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Pope Leo XIV interacts with a baby before celebrating Mass in Beirut, Lebanon, on Dec. 2, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV lands in Rome after historic first papal trip to Turkey and Lebanon

Dec 2, 2025

By CNA Staff

Pope Leo XIV has concluded the first apostolic journey of his papacy to Turkey and Lebanon Nov. 27 to Dec.... Read more

The faceless Nativity scene in Brussels, Belgium, in November 2025.

Faceless Nativity scene on Brussels’ Grand Place sparks international controversy

Dec 2, 2025

By Thomas Philipp Reiter

Faceless cloth Nativity figures on Brussels’ Grand Place have sparked international debate over Christian tradition versus inclusive art. Read more

Three Augustinian nuns (pictured on Sept. 16, 2025) fled their nursing home and returned to their convent in Austria.

Austrian nuns who escaped nursing home reject compromise offer

Dec 2, 2025

By Alexander Folz

Three Austrian nuns have rejected a compromise to remain at Goldenstein Monastery, escalating a yearslong dispute that now goes to... Read more

Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Nov. 19, 2025.

Official Vatican documents can now be drafted in languages ​​other than Latin

Dec 2, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

For the first time, the regulations stipulate that “the curial institutions will, as a general rule, draft their documents in... Read more

A person detained is taken to a parking lot on the far north side of the city before being transferred to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Chicago on Oct. 31, 2025.

CNA explains: When is a deportation policy ‘intrinsically evil’ and when is it not?

Dec 2, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Caring for immigrants is a clear command in Scripture. Catholic teaching on the matter of mass deportations is somewhat nuanced. Read more

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for an estimated 150,000 people at Beirut’s Waterfront in Lebanon on Dec. 2, 2025.

UPDATED: Pope Leo XIV calls Lebanon to stand up, be a home of justice and fraternity

Dec 2, 2025

By Elias Turk

In a city still marked by the sounds of the 2024 escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, Pope Leo XIV urged... Read more

Pope Leo XIV prays in silence at the site of the 2020 port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, on Dec. 2, 2025.

Pope Leo prays at Beirut blast site, meets families seeking justice

Dec 2, 2025

By Elias Turk

Pope Leo XIV paused on the final morning of his trip to Lebanon before the ruins of the Beirut port... Read more

Pope Leo XIV speaks to patients and caregivers at the De La Croix Hospital in Jal el Dib, Lebanon, on Dec. 2, 2025.

Pope Leo urges Lebanon to place the sick at the center of society

Dec 2, 2025

By Elias Turk

Pope Leo XIV told hospital patients and caregivers in Lebanon that he had come to “where Jesus dwells,” adding that... Read more

St. Peter’s Square during the declaration of St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church in November 2025.

The Holy See closed the 2024 fiscal year with a surplus of $1.86 million

Dec 1, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

The Holy See closed the 2024 fiscal year with a surplus of 1.6 million euros ($1.86 million), according to the... Read more

Cardinal Kurt Koch during an interview with EWTN News.

Aid to the Church in Need welcomes appointment of Cardinal Koch as its new president

Dec 1, 2025

By Eduardo Berdejo

The executive director of Aid to the Church in Need, Regina Lynch, thanked Pope Leo XIV for appointing Cardinal Kurt... Read more

A screenshot from the Vancouver video in which Alissa Golob recorded her conversation with a health care worker at BC Women’s Hospital.

Reactions mount in Canada to undercover video exposing late-term abortions

Dec 1, 2025

By The B.C. Catholic

Alissa Golob, co-founder of RightNow, posed as an undecided pregnant woman in abortion facilities in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary... Read more

A picture shows a view of the destroyed Beirut port silos on Aug. 1, 2025, as Lebanon prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of the Aug. 4, 2020, harbor explosion that killed more than 250 people and injured thousands.

Brother of Beirut explosion victim speaks ahead of Pope Leo IV’s visit to blast site

Dec 1, 2025

By Romy Haber

Five years after Beirut port tragedy, families look to Pope Leo to keep justice alive as the pontiff prepares to... Read more

Archbishop Gilbert Garcera of Lipa in the Philippines shares a laugh with Pope Francis in October 2024.

Philippines bishops’ conference elects Garcera as president, an advocate for synodality

Dec 1, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Archbishop Gilbert Garcera of Lipa has officially begun his new role as president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the... Read more

Bishop Mario Avilés.

Pope Leo appoints Mexican-born Oratorian as bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas

Dec 1, 2025

By Courtney Mares

Pope Leo XIV on Monday appointed Bishop Mario Avilés as the new bishop of Corpus Christi, selecting the Mexican-born Oratorian... Read more

Abdul Mannan Khan and his disabled son Abu Mosa Khan meet with Father Robert Terence McCahill at their home in Munshigonj district, Bangladesh, on Nov. 18, 2025. The priest visits villages daily to find disabled children and connect them with medical treatment.

Father Bob and his bicycle: How this 88-year-old priest serves Bangladesh’s disabled children

Dec 1, 2025

By Stephan Uttom Rozario

Father Robert Terence McCahill cares for poor disabled people in Bangladesh. Ths week marks 50 years of service for the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV greets a young mother and her child outside of the Monastery of St. Maron in Annaya, Lebanon, on Dec. 1, 2025.

Pope Leo to Lebanese youth: Love, not retaliation, is the real answer to evil

Dec 1, 2025

By Elias Turk

Pope Leo XIV met Lebanese youth in the square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerké on... Read more

Pope Leo XIV in Harissa, Lebanon, on Dec. 1, 2025.

Pope Leo tells Lebanese religious leaders unity and peace are possible

Dec 1, 2025

By Elias Turk

Pope Leo XIV told Lebanon’s religious leaders on Monday that their country remains a sign to the world that fear... Read more

Pope Leo XIV reflects on the enduring message of St. Charbel Makhlouf at the hermit’s tomb at the Monastery of St. Maron in Annaya, Lebanon, on Dec. 1, 2025.

Pope Leo entrusts Lebanon to St. Charbel’s intercession, prays at his tomb

Dec 1, 2025

By Elias Turk

Pope Leo XIV began his second day in Lebanon on Monday with a deeply symbolic pilgrimage to the tomb of... Read more

Pope Leo XIV speaks at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on Nov. 30, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV calls Lebanon to tenacity, hope, and reconciliation

Nov 30, 2025

By Elias Turk

Pope Leo XIV urged Lebanon’s leaders to embrace tenacity, dialogue, and a renewed commitment to the common good during an... Read more

Pope Leo XIV talks to reporters during his flight to Lebanon on Nov. 30, 2025.

Pope Leo says Erdogan talks focused on Gaza and Ukraine, sees Turkish role in peace efforts

Nov 30, 2025

By Elias Turk

Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that he discussed both the Gaza war and the conflict in Ukraine directly with Turkish... Read more