News Briefs

Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Dec 9, 2025 / 15:15 pm Pope Leo XIV said President Donald Trump’s plan to end Russia’s war against Ukraine threatens to break apart the alliance between Europe and the United States. […]

CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2025 / 15:10 pm Three months after a deadly shooting in Minneapolis that left two students dead and injured 18 others as well as three adults, Archbishop Bernard Hebda, along with […]

Vatican City, Dec 9, 2025 / 14:32 pm Pope Leo XIV received the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in audience today at the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, the Holy See announced in a statement. […]

CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2025 / 13:00 pm The Vatican’s Dicastery for Clergy has declared that several parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York can remain open after Bishop Michael Fisher ordered their closure […]

Boston, Massachusetts, Dec 9, 2025 / 11:00 am The pastor of a Catholic parish near Boston says an anti-immigration-enforcement display in its Nativity scene will stay up at least for the time being, and he […]

CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2025 / 11:45 am The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent who oversaw the Virginia office responsible for a highly controversial investigation into local Catholics will lead the state’s safety […]

Vatican City, Dec 9, 2025 / 10:30 am Archduke of Austria Eduard Habsburg, who served as Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See since 2015, described his post at the Vatican as “the greatest 10 years […]

CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2025 / 04:00 am Many are familiar with the story of St. Juan Diego, whose feast is celebrated on Dec. 9 in the worldwide Church. However, the story of the Franciscan […]