null / Credit: Puwadon Sang/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 30, 2025 / 16:18 pm (CNA). New polling from the Associated Press (AP) NORC Center for Public Affairs Research has found that U.S. adults hold “nuanced views about the role of religion in public schools.”While the majority […]

null / Credit: anonymous/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 30, 2025 / 15:47 pm (CNA). A coalition of 20 American Catholic bishops and religious leaders from other faiths has signed on to a letter urging lawmakers to vote against a proposed budget bill because of provisions to increase […]

The faithful take part in the Divine Liturgy at Our Lady of the Olive Church in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, June 29, 2025. / Credit: Mohammad Al-Rifai/ACI MENA ACI MENA, Jun 30, 2025 / 14:56 pm (CNA). A week after the deadly attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria, the churches there have […]

Pope Leo XIV meets with the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on June 28, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican News ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 30, 2025 / 14:12 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV received members of a delegation from the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate in a […]

Pope Leo prays the Angelus at the Vatican on June 30, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Jun 30, 2025 / 12:24 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV deplored the use of hunger as a “weapon of war” in his message to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which is currently […]

Faithful pray before a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus during Croatia’s consecration ceremony on June 27, 2025, as the nation dedicated itself anew to Christ’s divine love following the tradition established by their ancestors at the Church of Our Miraculous Lady of Sinj. / Credit: Petar […]

The “Hall of Constantine” is Raphael’s masterpiece, depicting Constantine’s victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 30, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). After a decade of painstaking restoration, the imposing Hall of Constantine in the Vatican’s […]

Bethany and Daniel Meola, a married couple with a special heart for adult children of divorce, created the Life-Giving Wounds apostolate, currently celebrating its five-year anniversary in 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Life-Giving Wounds Miami, Fla., Jun 30, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Kendra […]

The British Parliament building in London. / Credit: Marinesea/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Jun 29, 2025 / 19:05 pm (CNA). A British politician has publicly criticized his parish priest for refusing to give him holy Communion after he voted in favor of the United Kingdom’s assisted dying bill. […]

The Via della Conciliazione, the grand avenue leading to St. Peter’s Square in Rome, was transformed on Sunday, June 29, 2025, into a vibrant tapestry of color laid over the asphalt. / Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Vatican City, Jun 29, 2025 / 12:50 pm (CNA). The Via della Conciliazione, the […]

Pope Leo XIV spoke about unity on Sunday, June 29, 2025, after bestowing the pallium on 54 new metropolitan archbishops on the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, patrons of the city of Rome. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 29, 2025 / 10:15 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV warned new archbishops on […]

Pope Leo XIV spoke about unity on Sunday, June 29, 2025, after bestowing the pallium on 54 new metropolitan archbishops on the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, patrons of the city of Rome. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 29, 2025 / 09:40 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Sunday said unity in […]

Catholic speaker and author Kim Zember (left) and Zember on the set of her new podcast on EWTN, “Here I AM Stories,” with guest Angel Colon. / Credit: Photos courtesy of Kim Zember CNA Staff, Jun 29, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). During her senior year of high school, Catholic speaker and author Kim […]

One unique feature of the monastery at Subiaco is that it was built into the mountain. In any room, at least one wall is bare rock. During construction, the connection with the mountain was always preserved. Even above the main altar of the upper church, the rock juts out and looms overhead, […]

Pro-life demonstrators take part in a rally calling for Planned Parenthood to be defunded in Denton, Texas, on Saturday, June 28, 2025. / Credit: Carole Novielli/Live Action CNA Staff, Jun 28, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Thousands of pro-life advocates rallied at hundreds of locations across the United […]