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View of the Chicago skyline taken July 31, 2005, just after sunset. / Credit: JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 14, 2025 / 16:27 pm (CNA).

Catholic Charities of Chicago uses a lobbying firm that supports pro-abortion politicians and represents abortion providers, according to a report this week. 

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage passes southwest of Omaha, Nebraska, on June 21, 2024. / Credit: Kate Quiñones/CNA

CNA Staff, May 14, 2025 / 15:56 pm (CNA).

Pilgrims preparing to take part in the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage spoke at a press conference about their preparation for the pilgrimage, set to kick off on Sunday.

Pope Leo XIV meets with Italian tennis star Jannick Sinner on May 14, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

CNA Staff, May 14, 2025 / 14:48 pm (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV met Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner at the Vatican on Wednesday. 

Pope Leo XIV gives the homily at Mass with the cardinale electors in the Sistine Chapel on May 9, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

ACI Prensa Staff, May 14, 2025 / 14:18 pm (CNA).

The Dicastery for Communication said “Leo XIV inherits the X @Pontifex accounts used by Pope Francis and previously by Benedict XVI.”

A cropped version of the official portrait of Pope Leo XIV, published by the Vatican on May 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 14, 2025 / 12:12 pm (CNA).

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but maintained a close relationship with Pope Francis.

Pope Leo XIV speaks to participants in the Jubilee of Eastern Churches on May 14, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, May 14, 2025 / 11:29 am (CNA).

“I thank God for those Christians — Eastern and Latin alike — who, above all in the Middle East, persevere and remain in their homelands,” Leo said May 14.

Pope Leo XIV speaks to the College of Cardinals in Rome on Saturday, May 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

CNA Staff, May 14, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

In addition to being a natural-born American citizen, Pope Leo XIV is also a naturalized citizen of Peru, having ministered there for decades.

Pope Leo XIV, when he was bishop of Chiclayo (Peru), recites the prayer of consecration before Our Lady of Fátima. / Credit: Courtesy of Fátima Mission Peru

Lima Newsroom, May 13, 2025 / 17:19 pm (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV, when he was bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, offered a special prayer of consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary before the pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fátima.

Auxiliary Bishop Kevin Kenney of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 13, 2025 / 16:49 pm (CNA).

Auxiliary Bishop Kevin Kenney of St. Paul-Minneapolis urged lawmakers to continue allowing unauthorized immigrants access to a state-funded health care program. 

Current Chiclayo Bishop Edinson Farfán at a press conference on Friday, May 9, 2025. / Credit: Diego López Marina/ACI Prensa

Lima Newsroom, May 13, 2025 / 15:56 pm (CNA).

Bishop Edinson Farfán of Chiclayo, Peru, is publicly defending the actions of his predecessor, now Pope Leo XIV, in the face of accusations that he covered up sexual abuse.