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The McCoppin family (from left): Alyssa, Courteney, James, Rhys, and Kelly, poses for a photo after entering the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil on April 8, 2023, at Sacred Heart Church in Manassas. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the McCoppin familyLocust Grove, Virginia, Jun 14, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).High school can be tough, but on rare occasions it can be a place of grace. It was for the McCoppin family, and especially for eldest daughter Kelly, who just graduated from Saint John Paul the Great High School in Potomac Shores, Virginia. According to Kelly's mother, Courteney McCoppin, Kelly started out attending public school but due to a variety of social factors, coupled with the deaths of two grandparents, she sank into depression."Her freshman year in public school was just awful. She was spiraling," Courteney said. "I knew we had to get her out."A friend recommended Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, which is led by the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia....
Fernando Moscardó (center) and his friend Patricia (far left) meet with Pope Leo XIV and Bishop Mikel Garciandía of Palencia (right) after the Holy Father's general audience on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Jun 14, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).Following the June 11 general audience, Pope Leo XIV spoke with young people who have embarked on a "spiritual revolution" to restore Europe's soul.Fernando Moscardó, 22, coordinates the initiative, titled "Rome '25-the Way of St. James '27-Jerusalem '33," which aims to tell the world that "another Europe is possible" through pilgrimages, evangelization, and healing.Shortly after meeting with the Holy Father in St. Peter's Square, the young Spanish medical student told ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language news partner, that the meeting "was awesome.""It was an overwhelming experience, filled with great joy, both for him and for us at that moment. To give [information on] this project to the vicar of Christ on earth...
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches "to the heights." / Credit: Public domainVatican City, Jun 13, 2025 / 17:09 pm (CNA).The Vatican has recognized two miracles attributed to Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati's intercession that make possible his canonization on Sept. 7. The most recent miracle involved the healing of an American seminarian.Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches "to the heights."The young man from the northern Italian city of Turin was an avid mountaineer and Third Order Dominican known for his charitable outreach.Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati together with Blessed Carlo Acutis on Sept. 7 as the first new saints declared in his pontificate.The miraclePope Francis recognized the miraculous healing in a dec...
Mother Carmen Rendiles and Dr. José Gregorio Hernández are scheduled to be proclaimed Venezuela's first saints on Oct. 19, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Mother Carmen of Venezuela/public domainVatican City, Jun 13, 2025 / 17:39 pm (CNA).Pope Leo XIV will canonize seven blesseds on Oct. 19, including two Venezuelans: José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, considered the "doctor of the poor," and María del Carmen Rendiles Martínez, a nun and founder of the Sister Slaves of Jesus.The canonizations were confirmed by the Holy See Press Office on June 13 following the decision by the pope during the first consistory of his pontificate.In addition to Hernández and Rendiles, who are highly venerated in Latin America, the blesseds who will be proclaimed saints in October are: Ignazio Choukrallah Maloyan, an Armenian bishop and martyr killed in 1915 during the Ottoman genocide; Peter To Rot, a lay catechist from Papua New Guinea, martyred during the Japanese occupation in World War II; Vincenza...
Volunteers and staff with Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley assist Latin American and Haitian migrants at a migrant shelter in McAllen, Texas. / Credit: Peter Pinedo/CNAWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 13, 2025 / 18:09 pm (CNA).The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability have announced the launch of an investigation into more than 200 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), including two major Catholic nonprofits, that provided taxpayer-funded services to migrants during the Biden administration. Catholic Charities USA and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) are among those named in the investigation. According to a June 11 press release, the probe will investigate whether the NGOs "used taxpayer dollars to facilitate illegal activity" by migrants who entered the U.S. during the Biden administration.All the NGOs named in the investigation have been sent a letter requesting that t...
