By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, May 14, 2025 / 06:00 am Catholics around the world continue to celebrate the election last week of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States. In addition to being a natural-born American citizen, Leo is also a naturalized citizen of Peru, having ministered …

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, May 11, 2025 / 14:20 pm The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has released a new 10th anniversary preface to a major document on the Church’s response to pornography, offering fresh recommendations for parents, clergy, educators, and civil leaders on combatting porn’s influence in an age of …

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, May 10, 2025 / 05:00 am Pope Leo XIV, elected on Thursday, is the first pope from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA), also known as the Augustinians, an ancient religious order with thousands of members worldwide. The Order of St. Augustine first came together nearly …

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Apr 22, 2025 / 07:00 am Pope Francis, who died on April 21 at the age of 88, visited the United States just once, nearly 10 years ago, in September 2015. Despite the brevity of the visit, he accomplished a lot: Attracting hundreds of thousands of participants, he …

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Apr 4, 2025 / 15:47 pm Theodore McCarrick, the disgraced former cardinal and archbishop of Washington who spent decades moving in the highest circles in the Church and was later found guilty in a Vatican investigation of sexually abusing minors and adults, died April 3 at …

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Mar 15, 2025 / 06:00 am Five years ago this week, public health orders issued amid the uncertainty of the novel coronavirus turned Mass schedules across the country and the world upside down. In those early days following the WHO’s March 11, 2020, declaration of COVID-19 …

By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Mar 6, 2025 / 06:00 am Amid debate in Washington, D.C., over the new administration’s deep cuts to numerous federal programs and contracts, farmers across the country are facing uncertainty as they await reimbursement for conservation and sustainability projects funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). …

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Feb 28, 2025 / 17:45 pm A group of U.S. and Mexican bishops from dioceses along the southern border said this week that migrants can be assured of the Church’s continued support and compassion, and that lawmakers on both sides of the border have a duty to reform their respective …

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Feb 21, 2025 / 15:30 pm Statues of dozens of prominent American Catholics — including numerous saints and popular figures such as the late basketball star Kobe Bryant — will be among those included in a proposed “National Garden of American Heroes,” a project President Donald …

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Feb 18, 2025 / 14:45 pm Organizers on Tuesday announced the full route for the next iteration of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, which will see Christ in the Eucharist carried some 3,300 miles from Indianapolis to Los Angeles beginning in May. “We are thrilled to be gearing up for the …