Archive for May 21, 2025

With Speaker of the House Mike Johnson by his side, President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

UPDATE: President Trump extols Pope Leo XIV, meets brother Louis Prevost

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance met Pope Leo XIV's oldest brother, Louis Prevost, at the White House... Read more

The Catholic Church in South Korea is one of the few voices promoting reconciliation between the two countries.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Church in Korea keeps up quest for reconciliation between the peninsula’s two nations

Eight decades after the partition of the Korean peninsula, the Catholic Church in South Korea remains one of the few... Read more

At his first general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 21, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace and the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, where, he said, children and elderly are suffering.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus,Kristina Millare

Pope Leo XIV appeals for end to hostilities in Gaza in first general audience

Pope Leo XIV in the first general audience of his pontificate appealed for an end to hostilities in the Gaza... Read more

Students pose after being called to “Petra House” at JSerra Catholic High School in Orange County, California, April 28, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

California Catholic school launches ‘house system’ to build community, foster leadership

JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano is preparing to launch a “house system” to help students connect with... Read more

Pope Leo XIV smiles during his first general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 21, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Leo XIV to meet cardinals at consistory to approve canonizations

Pope Francis had called for the consistory in late February, when he was in the hospital, but the date was... Read more

Catholic Health building in Buffalo, New York.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

UPDATE: New York Catholic health system to pay $3.3 million over alleged Medicare claim violations

A Catholic health care system in New York state has agreed to pay a multimillion-dollar settlement over allegations that it... Read more

Pope Leo XIV at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on May 20, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Leo XIV: ‘Salvation does not come about by magic but by grace and faith’

At St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica, Pope Leo XIV entrusted the beginning of his pontificate to the intercession of... Read more

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia speaks at a press conference for a Vatican summit on longevity on March 24, 2025, at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

Pontifical Academy for Life signs elderly care declaration with Muslim council, AARP

The organizations launched the initiative in order to help safeguard the elderly from abuse and to protect their human dignity,... Read more

Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with U.S. President JD Vance in the papal library. The two had a private encounter before they were joined by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on May 19, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

In new interview, JD Vance explains how his Catholic faith informs his political views

In an interview with New York Times’ Ross Douthat, Vice President JD Vance opened up about how his Catholic faith... Read more

Gold dome of the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta.?w=200&h=150

By Amira Abuzeid

Georgia attorney general: LIFE Act doesn’t require keeping pregnant brain-dead woman alive

The Georgia attorney general’s office released a statement clarifying that the state’s heartbeat law does not require a brain-dead pregnant... Read more

Police patrol in Mexico City.?w=200&h=150

By David Ramos

2 Mexican officials assassinated: The Church expresses ‘profound consternation’

The victims of the shooting are Ximena Guzmán, private secretary to Clara Brugada, Mexico City’s mayor, and José Muñoz, adviser... Read more