S. House seats and 34 of the 100 U.S. Senate seats. National polls show close races for …

by Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Oct 11, 2022 / 10:05 am On Nov. 8 voters in five states — Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota — will decide on whether to legalize recreational marijuana use. Catholic bishops in several of those states have urged voters to reject ballot measures that would legalize marijuana, citing …

by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 10, 2022 / 03:30 am CatholicVote is inviting Christians nationwide to pray a novena asking for St. Michael’s intercession amid the growing number of attacks targeting churches and pro-life pregnancy centers in the United States. “As Catholics, before we go to the polls, …

by Kelsey Wicks Denver Newsroom, Aug 19, 2022 / 19:14 pm Catholic Vote has launched a $1 million dollar ad campaign against Catholic President Joe Biden in response to the Department of Justice’s inaction in the face of violent attacks against pro-life organizations and Catholic churches after the leaked draft …

by Kate Scanlon Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 15, 2021 / 06:05 am A poll by a Catholic advocacy group released on Tuesday found that, among Catholics who attend Mass regularly, the vast majority say that Catholic politicians who take policy positions contrary to Church teaching “create confusion” among the faithful. …