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Pope Leo XIV addresses the faithful at the illuminated Grotto of Lourdes in Vatican Gardens on Saturday, May 31, 2025, during the conclusion of May devotions. / Credfit: Vatican MediaCNA Newsroom, Jun 1, 2025 / 01:19 am (CNA).Follow our live coverage as Pope Leo XIV, first U.S.-born pope in history, begins his pontificate: Experience history in the making with former Cardinal Robert Prevost.
Pope Leo XIV with Peruvian registrars this Friday, May 30, at the Vatican. / Credit: Courtesy of Andina/Peru News AgencyLima Newsroom, May 30, 2025 / 19:23 pm (CNA).Pope Leo XIV has updated his personal information for a new Peruvian national identity document (DNI, by its Spanish acronym), according to that country's National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC, by its Spanish acronym).According to the Andina news agency, the official Peruvian media outlet, Pope Leo received four RENIEC registrars Friday at the Vatican in a meeting that was not included in the list of audiences released by the Holy See Press Office.On his previous DNI, Robert Prevost Martínez, the current Pope Leo XIV, had an address in Chiclayo, a city in northern Peru where he was bishop. His new DNI will have his new Vatican address and an updated photograph of the Holy Father, taken Friday by the registrars.In 2015, the then-bishop of Chiclayo acquired Peruvian nationality and obtained his ...
Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for his general audience on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNACNA Newsroom, May 30, 2025 / 23:19 pm (CNA).Follow our live coverage as Pope Leo XIV, first U.S.-born pope in history, begins his pontificate: Experience history in the making with former Cardinal Robert Prevost.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York urged state lawmakers to oppose euthanasia in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on May 29, 2025. / Credit: Peter Zelasko/CNAWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 30, 2025 / 18:23 pm (CNA).Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York is asking state lawmakers to oppose a bill that would legalize voluntary euthanasia, sometimes known as physician-assisted suicide.In an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, Dolan wrote that lawmakers should strengthen efforts to "prevent" deaths by suicide rather than establishing a legal method to end one's own life.Dolan recounted an experience in which he saw a man on the George Washington Bridge who was "threatening to jump," saying that onlookers prayed for him and rescuers tried "to coax him back to safety.""We all rallied on behalf of a troubled man intent on suicide," he wrote. "That's how it is when someone is thinking of taking his own life."Dolan noted that the archdiocese runs pro...
Robert Royal discusses his new book "The Martyrs of the New Millennium" during the May 29, 2025, edition of "The World Over with Raymond Arroyo." / Credit: "The World Over with Raymond Arroyo"/ScreenshotWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 30, 2025 / 18:53 pm (CNA).The whole nature of Chrisitian martyrdom has shifted in the 21st century, according to Robert Royal, author of the new book "The Martyrs of the New Millennium."Interviewed on "The World Over with Raymond Arroyo" on Thursday, Royal said that since his last work on the subject, "The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century," 25 years ago, the greatest threat to Christians in the world has shifted from totalitarianism to "radical Islam." "This is a point of view that really seeks to create a worldwide caliphate. That's the word that they use," he said. "These radical Islamic figures, they think about it as establishing an Ottoman Empire, but not just restricted to Turkey and a few of the lands in the Middle East, but a ...
2025 Bradley Prize recipient Jimmy Lai. / Credit: Courtesy of the Bradley FoundationCNA Staff, May 30, 2025 / 14:40 pm (CNA).Jimmy Lai, the imprisoned pro-democracy advocate and Hong Kong entrepreneur, is the honorary recipient of the 2025 Bradley Prize for his unwavering commitment to free speech, democracy, and journalistic integrity. His son, Sebastien Lai, accepted the award on his father's behalf at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The Bradley Prize recognizes Lai's role as a Catholic human rights activist standing against one of the world's most oppressive regimes.Imprisoned for over four years and currently in solitary confinement, Lai, 77, faces potential life imprisonment under Beijing's 2020 national security law, which has stifled dissent and suppressed free speech in Hong Kong. "Jimmy's extraordinary courage and deeply held beliefs in journalistic integrity, human dignity, and democracy are an inspiration to all who value freedom," said Rick Gr...
The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library. the library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City, is one of the oldest libraries in the world. / Credit: Checco2/ShutterstockVatican City, May 30, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).More than 80,000 ancient manuscripts from the Vatican Library will be restored and digitized thanks to an agreement with the Colnaghi Foundation. The initiative seeks to preserve unique documents and facilitate worldwide access to this treasure of the Church.The shelves of the Vatican Library house a large part of humanity's literary legacy. They include more than 82,000 manuscripts and 1.6 million printed books (more than 8,000 of them "incunabula," which means those printed before 1501).Among the gems in its catalog are a document with Botticelli's illustrations for the "Divine Comedy" and the only nearly complete copy of Cicero's "Republic" that has survived.Humidity and the decomposition of the inks over time have turned their preservation into a major c...
null / Credit: New Africa/ShutterstockCNA Staff, May 29, 2025 / 14:42 pm (CNA).A lawsuit filed in Wisconsin alleges that an employee of a Catholic Charities affiliate there stole millions of dollars as part of a yearslong scheme involving credit card fraud and fake invoices. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee said in the lawsuit, filed earlier this month in Wisconsin circuit court, that former employee Brandi Ellis "abused her authority and misappropriated millions of dollars" when serving in a variety of financial roles within the organization. Ellis allegedly worked as an accountant, an accounting manager, and eventually as a finance manager at the charity, with her employment taking place from February 2014 to May 2024. The suit alleges that Ellis paid "false invoices ostensibly reflecting work and/or services completed or provided by vendors" but which actually funneled money to vendors with "personal or professional connections" to Ellis.&nbs...
Cardinal Robert Sarah and Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN NewsLima Newsroom, May 29, 2025 / 15:12 pm (CNA).Pope Leo XIV has appointed Cardinal Robert Sarah as his special envoy for the celebrations taking place in France commemorating the 400th anniversary of the apparitions of St. Anne to the Breton peasant Yvon Nicolazic.The Vatican stated that, as the papal special envoy, the prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments will preside over "the liturgical celebrations to be held July 25-26 at the Shrine of Sainte-Anne-d'Auray, Diocese of Vannes (France), on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the apparitions of St. Anne to the Breton peasant Yvon Nicolazic."In the early 1620s, Nicolazic experienced a vision of a radiant lady, later identified as St. Anne, the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She reportedly instructed him to rebuild a long-lost chapel dedicated to her on his land.On its website, the Sainte-Anne-d...
The Sisters of Bon Secours along with seven local Catholic congregations are launching a citywide advertisement campaign against gun violence in Baltimore. The ad features the message "Put the Guns Down, Let Peace Begin with Us" and a QR code linking to the campaign webpage. / Credit: Liz O'NeillCNA Staff, May 29, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).The Sisters of Bon Secours are launching a citywide campaign against gun violence with seven other Catholic congregations in Baltimore.The advertisement campaign announced this week features ads inside and outside of city buses and in subway transit stations throughout the city that say "Put the Guns Down. Let Peace Begin With Us."The Bon Secours sisters are part of a coalition of religious sisters and others advocating for gun violence prevention called "Nuns Against Gun Violence." Taking inspiration from a similar campaign by other sisters in Ohio, the Sisters of Bon Secours ultimately landed on an advertising campaign."The Sisters of Bon Secou...
