Pope Leo XIV called for renewed commitment to ecumenism among Christian denominations on Sunday, urging all Christians and their leaders to deepen their communion in the commonly confessed tenets of the faith. In an apostolic letter released ahead of a papal trip to Nicea — during which Leo will join the Patriarch of Constantinople to mark the 1700th anniversary of the ecumenical council...

The 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference will feature prayer, community, evangelization, and service among Catholic teenagers from Nov. 20–22 in Indianapolis. Follow CNA’s live coverage of the event here.

More than 300 children and staff are now thought to have been kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, making it one of the worst mass abductions the country has seen.The Christian Association of Nigeria said 303 students and 12 teachers were taken from on St Mary's School in Papiri, Niger state - substantially more than previously estimated.

In a firm call to avoid “false mercy” in marriage annulment proceedings, Pope Leo XIV reminded that compassion cannot disregard the truth. During a Friday audience with participants in the legal-pastoral training course of the Roman Rota, the Holy See’s court of appeals, the Holy Father read a lengthy speech in which he recalled the importance of the reform of marriage annulment processes initiated by Pope Francis 10 years ago.

God created us, his beloved children, to “have dominion” over all things on earth, giving us every plant, every animal and every bird. We were to rule in his place in Paradise — and God saw his plan working and said it was “very good.” But then we blew it. We agreed with Satan that God is a tyrant and took God’s kingdom, and we handed it over to his enemy...

Some days I hate working out. I feel tired, maybe it is too hot, maybe I am just feeling lazy. Whatever the reason, I have to choose to overcome the obstacles I face, if I want to be healthy. I have been working out for decades and have the good habits of working out continually. So, imagine how hard it is to get in shape after years of couch-potato living...

In their 2023 introductory note to Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, the US Catholic bishops taught, “The threat of abortion remains our pre-eminent priority because it directly attacks our most vulnerable and voiceless brothers and sisters and destroys more than a million lives per year in our country alone.” It is worth reflecting on what grounds this prioritization...

The Biblical tradition of presentation in the temple is something which has always appealed to me, aesthetically and spiritually, though we tend to think of it most in the context of its fulfillment in the presentation of Christ by his earthly parents, prompting Simeon’s famous prayer. Though, in a sense, the presentations of Mary and Christ, while complementary parts of the history of salvation, are rather distinct.

A title card at the beginning of The Carpenter’s Son informs us that the movie is based on The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, which “describes events missing in the gospel timeline.” That’s certainly an interesting way to characterize this obscure early text, already mined by Anne Rice for her novel Christ the Lord...

In the unity of faith, proclaimed since the beginning of the Church, Christians have been called to walk in harmony, guarding and transmitting the gift they have received with love and joy. This is expressed in the words of the Creed, “I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God... for our salvation he came down from heaven,” that were formulated 1700 years ago by the Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical gathering in the history of Christianity.