By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 22, 2025 / 09:07 am 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. The Holy …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 20, 2025 / 09:44 am Pope Leo XIV on Monday named Bishop Mark O’Connell, an auxiliary bishop of Boston, the next bishop of the Diocese of Albany, New York. O’Connell, a canon lawyer, succeeds the 77-year-old Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger, who has been bishop of …

By Hannah Brockhaus , Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Oct 9, 2025 / 12:25 pm Pope Leo XIV addressed immigration policies and respect for vulnerable migrants in a meeting with Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and labor leaders at the Vatican on Thursday. “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 9, 2025 / 06:01 am In the first major document of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV writes that the poor are not only objects of charity but also evangelists who can prompt us to conversion through their example of weakness and reliance on God. “The poor …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 9, 2025 / 09:12 am Pope Leo XIV sent a letter this week commending Catholic Charities USA for being “agents of hope” to vulnerable people, especially migrants and refugees. As migrants and refugees “are not able to rely on their own resources and have to …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Sep 25, 2025 / 09:57 am Did you hear what Pope Leo XIV said about Charlie Kirk or President Donald Trump? What about his thoughts on the Rapture or whether it’s OK to be cremated? These are just a few of the topics the pontiff has …

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Sep 24, 2025 / 06:25 am Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday named Bishop James Checchio coadjutor archbishop of New Orleans, positioning him to head an archdiocese facing bankruptcy and a costly clergy abuse settlement. The 59-year-old Checchio — bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, since 2016 — …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Sep 21, 2025 / 14:24 pm United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., spoke about the role that mercy can play in the legal system during an event at the Vatican on Saturday. The Sept. 20 discussion at the Vatican’s judicial headquarters was organized …

By Hannah Brockhaus , Valentina di Donato Vatican City, Sep 11, 2025 / 12:11 pm In response to the Sept. 10 fatal shooting of Christian conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Vatican’s secretary of state condemned the use of violence against those with whom one disagrees. “The Vatican stand is that we are against …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Sep 9, 2025 / 11:00 am Cardinal Raymond Burke will celebrate a special Traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 25 in a return to a prior custom, suspended since 2022, of an annual pilgrimage of Catholics devoted to the Latin Mass. Burke will …