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null / Credit: KieferPix/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 19, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).Catholic Charities in Youngstown, Ohio, will join a new pilot study, Lifting Moms Out of Poverty (LMOP), a program developed by Catholic Charities USA, in a bid to offer aid to mothers with small children."The intent of the program from Catholic Charities USA is to evaluate the effectiveness of programs that support young families with kiddos under 3 years of age," Rick Squier, the executive director of the Catholic Charities serving Portage and Stark counties, told CNA."I'm excited that we have the opportunity to do this," Squier said. "We're going to be able to quantify the results of the program and say that when we do our financial literacy program with young families over the course of 18 months, they see dramatic increases in their ability to overcome when life happens." "And then we have the opportunity to go out and write grants" based on the successful results, he said.Th...
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, seated in places of honor usually reserved for heads of state, meet with Pope Leo XIV in the papal library on May 19, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, May 19, 2025 / 06:52 am (CNA).Pope Leo XIV held a private meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the papal library on Monday morning.Details of the meeting were not released, but the Americans later spoke with a top Vatican diplomat about U.S. and international issues. The 45-minute papal audience began with a one-on-one between Vance and the pope, with Rubio joining afterward. Second Lady Usha Vance, Rubio's wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio, and the larger U.S. delegation joined for the final part of the meeting, which included the customary exchange of gifts.In a photo of the encounter released by the Vatican, Vance appears to have given the pontiff a Chicago Bears jersey with "Pope Leo XIV" printed on the ...
Archbishop Charles C. Thompson elevates the Eucharist during the Opening Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis, marking the official launch of the St. Katharine Drexel Route. May 18, 2025. / Credit: Jeffrey BrunoCNA Newsroom, May 18, 2025 / 18:00 pm (CNA).The 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage kicked off Sunday, May 18, with an opening Mass in downtown Indianapolis where an estimated 1,000 people, including many young families, joined Archbishop Charles C. Thompson to officially launch this year's pilgrimage.Archbishop Charles C. Thompson blesses a cross that was made from wood from the most recent fires in California and will accompany pilgrims on the St. Katharine Drexel Route. May 18, 2025. Credit: Jeffrey Bruno"Our faith is not something to be lived just within the walls of the Church. The Mass ends with being sent out," the archbishop told EWTN News before the Mass began at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. "The Eucharist is transforming. And it t...
Pope Leo XIV acknowledged divisions among the faithful with a call for fraternal communion and unity in the homily at his inaugural Mass in St. Peter's Square on May 18, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, May 18, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).Pope Leo XIV delivered the following homily at the Mass for the Initiation of the Petrine Ministry in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, May 18, after being elected the 266th successor of St. Peter on May 8.Dear Brother Cardinals,Brother Bishops and Priests,Distinguished Authorities and Members of the Diplomatic Corps,Greetings to the pilgrims who came on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Confraternities!Brothers and Sisters, I greet all of you with a heart full of gratitude at the beginning of the ministry that has been entrusted to me. St. Augustine wrote: "Lord, you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you" (Confessions, I: 1,1).In these days, we have experienced intense emotions. The death of Pope Fran...
Pope Leo XIV acknowledged divisions among the faithful with a call for fraternal communion and unity in the homily at his inaugural Mass in St. Peter's Square on May 18, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNARome Newsroom, May 18, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).Pope Leo XIV delivered this homily at the Mass for the Initiation of the Petrine Ministry in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, May 18, after being elected the 266th successor of St. Peter on May 8.Dear Brother Cardinals,Brother Bishops and Priests,Distinguished Authorities and Members of the Diplomatic Corps,Greetings to the pilgrims who came on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Confraternities!Brothers and Sisters, I greet all of you with a heart full of gratitude at the beginning of the ministry that has been entrusted to me. Saint Augustine wrote: "Lord, you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you" (Confessions, I: 1,1).In these days, we have experienced intense emotions. The death of Pope Franc...
Melanie McClanahan, a Rosary Team volunteer, with a resident. / Credit: Mike JensenCNA Staff, May 18, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).Teresa Rodriguez was working as a hospice nurse, seeing patients at a memory care facility, when she realized that her patients were not being offered any spiritual services. While speaking with a patient and the patient's husband one day, the idea was proposed of organizing a time to pray the rosary. Rodriguez immediately decided to make that happen."That day I talked to the activities director … and she was thrilled. [She was] so excited that we would even consider coming in and praying with the residents," Rodriguez told CNA in an interview. At the time, Rodriguez was leading a Bible study at her parish, Sacred Heart of Mary in Boulder, Colorado. She asked the women in her Bible study if anyone would be willing to volunteer to pray the rosary with patients at a memory care facility. Two of them volunteered to go with her. The event was quickly...
Pope Leo XIV formally began his ministry as head of the 1.4 billion members of the universal Catholic Church with a Mass in St. Peter's Square on May 18, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, May 18, 2025 / 06:58 am (CNA).Pope Leo XIV on Sunday formally began his ministry as head of the 1.4 billion members of the universal Catholic Church, acknowledging divisions among the faithful with a call for fraternal communion and unity at his inaugural Mass.Addressing an estimated 150,000 people crowded into St. Peter's Square and the surrounding streets, the 69-year-old pope, elected May 8, said, "I would like that our first great desire be for a united Church, a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world."Under Pope Francis, the Church experienced internal division over issues of liturgy and moral doctrine on sexuality and the family, including the approval of the blessing of same-sex couples.At the Mass, concelebrated with the members of ...
Photograph of Pope Leo XIV released by the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican MediaCNA Newsroom, May 17, 2025 / 23:50 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.
Vice President JD Vance shares a moment of laughter with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, during their meeting at the Vatican on Holy Saturday, April 19, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media/screenshotVatican City, May 17, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA).U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are among numerous international leaders and dignitaries, representing approximately 200 foreign delegations, who will attend Pope Leo XIV's inaugural Mass at the Vatican on Sunday, May 18. The global leaders and representatives who will be present in St. Peter's Square for the 10 a.m. Sunday Mass include: AmericasJD Vance, vice president of the United StatesMarco Rubio, U.S. secretary of state of the United StatesMark Carney, prime minister of CanadaRodney Williams, governor general of Antigua and BarbudaTeresa Susana Subieta Serrano, ambassador of Bolivia to the Holy SeeJavier Milei, president of ArgentinaJoseph Curry, ambassador of the Bahamas to th...
Marchers participate in the grand procession of the Jubilee of Confraternities in Rome, Saturday, May 17, 2025 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNACNA Staff, May 17, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA).Thousands of the faithful took to the streets of Rome on Saturday to take part in elaborate and beautiful processions by members of Catholic confraternities from around the world who gathered in the Eternal City as part of the 2025 Jubilee festivities. A confraternity is a voluntary association of the faithful devoted to special works of Christian charity. Many date back hundreds of yearsThe Saturday processions were held to mark the Jubilee of Confraternities. Two processions total marched through the Roman streets and ended at the Circus Maximus.Members of a confraternity enjoy a drink during the grand procession of the Jubilee of Confraternities in Rome, Saturday, May 17, 2025. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNAA crucifix is held aloft during the grand procession of the Jubilee of Confraternities in Rome, Sa...
