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The flights for Pope Leo XIV's first apostolic journey are taking place aboard an ITA Airways Airbus A320neo, one of thousands of Airbus planes affected by a computer issue, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News.

Airbus Computer Issue Affects Papal Plane During Trip to Turkey

Nov 29, 2025

Around 6,000 Airbus planes were grounded this weekend after it was discovered that intense solar radiation could interfere with onboard flight control computers, according to the BBC.

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The Laywoman Whose Mission Helped Lead to the Solemnity of Christ the King

Nov 22, 2025

How Marthe de Noaillat championed Christ’s kingship against all odds.

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How Should We Approach AI Companionship? CNA Explainer

Oct 22, 2025

Tech companies are offering increasingly realistic and immersive forms of AI-based life coaching, friendship, and romance through AI companions.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Square on September 28, 2025. / Vatican Media screenshot

Pope Leo to Grieving Father: "Death never has the last word"

Oct 17, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has responded to a letter from a grieving father with the encouragement that “death never has the last word.”

Cardinal Pietro Parolin greets the parents of St. Carlo Acutis before Mass at Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi, Italy, on Oct. 12, 2025. / Credit: Diocese of Assisi

Many "touched by his smile" When They See His Photo: Vatican Secretary of State on St. Carlo Acutis

Oct 13, 2025

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said that Carlo Acutis spoke of Jesus with a “radiant" and "smiling" face.

A 13th-century fresco of St. Francis of Assisi by the Florentine painter Cimabue, one of the earliest depictions of the saint, is located in the lower church of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy.  / Credit: Jacob Stein/Crux Stationalis

It’s official: St. Francis’ Feast Day Back to Being a National Holiday in Italy

Oct 2, 2025

Oct. 4 will therefore be a public holiday in Italy starting in 2026, after having been a public holiday until 1977.

Monsignor Melchor Sánchez de Toca, relator of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. / Credit: Diocese of Vitoria

Vatican Expert: The Lives of the Saints Raise Incisive Questions for Our Consciences

Oct 1, 2025

The relator for the Vatican's Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Monsignor Melchor Sánchez de Toca, said the lives of the saints “pierce our conscience.”

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St. Vincent de Paul: Patron of the Poor, the Marginalized, and Catholic Charities

Sep 27, 2025

On Sept. 27 the Catholic Church remembers St. Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century French priest known as the patron of Catholic charities.

Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 16, 2025, expelled from the clerical state an Italian deacon who was convicted of sexual offenses against minors. / Credit: Freedom Studio/Shutterstock

Pope Leo XIV Expels Deacon from the Clerical State for Abuse of Minors

Sep 17, 2025

Italian permanent deacon Alessandro Frateschi, who was convicted of sexual offenses against minors, has been expelled from the clerical state by Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo XIV meets with bishops on Sept. 11, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Inappropriate Behavior of the Clergy "cannot be kept in a drawer"

Sep 12, 2025

Pope Leo XIV exhorted new bishops to address issues related to inappropriate behavior on the part of the clergy: “They can’t be put away in a drawer.”

A 45-year-old Iraqi Christian who fled his homeland to escape Islamist persecution was stabbed to death in Lyon in southern France on the evening of Sept. 10, 2025. / Credit: Stock-Asso/Shutterstock

Christian in Wheelchair Killed While Livestreaming His Faith in France 

Sep 12, 2025

A 45-year-old Iraqi Christian who fled his homeland to escape Islamist persecution was stabbed to death in Lyon in southern France on the evening of Sept. 10.

Crowds of people come to pray at Carlo Acutis’ tomb at the church of St. Mary Major in Assisi, Itlay, during the weekend of his Sept. 7, 2025, canonization. / Credit: Diocese of Assisi

Over Half a Million Pilgrims Have Visited St. Carlo Acutis’ Tomb So Far This Year

Sep 9, 2025

More than 620,000 people have visited the tomb of St. Carlo Acutis in the first eight months of 2025, according to the Diocese of Assisi, Italy.

The stamps of saints-to-be Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati will be worth 1.35 euros ($1.60) each. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican Issues Special Stamps for Canonization of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati

Sep 4, 2025

The young faces of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be immortalized in special stamps issued on the occasion of their canonization.

Pope Leo XIV speaks to pilgrims at the general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican City, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Recalls the "life and witness" of St. Augustine on His Feast Day

Aug 28, 2025

Pope Leo XIV recalled what the “life and witness” of St. Augustine means for Christians on the day the Catholic Church celebrates his feast day, Aug. 28.

Bernhard Scholz is president of the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, also known as the Rimini meeting, which offers an extensive program of activities (political, economic, cultural, etc.) that brings thousands of people from various religions and walks of life each year during the last week of August to the town of Rimini on Italy’s Adriatic coast. / Credit: Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Pope Leo XIV Calls for a "great cultural conversion" in His Greeting to Rimini Meeting

Aug 21, 2025

Pope Leo XIV called for “faith, hope, and charity to be translated into a great cultural conversion” in a message for the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples.

Archbishop Guy de Kirimel of Toulouse, France. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Diocese of Toulouse

Catholic Archbishop in France Rescinds Appointment of Priest Convicted of Rape, Asks for Forgiveness

Aug 18, 2025

Archbishop Guy de Kirimel of Toulouse, France, has reversed his decision to appoint as chancellor of the archdiocese a priest convicted of rape.

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need reminds us that “women religious are often on the front lines of wars.” / Credit: ACN

Aid to the Church in Need Joins Religious Sisters’ Call to Pray and Fast for World Peace

Aug 14, 2025

Aid to the Church in Need joined the International Union of Superiors General in its call to pray and fast for world peace on Aug. 14.

Before the Angelus on July 13, 2025, Pope Leo XIV celebrated a Mass for local Catholics, religious leaders, and civil authorities at the 17th-century Pontifical Parish of St. Thomas of Villanova in Castel Gandolfo’s main square. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo Calls for Peaceful Resolutions to Gaza and Ukraine Wars Ahead of Trump-Putin Meeting

Aug 14, 2025

Pope Leo XIV called for a peaceful resolution to the war between Russia and Ukraine ahead of the upcoming summit in Alaska between Trump and Putin.

Twenty-four-year-old Father Miguel Tovar of the Diocese of Cartagena, Spain. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Diocese of Cartagena

Pope Leo XIV Tells Newly Ordained 24-year-old Catholic Priest to "never lose your joy"

Aug 9, 2025

Pope Leo XIV told one of the youngest priests in Spain, recently-ordained Father Miguel Tovar, 24, to never lose “the joy of the priesthood.”

Pope Leo XIV greets a group of catechumens from France during an audience on July 29, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Don’t Be Discouraged in Your Faith Journey, God Always There to Sustain You: Pope Leo XIV

Jul 29, 2025

During a July 29 meeting at the Vatican with catechumens from France, the Holy Father emphasized that baptism “makes us full members of the great family of God.”