Trump, Vance, other U.S. leaders celebrate first American pope
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"What a great honor for our country," President Trump said of the election of the Catholic Church's new Chicago-born pope on May 8, 2025. / Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 8, 2025 / 16:32 pm (CNA).U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, along with scores of other elected officials throughout the country have expressed joy and excitement over the selection of the first American pope.
"What a great honor for our country," President Trump said of the election of the Catholic Church's new Chicago-born pope on May 8, 2025. / Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 8, 2025 / 16:32 pm (CNA).
U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, along with scores of other elected officials throughout the country have expressed joy and excitement over the selection of the first American pope.
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Official image of the "Pray with the Pope" campaign for January 2026. | Credit: World Prayer NetworkJan 8, 2026 / 17:40 pm (CNA).The Vatican's Dicastery for Communication has launched a new prayer campaign in which Pope Leo XIV invites Catholics to pray with him for the great challenges facing the world.The "Pray with the Pope" initiative is part of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, which, during the pontificate of Pope Francis, launched the project known as "The Pope's Video," through which the faithful were invited each month to unite in prayer for a specific intention.Continuing this mission, the new campaign not only invites people to pray but also offers a specific prayer from Leo XIV, who will present his monthly intention from a renewed perspective, encouraging an intimate and serene experience with Christ.Transforming life from withinAccording to Jesuit Father Cristobal Fones, international director of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, who presented the initiative...
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Artist's sketch of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores at the New York courthouse where they appeared Jan. 5, 2025. Photos and videos are prohibited, hence this illustration, but journalists are allowed to be present. | Credit: CNNJan 8, 2026 / 18:10 pm (CNA).Arturo McFields, former Nicaraguan ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), stated that, following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, "winds of hope are blowing" for Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba."At this moment, it's impossible not to share the joy of the Venezuelan people, the hope for a new day, although it's complex because democracy is not easy, but hope has strongly resurged among Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, and Cubans, the hope that no dictatorship is eternal, and today that hope is more alive than ever," the exiled former diplomat told ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language news partner, on Jan. 6."We are seeing right now, in real time, how the powerful figures who thought they were gods or demigods are now ...
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St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, mother church of the Archdiocese of Bangalore in India. | Credit: Saad Faruque via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0)Jan 8, 2026 / 11:22 am (CNA).The Catholic Church in India has launched a systematic campaign to address growing mental illness in groups including families and religious communities."We decided to take up mental health as a major concern and set up the structure in response to increased family conflicts, death by suicide among young adults, and even among religious," said Archbishop Thomas Tharayil, the chairman of the Mental Health Ministry of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India."Mental health issues are on the increase both in personal lives and in families and service fields. The Church has to reach out to those in trouble at different levels from diocese to parishes," Tharayil told CNA from Changanacherry in southern Kerala state.After informal consultations and discussions, the ministry emerged at the national convention jointly org...
