Christian News
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Milwaukee archbishop open to granting Mass dispensation for migrants
Milwaukee archbishop Jeffrey Grob said he would consider granting dispensation from Mass obligations to migrants fearing deportation if the situation worsens in his archdiocese. /…
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Palestine’s president calls Pope Leo XIV concerning Holy Land conflict
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Pope Leo XIV on Monday, July 21, 2025, to discuss the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the West Bank. /…
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It’s official: St. Francis’ feast day back to being a national holiday in Italy
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…
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Japan bishops on nuclear bombs: ‘This tragedy must not be repeated’
Mass at a cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan, after the U.S. dropped a nuclear weapon on the city in August of 1945. The Japanese bishops asked…
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U.S. Olympics will ban men from competing in women’s competitions after Trump order
Algeria’s Imane Khelif (in red) punches Italy’s Angela Carini in the women’s 66kg preliminaries round of 16 boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games…
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Ceasefire deal, hostage release a ‘first step’ for peace, Latin patriarch says
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa tours the war-torn area surrounding Holy Family Church with the parish’s pastor in Gaza, Father Gabriel Romanelli. / Credit: Photo courtesy of…
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Trump’s DOJ brings FACE Act lawsuit against group that protested synagogue in New Jersey
President Donald Trump holds a press conference with Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in the James S. Brady Press Briefing…
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Report to UN calls for global ban on surrogacy
Reem Alsalem, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls (right), is set to present a report to the U.N. on Oct.…
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Six months into new presidency, Lebanese Christians take stock
Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi receives Joseph Aoun back in January 2024. / Credit: The Maronite Patriarchate ACI MENA, Jul 14, 2025 / 05:00…
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Would-be attacker of DC Red Mass targeted Catholics, police say
St. Matthew's Cathedral, Washington, D.C. / Credit: Marcos Carvalho/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 8, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA). Police said the man arrested outside…
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Mexican bishop: Despite danger, it’s worth the risk to become a priest
Bishop Hilario González meets Pope Leo XIV during his June 23–27, 2025, visit to Rome. / Credit: Courtesy of Diocese of Saltillo, Mexico Vatican City,…
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Pope Leo XIV invites seminarians to bear witness to ‘tenderness’ and ‘mercy’ of Christ
The pontiff warned of the risk of a superficial spiritual life “in an age of hyperconnectivity” in which it becomes increasingly “difficult to experience silence…
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Pope Leo XIV: Inappropriate behavior of the clergy ‘cannot be kept in a drawer’
Pope Leo XIV meets with bishops on Sept. 11, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 12, 2025 / 16:04…
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Pope Leo XIV seeks to reestablish ‘full visible communion’ with Eastern Orthodox
Pope Leo XIV meets with the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on June 28, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican News ACI…
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Pope Leo XIV to visit Turkey and Lebanon
Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered for the Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists on Sept. 28, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the…
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UMary launches world’s first Catholic Montessori institute
Cassandra Baker, now a coordinator for the Catholic Montessori Institute, presents a math lesson introducing the decimal system to a 4-year-old student in spring 2023…
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Global Mass-finding app surpasses 2 million downloads
An image of the Catholic Mass Times app. / Credit: Mass Times ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 3, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). What if with…
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Church in Mexico warns of demographic change, calls for protection of families
null / Credit: maxim ibragimov/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 23, 2025 / 16:43 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church in Mexico called on Latin American society…
