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Pope Leo XIV canonizes 7 new saints, including first from Venezuela and Papua New Guinea
Pope Leo XIV proclaimed seven new saints on Sunday before an estimated 70,000 people in St. Peter’s Square, including the first saints from Venezuela and Papua New Guinea and a former Satanist who underwent a dramatic conversion to become an…
Charles III to pray with Leo XIV in the Sistine Chapel
The Catholic Church and Church of England, divided for centuries over issues that now include the ordination of female priests, will take a historic step on the path to unity next week when Britain’s King Charles III and Pope Leo XIV pray…
Report: Catholics most at risk of deportation by Trump policies
The report, sponsored by several religious groups, including the USCCB, shows that more than 10 million Christians living in the U.S. would be vulnerable to deportation under Trump administration policies implemented in 2025. Christians account…
Former auditor Libero Milone takes his case to Vatican City’s ‘Supreme Court’
Libero Milone, the Vatican’s ex-auditor general, doesn’t give up easily. Having had his lawsuit against the Vatican for unlawful dismissal rejected in 2024, fined 113,000 euros in trial costs, and his appeal rejected in July, he has now taken…
Pope Leo introduces Vatican investment reforms
Victoria Cardiel, Catholic News Agency Thursday, October 16, 2025 With the motu proprio Coniuncta Cura, (“Shared Responsibility”), the Holy Father revoked the exclusive right that the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR by its Italian acronym,…
2,000 Join Rosary Crusade Through Streets of London
Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register Thursday, October 16, 2025 At least 2,000 faithful participated in an annual London Rosary Crusade of Reparation on Saturday — a notably large gathering that organizers hope reflects a fledgling revival…
Zohran Mamdani: NYC’s Next Marxist Mayor?
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:16 — 26.9MB)Subscribe: Android | | More The New American’s Christian Gomez interviews anti-communist author, research, and documentary…
Archpriest of St. Peter’s presides over an act of reparation
Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and vicar general of the pope for Vatican City, presided on Monday at a penitential rite of reparation at the main altar of the church following a serious act of desecration that had…
Why Abraham, the patriarch, is part of the push for Middle East peace
President Donald Trump repeatedly touted the “Abraham Accords” in his Middle East trip, seeking to build on 2020 agreements that expanded the number of Arab states with diplomatic ties with Israel. Citing the Biblical patriarch revered as a…
China detains dozens of underground church pastors in crackdown
Police in China detained dozens of pastors of one of its largest underground churches over the weekend, a church spokesperson and relatives said, in the biggest crackdown on Christians since 2018. The detentions, which come amid renewed…