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EWTN News Poll: Majority of US Catholics Support Death Penalty Despite Catechism

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Pope Leo calls for promoting ‘cultural diplomacy’ to overcome borders and prejudices

Pope Leo XIV receives members of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology on Dec. 11, 2025, in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 11, 2025 / 18:30 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Dec. 11 emphasized ... [...]

Equality and the American Founding: A Catholic perspective

“All men are created equal!” Perhaps more than any other principle, this phrase captures the transcendent ideal that inspired the Founders to declare their independence from Great Britain. The triumph of the principle of equality [...]

Vatican conference: Our Lady of Guadalupe in light of doctrinal note on titles of Mary

Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News Vatican City, Dec 11, 2025 / 16:54 pm (CNA). “Do not let your heart be troubled. Am I not here, I who am your mother?” With this consolation — with which Our Lady ... [...]

Poll: Most Catholic voters support Trump, deportations despite bishops’ concern

With Speaker of the House Mike Johnson by his side, President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Washington, D.C.... [...]

U.S. bishops, Catholic groups denounce DHS rule change for migrant workers

The plenary assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops gets underway on Nov. 11, 2025, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. First row, left to right: Father Michael J.K. Fuller, general secretary; Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio... [...]

Poll: Majority of U.S. Catholics support death penalty despite Catechism

Death penalty. / California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Wikipedia CC 2.0. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). A majority of Catholic voters in the United States support the death penalty for convicted mur... [...]

Poll: 70% of American Catholics view Pope Leo XIV favorably, only 4% unfavorably

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful in Piazza della Libertà in August, 2025. / Credit: Marco Iacobucci Epp/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). More than two-thirds of American Catholic voters have a favorable opi... [...]

St. Gianna Molla award to go to Catholic father, farmer, potential saint 

Tom Vander Woude with baby Joseph “Josie” Vander Woude. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Tom Vander Woude Guild CNA Staff, Dec 11, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). When Virginia father Tom Vander Woude’s 19-year-old son, a boy with Down syndrome, fell int... [...]

The place where image of Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared on Juan Diego’s cloak

Puebla, Mexico, Dec 11, 2025 / 07:10 am Although millions of faithful recognize Tepeyac Hill in Mexico City as the site of the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe, not many know that the miracle [...]