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The main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. / Credit: Jorge Royan (CC BY-SA 3.0). Vatican City, Nov 26, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has issued a new decree revising the financial and administrative norms governing the basilicas of St. Peter and St. Mary Major, bringing both institutions under the ordinary … Read more
Conductor Riccardo Muti has been awarded the 2025 Ratzinger Prize. / Credit: Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy Vatican City, Nov 25, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV will present the 2025 Ratzinger Prize to the renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti, one of the most influential and respected figures in international music, during a … Read more
null / Credit: Alex Studio/Shutterstock Vatican City, Nov 25, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A new Vatican document defends marriage as a monogamous relationship amid the growing popularity of polyamory and addresses the pastoral challenges caused by conversion to Catholicism of people in polygamous situations. “One Flesh: In Praise of Monogamy” was published in Italian … Read more
I am not alone — Christ is with me. — St. Paul Le-Bao-Tinh, Vietnamese martyr
Pope Leo XIV receives Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople at the Vatican on May 30, 2025. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 23, 2025 / 12:29 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has called on Christians to move beyond “theological controversies” that no longer serve the cause of unity and to rediscover together the faith professed at … Read more
A close-up of the tomb of St. Ceclia at the basilica dedicated to her in Trastevere, Rome, Italy. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Nov 22, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). St. Cecilia, widely known as the patron saint of music and musicians, is buried in the Basilica of St. Cecilia in the Roman neighborhood … Read more
Aidan Gallagher, director of EWTN Ireland, speaks at the premiere of “The Kingship of Christ” at the Vatican on Nov. 18, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News CNA Staff, Nov 23, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Marking the 100th anniversary of the feast of Christ the King, which this year falls on Nov. 23, EWTN … Read more
Pope Leo XIV meets with the Augustinian nuns of Montefalco on Nov. 20, 2025, in Italy. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 22, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). “A moment of great familiarity” is how Abbess Maria Cristina Daguati of the Augustinian convent in Montefalco, Italy, described Pope Leo XIV’s visit on Thursday. … Read more