Archive for September 1, 2019

Pope Francis waves in St. Peter's Square May 8, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis to create 13 new cardinals in October consistory

Pope Francis announced Sunday he will create 13 new cardinals, from every part of the world, in a consistory Oct.... Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience Nov. 15, 2017. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Elevator malfunction leaves pope stuck before Angelus

Pope Francis begged the pardon of the crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square Sunday, explaining that he was late because... Read more

Participants in the 2019 pilgrimage in Maine. ?w=200&h=150

By Christine Rousselle

Maine teens hike 70 miles in pilgrimage of prayer to end addiction and depression

For the second year in a row, 11 Maine teens embarked on a 70-mile pilgrimage to pray for their communities... Read more

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo. CNA file photo.?w=200&h=150

USCCB issues 9th mass shooting statement of 2019

The U.S. bishops’ conference Sunday issued a statement in response to the Aug. 31 Texas shooting spree that left 5... Read more

Mountain landscape with lake. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Do not act with tyranny towards God's creation, Pope Francis says

In a message for Sunday’s World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to make simple... Read more

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The outside of Guaranteed Rate Field, where the Chicago White Sox baseball team plays.

‘He’s one of us’: New short film chronicles Pope Leo XIV’s Chicago life before papacy

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Sport on June 15, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

Leo XIV to celebrate his first solemnity of Corpus Christi as pope this Sunday

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Pope Leo XIV on AI: ‘All of us are concerned for children and young people’

American adults in their 20s and 30s plan to have fewer children than adults did a decade ago, Pew Research Center reported on June 19, 2025.

Pew report: U.S. adults in their 20s and 30s plan to have fewer than 2 children

The British Parliament building in London.

Archbishop ‘shocked and disappointed’ by House of Commons’ passage of assisted suicide bill

The childhood home of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, in Dolton, Illinois.

Auction for the sale of pope’s childhood home extended

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, chair of the United States’ recently created Religious Liberty Commission, talks with Raymond Arroyo on “The World Over” on June 19, 2025.

Religious Liberty Commission chair shares outlook after first hearing

The Catholic bishops in Nigeria’s Onitsha ecclesiastical province have condemned recent attacks in Benue state that reportedly resulted in the death of some 200 people and called for fasting and prayer in honor of the victims.

Nigeria bishops call for prayer, fasting for Benue attack victims

Pope Leo greets pilgrims during the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly on Sunday, June 1, 2025.

Italian government leads participants in Catholic Church’s jubilee this weekend

Pope Leo XIV delivers his homily during the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity and the Jubilee of Sport on June 15, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV declares 174 new martyrs from Nazi camps and Spanish Civil War

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