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Young men attending the encounter with youth with Pope Francis at the Sir John Guise Stadium, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 9, 2024.

Worldwide Catholic population hits 1.4 billion

Mar 21, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Two reports prepared by the Vatican’s Central Office for Church Statistics reveal a notable growth of the Catholic population worldwide... Read more

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Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.

French independent abuse authority has compensated nearly 850 victims since 2021

Pope Francis waves from a balcony at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, March 23, 2025, following weeks of hospitalization for bilateral pneumonia.

Pope Francis: God desires to offer his love and mercy to those at the ‘crossroads’ of life

Maltese priest Fabio Attard was elected rector major of the Salesians for the next six years.

Salesians elect Maltese priest Fabio Attard as Don Bosco’s 11th successor

Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.

Chicago Archdiocese sues over ‘racketeering scheme’ involving false sex abuse claims

“It has been disappointing to see how seldom a CPC designation has resulted in real consequences for those responsible for religious freedom violations,” U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Chairman Stephen Schneck told CNA.

Commission urges Trump to take action against governments that violate religious liberty

The main altar of one of the colonial-era churches in Popoyán, Colombia, one of the stops on the itinerary of the 2025 International Congress on Religious Tourism.

Colombia to host 2025 International Congress on Religious Tourism

A Christian boy holds a crucifix during a protest in Karachi on Aug. 22, 2023, to condemn the attack on churches in Pakistan. More than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches were vandalized in an hourslong riot in Jaranwala in Punjab province on Aug. 16 after unverified reports that a Koran had been desecrated.

Young Christian in Pakistan brutally attacked for refusing to convert to Islam

Thousands particpate in a Eucharistic procession sponsored by the Napa Institute through the streets of Manhattan in New York City on Oct. 15, 2024.

Napa Institute fosters Catholic-Protestant collaboration on common efforts

Pope Francis greets His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales at the canonization of St. John Henry Newman at the Vatican on Oct. 13, 2019.

King Charles postpones Vatican visit to give Pope Francis more recovery time

Zachary Liberto, 30, was arrested March 22, 2025, and charged with commissioning an act of terrorism for allegedly sending an email to a member of the staff at St. Louis Catholic Church in Memphis, Tennessee, expressing his intent to “butcher” Catholics with a machete.

Memphis police arrest man accused of threatening to ‘butcher’ Catholics with machete

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