PHOTOS: Thousands of youth pilgrims line up for confession in Circus Maximus in Rome
Religion A priest listens to a penitent during confession during a reconciliation event at the Circus Maximus, Rome, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025 /...
Pope Leo XIV announces dates for 2027 World Youth Day in South Korea
Religion Pope Leo XIV waves at pilgrims from South Korea before the closing Mass of the Jubilee of Youth at the University of...
2 Syrian girls share ‘moving testimony’ at Jubilee of Youth event
Religion Thousands fill St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of Youth welcome Mass on July 29, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican...
Bishop Barron tells youth in Rome: Listen to God’s voice and accept his mission
Religion Bishop Robert Barron delivers the keynote address at the Jubilee of Youth’s National U.S. Pilgrim Gathering on July 30, 2025, at the...
Pope Leo XIV appoints new director of the Vatican Observatory
Religion Pope Leo XIV visits the historic telescopes located at the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, 15 miles southeast of Rome, on July...
Start of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate brings surge of interest in papal blessings
Religion Signs hanging in the office of papal charities in Vatican City show the different models of papal blessing certificates that can be...
St. John Henry Newman to be declared 38th doctor of the Church
Religion St. John Henry Newman (1881). / Credit: Sir John Everett Millais/Public domain Vatican City, Jul 31, 2025 / 09:36 am (CNA). Pope...
Jubilee of Youth: Meet the brave Catholic communicators who are telling their stories
Religion Several of the participants at the 2025 EWTN Summer Academy in Rome, an intensive program in religious journalism and digital storytelling, come...
Bishop Barron to address U.S. pilgrims in Rome during Jubilee of Youth
Religion Bishop Robert Barron speaks to tens of thousands of young people at a World Youth Day gathering in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 2,...
Pope Leo XIV marks moon landing anniversary with call to U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin
Religion Pope Leo XIV speaks by video call with Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin from Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 20, 2025. /...