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U.S. Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCNA Staff, May 9, 2025 / 13:32 pm (CNA).The U.S. Department of Justice says a recent data breach of a California consulting firm exposed data of Catholic clergy abuse survivors in nearly a dozen bankruptcy lawsuits. In a May 6 letter addressed to attorneys at law firm Proskauer Rose LLP, the Justice Department's Nan Eitel, the associate general counsel for Chapter 11 practice in the Executive Office for United States Trustees, said that late last month multiple government trustees received notice of a data breach at Berkeley Research Group (BRG).The Emeryville, California-based BRG offers corporate finance and economic consulting, including to Catholic dioceses in bankruptcy proceedings. The government's letter said the data breach had occurred on March 2 but that trustees were only first informed on April 28. The breach "affected multiple Chap...
Pope Leo XIV addresses cardinals in the Sistine Chapel during his first Mass as pope on Friday, May 9, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, May 9, 2025 / 13:52 pm (CNA).In his first Mass as head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV called on the faithful to "bear witness to our joyful faith in Jesus the Savior" in a world where "a lack of faith is often tragically accompanied by the loss of meaning in life." Preaching in the Sistine Chapel on May 9 to the cardinals who elected him, the first pope born in the United States opened his homily in English. "My brother cardinals, as we celebrate this morning, I invite you to recognize the marvels that the Lord has done, the blessings that the Lord continues to pour out on all of us through the ministry of Peter," the new pope said, speaking off the cuff.Pope Leo XIV incenses the altar of the Sistine Chapel during his first Mass as pope, Friday, May 9, 2025. Credit: Vatican Media "You have called me to carry that ...
From left, Cardinals Robert McElroy, Wilton Gregory, Blase Cupich, Joseph Tobin, and Timothy Dolan give a press conference on Pope Leo XIV in the hall of the Pontifical North American College in Rome on May 9, 2025. Cardinals Christophe Pierre and Daniel DiNardo (not pictured) also participated. / Credit: Patrick Leonard/EWTN NewsVatican City, May 9, 2025 / 14:19 pm (CNA).The United States cardinals who were part of the conclave that on Thursday elected Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, called him "a citizen of the world," in continuity with Pope Francis but with his own manner of doing things.At a May 9 press conference at the Pontifical North American College in Rome following Leo's election, seven cardinals fielded questions about participating in the conclave, the qualities of Pope Leo, and the impact of having an American pope.While Cardinal Robert McElroy, the new archbishop of Washington, D.C., expressed surprise at the election of a U.S.-born pope, something he...
Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful in St. Peter's Square shortly after his election to the papacy, Thursday, May 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNALima Newsroom, May 9, 2025 / 14:49 pm (CNA).In some of his first words to the world on May 8, newly-elected Pope Leo XIV recalled the land where he worked as a missionary from 1985 to 1998."And if you will allow me a word, a greeting to all those… in a particular way to my beloved Diocese of Chiclayo, in Peru," he said.Known as the "city of friendship," Chiclayo is located in northern Peru, about 500 miles from the capital, Lima. Pope Francis appointed him apostolic administrator and then bishop of the Diocese of Chiclayo in 2014 and 2015 respectively. As bishop of Chiclayo and later as apostolic administrator of Callao, he also served as vice president of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference (CEP by its Spanish acronym). Father Guillermo Inca Pereda, deputy secretary of the CEP who worked closely with Pope Leo, shared with ACI...
null / Credit: Taiga/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 9, 2025 / 15:23 pm (CNA).Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Boston who are in the United States on visas have been urged to avoid international travel amid the Trump administration's immigration policies and deportations. "As many of you may be aware, recent policy changes by the U.S. government have significantly impacted foreign travelers coming into the United States," the archdiocese's Director of Clergy Personnel Father Paul Soper told priests in an email acquired by the Boston Globe. "While none of our priests have encountered significant issues to date," Soper said, "we cannot predict if or when challenges may arise."It is unclear what "recent policy changes" the letter refers to. The Trump administration has pursued aggressive immigration policies since President Donald Trump took office in January, mostly involving the intended deportation of millions of illegal immigrants and the strengtheni...
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Camden, New Jersey. / Credit: Farragutful via Wikimedia CNA Staff, May 7, 2025 / 12:25 pm (CNA).The Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, said it will drop its fight against the state's efforts to empanel a grand jury to investigate clergy abuse allegations.
Vestments rest in the Room of Tears at the Sistine Chapel ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, May 7, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA).The Room of Tears is just a few feet away from the Sistine Chapel, where the monumental decision of the papal election is made by Catholic cardinals.
Vestments rest in the Room of Tears at the Sistine Chapel ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, May 7, 2025 / 13:30 pm (CNA).Here is a list of the garments you may see the new pope wearing once he steps out onto the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to greet the people.
The Society of Catholic Scientists convenes in South Bend, Indiana, in 2019. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Stephen Barr CNA Staff, May 7, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA).The 2025 Conference of the Society of Catholic Scientists will take place June 6–8 at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Black smoke issues from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that no pope has yet been elected, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, May 7, 2025 / 15:09 pm (CNA).The black smoke confirmed the 133 cardinal electors sequestered inside had not reached the required two-thirds majority — at least 89 votes — needed to elect a new pope.
