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“When you love the people with whom you disagree, and then you talk about the disagreements, then you’re able to persuade people, potentially,” Brooks points out. “Its your only shot at persuading people, is with love.”

Arthur Brooks: Let’s emulate Pope Leo by speaking truth in a spirit of love

Best-selling author, Harvard professor and renowned social scientist Arthur Brooks says the missionary character and approach of Pope Leo XIV... Read more

Summertime vacations can also be very spiritually beneficial.

5 ways to sanctify your summer vacation and evangelize

A bishop, a mother, and a priest shared some tips for “sanctifying vacations” and summertime evangelizing. Read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with the Order of Malta’s grand master, Fra’ John Dunlap, and members of the Order of Malta on June 23, 2025, at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV tells Order of Malta there is no charity without evangelization

Jun 24, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Leo XIV also met for the first time with the order’s grand master, Fra’ John Dunlap, at the Vatican... Read more

Pope Leo XIV addresses the Italian Bishops’ Conference on June 17, 2025, at the Vatican.

Leo XIV shares with Italy’s bishops ‘coordinates’ for a Church that embodies the Gospel

Jun 17, 2025

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Leo XIV on June 17 received the bishops of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, with whom he shared four “coordinates”... Read more

Pastor Rick Warren speaks to EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser on “EWTN News Nightly” on Friday, June 6, 2025.

Pastor Rick Warren: Christian unity is ‘still the unanswered prayer of Jesus’

Jun 7, 2025

By Daniel Payne

Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church in California, spoke to EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser in Rome on attending... Read more

Irish high cross at the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary, Ireland.

Poll takes pulse of religion, spirituality in Ireland

May 23, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

The Dublin-based Iona Institute for Religion and Society has released a comprehensive report that highlights significant shifts in religious attitudes... Read more

The Kerygma Center for the New Evangelization offers a program that brings nonbelievers closer to God, especially baptized persons who had been living far from their faith.

New evangelization program aims to awaken dormant faith

The center proposes a “re-evangelization” aimed particularly at those who, despite having faith, have not experienced “a living and personal... Read more

From left to right: Alexandro Jurado, known as VoiceofReason on social media; Desirae Sifuentes, known as UncatechizedCatholic on Instagram; speaker and content creator Emily Wilson; and Kira Andrea, also known as Mercy Divine Music.

4 digital content creators discuss their role in the Church’s mission of evangelization

Apr 6, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

CNA spoke to a handful of digital evangelists about their work and their use of digital media to spread the... Read more

The Philippines has the highest adult Christian faith retention rate in the world, according to Pew Research.

Pew Research: Most Christians raised in the faith hold onto it in adulthood

Mar 28, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Surveys in about three dozen countries compiled by the Pew Research Center found that most Christians who are raised in... Read more

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered for his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 5, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican.

Pope Francis urges all Catholics to be ‘missionaries of hope’ through prayer and action

Feb 6, 2025

By Kristina Millare

“I urge all of you, children, young people, adults, and the elderly, to participate actively in the common evangelizing mission... Read more

Archbishop Nelson Pérez at his installation Mass on Feb. 18, 2020, at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia archbishop launches ‘missionary hubs’ to reach the ‘missing 83%’

Jan 17, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Archbishop Nelson Pérez has decided to launch a missionary outreach program to reach the 83% of baptized Catholics who are... Read more

Alpha participants and facilitators meet at a local restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Nov. 5, 2024. Every Alpha meeting begins with dinner and fellowship, followed by a video presentation about questions of faith and ending with a small group discussion.

Alpha evangelization course brings Chinese inquirers to the faith in Michigan

Nov 10, 2024

By Martin Barillas

Alpha began as a course of evangelization within the Anglican Church in England in 1977 and has since expanded to... Read more

Children participate in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ annual Missionary Childhood Association Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Oct. 16, 2024.

‘Children helping children’: Missionary Childhood Association helps youth become evangelists

Oct 22, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The MCA, also known as the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood, is tasked with “developing a spirit and a... Read more

Bishop José Libardo Garcés Monsalve of Cúcuta, Colombia.

Colombian bishop issues call to seek out Catholics estranged from the Church

Oct 18, 2024

By Eduardo Berdejo

Going out to find and recover Catholics not living according to their baptism is one of the great challenges of... Read more

The Catholic Association of Propagandists (Advocates) has launched a new billboard campaign with the aim of “dismantling the stereotypes of the black legend against Hispanic heritage” and extolling those who “at the risk of losing their lives, embarked on the adventure of reaching the New World with one main objective: to spread Christianity.”

‘They were heroes and saints’: Campaign pushes back on how America was evangelized

Oct 11, 2024

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

The Catholic Association of Propagandists (Advocates) in Spain has launched a campaign on the discovery and evangelization of America. Read more

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Bishops tell young African digital influencers: ‘Brace for the challenges ahead’

Sep 22, 2024

By Agnes Aineah

Bishop Godfrey Onah reminded graduates of a digital media formation program that the digital world is still at the periphery... Read more

From left to right: Father Pedro Núñez, Father Jorge Obregón, Father Juan Carlos Vásconez, Father Ángel Espinosa de los Monteros, and Father Ignacio Amorós.

5 Hispanic priests who are evangelizing millions on social media

Sep 15, 2024

By Diego López Marina

In light of Hispanic Heritage Month, here’s a look at five Hispanic priests who are distinguishing themselves in spreading the... Read more

Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, chapel and statue.

Franciscan University launches new hub in Washington, DC, after multimillion-dollar gift

Sep 10, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The Franciscan University Homeland Mission will be located in downtown Washington, D.C. Read more

Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, left, and Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, with Andrew Hansen, director of communications for the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.

Bishops Barron and Paprocki stress the importance of ‘inviting Catholics back to Mass’

Jul 26, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

In a recent conversation for the Diocese of Springfield’s “Dive Deep” podcast, the bishops answered questions about what is central... Read more

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after the recitation of the Regina Caeli prayer on April 14, 2024.

Pope Francis: Sharing our encounter with Christ makes our encounters ‘even more beautiful’

Apr 14, 2024

By Matthew Santucci

Pope Francis expressed his concern over escalating tensions in the Middle East following Iran’s missile attack Saturday against Israel. Read more