Blessed Carlo Acutis. / Credit: Diocese of AssisiVatican City, Jun 13, 2025 / 15:09 pm (CNA).It's official! Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blessed Carlo Acutis on Sept. 7 together with Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati as the first new saints of his pontificate. A gamer and computer coder who loved the Eucharist, Carlo Acutis will be the first millennial Catholic saint.So who is Blessed Carlo? Here's what you need to know:Carlo Acutis was born May 3, 1991, in London, where his father was working. Just a few months later, he moved with his parents, Andrea Acutis and Antonia Salzano, to Milan, Italy, where he grew up.Carlo was diagnosed with leukemia as a teenager. Before his death in 2006, he offered his sufferings for Pope Benedict XVI and for the Church, saying: "I offer all of my suffering to the Lord for the pope and for the Church in order not to go to purgatory but to go straight to heaven."From a young age, Carlo had a special love for God, even though his parents weren't es...
Cardinal Timothy Dolan stands at the altar during Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on May 26, 2024. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno/CNAWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 13, 2025 / 15:39 pm (CNA).The number of adults in the U.S. who believe religion is experiencing a resurgence in America has gone up significantly, recent polling has found."Thirty-four percent of U.S. adults believe religion is increasing its influence in American life, similar to the 35% measured in December but up from 20% a year ago," the latest Gallup poll reads.Gallup conducts polling on religious influence at least twice per year as part of an effort to gauge "U.S. religious attitudes and behavior." Last year, 75% of adults said they believed religion was losing its influence on American society. While the majority of Americans still maintain this belief, according to the poll, that number has come down to 59%. "These recent shifts represent a departure from the trend over the past 15 y...
Blessed Carlo Acutis (left) and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. / Credit: Diocese of Assisi/Public domain via Wikimedia CommonsVatican City, Jun 13, 2025 / 04:42 am (CNA).The Vatican announced Friday that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics beloved for their vibrant faith and witness to holiness, will be canonized together on Sept. 7.The date was set during the first ordinary public consistory of cardinals of Pope Leo XIV's pontificate, held June 13 at the Apostolic Palace. Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 at age 15, will become the first millennial to be declared a saint by the Catholic Church.Acutis' canonization had originally been scheduled for April 27 during the Vatican's Jubilee of Teenagers. That ceremony was postponed following the death of Pope Francis on April 21. Despite the change, thousands of young pilgrims from around the world who had traveled to Rome for Acutis' canonization attended the late pope's funeral and the ju...
null / Credit: Oleksandr Lysenko/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 13, 2025 / 10:56 am (CNA).Women in America and the United Kingdom are taking legal action against Pfizer and other birth control producers after a study indicated that injectable contraceptives were found to cause brain tumors.A case management conference regarding the multi-district litigation was held on May 30 in Pensacola, Florida, to discuss the next steps in the lawsuits filed against New York-based Pfizer. The legal action follows a 2024 French study that found that the use of the contraceptive medication medroxyprogesterone, often known under Pfizer's brand name Depo-Provera, renders a woman five times more likely to develop a meningioma brain tumor.Meningiomas are slow-growing tumors that are usually benign but can cause severe injury or death if they become large enough to compress the brain or spinal cord.The research study conducted by the National Agency for Medicines and Health Produc...
Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati / EWTN NewsVatican City, Jun 13, 2025 / 04:42 am (CNA).The Vatican announced Friday that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics beloved for their vibrant faith and witness to holiness, will be canonized together on Sept. 7. The date was set during the first ordinary public consistory of cardinals of Pope Leo XIV's pontificate, held June 13 at the Apostolic Palace. Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 at age 15, will become the first millennial to be declared a saint by the Catholic Church. Acutis' canonization had originally been scheduled for April 27 during the Vatican's Jubilee of Teenagers. That ceremony was postponed following the death of Pope Francis on April 21. Despite the change, thousands of young pilgrims from around the world who had traveled to Rome for Acutis' canonization attended the late pope's funeral and the jubilee Mass, which drew an estimated 200,000 people.In an unexpected move, ...
