Camp IdRaHaJe in Colorado on May 12, 2025, field a lawsuit against the state government over a state rule allowing males who identify as girls to be given access to girls' showers, dressing areas, and sleeping facilities. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Camp IdRaHaJe Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 15, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA).Camp IdRaHaJe filed the federal lawsuit against Colorado's Department of Early Childhood on Monday, May 12.
Camp IdRaHaJe in Colorado on May 12, 2025, field a lawsuit against the state government over a state rule allowing males who identify as girls to be given access to girls' showers, dressing areas, and sleeping facilities. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Camp IdRaHaJe
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 15, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA).
Camp IdRaHaJe filed the federal lawsuit against Colorado's Department of Early Childhood on Monday, May 12.
null / Credit: Sach336699/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 15, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA).Today, on the 134th anniversary of the release of Rerum Novarum, CNA takes a look at the significance of this historic encyclical.
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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 15, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Today, on the 134th anniversary of the release of Rerum Novarum, CNA takes a look at the significance of this historic encyclical.
Dominican Father Thomas Joseph White reads the thesis of then-Father Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, titled "The Role of the Local Prior in the Order of St. Augustine," which Prevost wrote while a student at Rome's Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in the early 1980s. / Credit: Zofia Czubak/EWTN News Vatican City, May 15, 2025 / 13:25 pm (CNA).According to the rector of Rome's Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Pope Leo XIV's doctoral thesis has a vision that could be extended to the papacy.
Dominican Father Thomas Joseph White reads the thesis of then-Father Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, titled "The Role of the Local Prior in the Order of St. Augustine," which Prevost wrote while a student at Rome's Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in the early 1980s. / Credit: Zofia Czubak/EWTN News
Vatican City, May 15, 2025 / 13:25 pm (CNA).
According to the rector of Rome's Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Pope Leo XIV's doctoral thesis has a vision that could be extended to the papacy.
The Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville, Tennessee. / Credit: Nheyob, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, May 15, 2025 / 14:10 pm (CNA).Catholics in Nashville, Tennessee, are calling for the release of a man arrested by immigration officials last week amid efforts by the government to curb illegal immigration.
The Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville, Tennessee. / Credit: Nheyob, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
CNA Staff, May 15, 2025 / 14:10 pm (CNA).
Catholics in Nashville, Tennessee, are calling for the release of a man arrested by immigration officials last week amid efforts by the government to curb illegal immigration.
Pope Leo XIV gives a blessing during a meeting with participants in the Jubilee of Eastern Churches on May 14, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, May 15, 2025 / 15:33 pm (CNA).The Catholic Church's first pope from the Augustinian order is already helping to educate the faithful through his deep knowledge of the Church Fathers.
Pope Leo XIV gives a blessing during a meeting with participants in the Jubilee of Eastern Churches on May 14, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, May 15, 2025 / 15:33 pm (CNA).
The Catholic Church's first pope from the Augustinian order is already helping to educate the faithful through his deep knowledge of the Church Fathers.
Pope Leo XIV meets with the prelate of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, on May 14, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, May 15, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday briefly discussed the revision of Opus Dei's statutes with the apostolate's prelate, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, a revision that was postponed following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, two days before the convening of Opus Dei's general congress, from which the revisions proposed for approval were to be issued.According to the Opus Dei communications office in Rome, the May 14 encounter was "a brief meeting in which the pope expressed his closeness and affection.""In a familial atmosphere of trust, Leo XIV gave the prelate and the auxiliary vicar his paternal blessing" and, at the end of the audience, mentioned "the feasts of Our Lady celebrated on the day of his election," the statement reads.During the meeting, in which Ocáriz was accompanied by his auxiliary vicar, Monsi...
Pope Leo XIV meets with the prelate of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, on May 14, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, May 15, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday briefly discussed the revision of Opus Dei's statutes with the apostolate's prelate, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, a revision that was postponed following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, two days before the convening of Opus Dei's general congress, from which the revisions proposed for approval were to be issued.
According to the Opus Dei communications office in Rome, the May 14 encounter was "a brief meeting in which the pope expressed his closeness and affection."
"In a familial atmosphere of trust, Leo XIV gave the prelate and the auxiliary vicar his paternal blessing" and, at the end of the audience, mentioned "the feasts of Our Lady celebrated on the day of his election," the statement reads.
During the meeting, in which Ocáriz was accompanied by his auxiliary vicar, Monsignor Mariano Fazio, one of the topics discussed was the delayed statutory revisions.
"Among other topics, the Holy Father asked about the current study of the statutes of the prelature and listened with great interest to the explanations given to him," the official statement noted.
Opus Dei had planned to revise its statutes to adapt them to Pope Francis' motu proprio Ad Charisma Tuendum. In essence, the pope's directive placed Opus Dei under the direction of the Dicastery for the Clergy rather than the Dicastery for Bishops and ended the practice of elevating the prelate of Opus Dei to the rank of bishop.
Pope Francis had also requested that Opus Dei revise its statutes to reflect this new structure, which was to be finalized during the general congress. This revision was to be presented as a proposal to the Holy See for approval following its adoption by the assembly.
However, the general congress ultimately focused solely on the tasks of choosing a new general council and central advisory board, positions that are selected every eight years.
This story was first published by ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language news partner. It has been translated and adapted by CNA.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a press conference after a meeting of European leaders in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on May 10, 2025. / Credit: GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images Vatican City, May 12, 2025 / 12:04 pm (CNA).The Holy See Press Office confirmed on Monday that the two leaders had spoken after the pope expressed concern for Ukraine during his Sunday address.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a press conference after a meeting of European leaders in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on May 10, 2025. / Credit: GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images
Vatican City, May 12, 2025 / 12:04 pm (CNA).
The Holy See Press Office confirmed on Monday that the two leaders had spoken after the pope expressed concern for Ukraine during his Sunday address.
Bishop Robert Francis Prevost was named prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops on Jan. 30, 2023. / Credit: Frayjhonattan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 14:24 pm (CNA).Here are some of the countries the Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV has visited — or where he has been based for pastoral reasons — outside of the U.S. in the last three decades.
Bishop Robert Francis Prevost was named prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops on Jan. 30, 2023. / Credit: Frayjhonattan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rome Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 14:24 pm (CNA).
Here are some of the countries the Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV has visited — or where he has been based for pastoral reasons — outside of the U.S. in the last three decades.
Pope Leo XIV, when he was a bishop, received the Gold Medal of St. Toribio de Mogrovejo from the Peruvian bishops in 2023. / Credit: Peruvian Bishops' Conference YouTube/screenshot Lima Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 15:36 pm (CNA).In 2023, then-Bishop Robert Prevost recalled his early meetings with Pope Francis when the latter was archbishop of Buenos Aires when they didn't always agree.
Pope Leo XIV, when he was a bishop, received the Gold Medal of St. Toribio de Mogrovejo from the Peruvian bishops in 2023. / Credit: Peruvian Bishops' Conference YouTube/screenshot
Lima Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 15:36 pm (CNA).
In 2023, then-Bishop Robert Prevost recalled his early meetings with Pope Francis when the latter was archbishop of Buenos Aires when they didn't always agree.
Monument of the Guardian Angel of Portugal apparition to the three little shepherd children of Fátima. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA National Catholic Register, May 13, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).May 13 is the optional memorial of Our Lady of Fátima, arguably the most prominent approved apparition of the 20th century.
Monument of the Guardian Angel of Portugal apparition to the three little shepherd children of Fátima. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA
National Catholic Register, May 13, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).
May 13 is the optional memorial of Our Lady of Fátima, arguably the most prominent approved apparition of the 20th century.
