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Pope Leo XIV meets with the Brothers of the Christian Schools on May 15, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, May 15, 2025 / 18:03 pm (CNA).Pope Leo XIV on Thursday lamented that today's youth must deal with "relativism," "emotional instability," and "superficiality," although he called for transforming these challenges of the contemporary age into "springboards."The pontiff received the Brothers of the Christian Schools, founded by St. John Baptist de La Salle, on May 15 at the Vatican. He reminded them of the importance of experiencing teaching as a "ministry and mission" to help young people give their best according to God's plan.In his address, he listed the obstacles facing the younger generations: "Think of the isolation caused by rampant relational models increasingly marked by superficiality, individualism, and emotional instability; the spread of patterns of thought weakened by relativism; and the prevalence of rhythms and lifestyles in which the...
Vice President JD Vance speaks at a film-screening event April 1, 2025, at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Erin Granzow/Courtesy of the Heritage FoundationWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 15, 2025 / 18:23 pm (CNA).U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, both of whom are Catholic, will attend the inaugural Mass for Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, on Saturday, May 18.The Mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. Rome time and will be celebrated in St. Peter's Square to mark the beginning of Leo's pontificate.Vance, a convert to the faith, congratulated the Holy Father on his elevation to the papacy in a post on X following the new pope's election, saying "millions of American Catholics and other Christians will pray for his successful work leading the Church."Shortly after his papacy was announced, prior posts on X from Leo that criticized Trump and Vance over the administration's deportation and migration policies resurfaced on an account...
Brian Burch's nomination as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See was blocked by Senate Democrats on May 13, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of CRC AdvisorsWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 15, 2025 / 18:43 pm (CNA).Senate Democrats this week blocked the confirmation of Brian Burch, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, stalling the nomination process ahead of Pope Leo XIV's installation Mass this Sunday.Burch, co-founder of the political advocacy group CatholicVote, must now garner 60 votes in the Senate, a three-fifths majority, after Democratic senators invoked the filibuster on more than 50 low-level nominations. A filibuster is a Senate tactic allowing senators to delay or block votes by extending debate, requiring 60 votes to invoke cloture and proceed to a final vote."I never thought I'd see the day when Democrats would be willing to block the nominee for ambassador to the Holy See simply to score political points with their far-left radicals, but i...
CREDO is a new, global streaming platform for faith-driven content launching on May 28, 2025. / Credit: Castletown Media CNA Staff, May 15, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).CREDO will launch worldwide on May 28 and is on track to stream Castletown Media's newest project, "Leo XIV: A Pontiff's Path" later this year.
Charitable organizations distribute food to displaced people in shelter tents in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on June 9, 2024. / Credit: Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 15, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).The global number of internally displaced people worldwide skyrocketed to a record high of 83.4 million in 2024, according to a report released Tuesday.
Pope Leo XIV walks in the corridor of the third loggia of the Apostolic Palace, where the papal apartment is located, on May 12, 2025, in Vatican City. / Credit: Vatican Media/Vatican Pool/Getty Images Vatican City, May 15, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).The papal apartment, which is a series of rooms wrapping around the Vatican's Sixtus V Courtyard, was the traditional home of pontiffs for over a century.
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.
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.
