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How to become Catholic in 2025: A step-by-step guide

2 weeks ago | catholicnewsagency.com | Jonah McKeown |Kate Quinones

CNA Staff, May 23, 2025 / 13:35 pm The election of Pope Leo XIV earlier this month has — at least according to Google search data — led to a renewed interest in people searching for information on how to “become Catholic.” This follows several years of anecdotal reports of a surge of people joining the Catholic Church, especially among young people, across many dioceses in numerous countries. The Catholic Church’s requirements to join may seem, at first, to be complicated.
EWTN to release biography of Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope

2 weeks ago | catholicworldreport.com | Jonah McKeown |Carl Olson

EWTN to release biography of Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope By Jonah McKeown for CNA “Leo XIV: Portrait of the First American Pope,” written by Matthew Bunson, vice president and editorial director at EWTN News, is the first authoritative biographical portrait of Cardinal Robert Prevost, who was elected the new Holy Father on May 8, 2025. / Credit: EWTN PublishingCNA Staff, May 20, 2025 / 17:58 pm (CNA).
Young pilgrims prepare to share love of Christ in the Eucharist during 3,300-mile trek

3 weeks ago | catholicworldreport.com | Jonah McKeown |Carl Olson

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage passes southwest of Omaha, Nebraska, on June 21, 2024. / Credit: Kate Quiñones/CNACNA 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.
Love the Sinner: Pope Leo XIV meets tennis star at the Vatican

3 weeks ago | catholicworldreport.com | Jonah McKeown |Carl Olson

Love the Sinner: Pope Leo XIV meets tennis star at the Vatican By Jonah McKeown for CNA Pope Leo XIV meets with Italian tennis star Jannick Sinner on May 14, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican MediaCNA 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’s American citizenship: Can he keep it as pope?

3 weeks ago | catholicworldreport.com | Jonah McKeown |Paul Kengor

Pope Leo XIV speaks to the College of Cardinals in Rome on Saturday, May 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaCNA Staff, May 14, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Catholics around the world continue to celebrate the election last week of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States. In addition to being a natural-born American citizen, Leo is also a naturalized citizen of Peru, having ministered there for decades. His election as pope raises several interesting questions from a nationality law perspective.
USCCB's updated doc on porn addresses loneliness epidemic, deepfakes

3 weeks ago | angelusnews.com | Jonah McKeown |Mike Cisneros |Pablo Kay

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has released a new 10th anniversary preface to a major document on the Church’s response to pornography, offering fresh recommendations for parents, clergy, educators, and civil leaders on combatting porn’s influence in an age of increased social isolation and the rise of artificial intelligence.
Convention of Catholic scientists looks at human origins, Eucharistic miracles, and more

1 month ago | catholicworldreport.com | Jonah McKeown |Carl Olson

CNA Staff, Sep 5, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).- On Sept. 3, 2001, Fr. Aidan Troy set off with a group of children in the Ardoyne district of north Belfast walking to their Catholic school. To reach it, they had to pass through a Protestant area. Troy, a Passionist priest from Dublin, had recently arrived in Northern Ireland from Rome. He was about to undergo a baptism of fire. “We set off on Sept. 3 and they asked me to walk with them. And it was horrendous,” he recalled.
MAP: Key Vatican locations to know about as the conclave begins

1 month ago | catholicworldreport.com | Jonah McKeown |Carl Olson

Vatican City, Jun 21, 2018 / 03:28 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis landed in Geneva Thursday for a day-trip aimed at bolstering ecumenical relations, saying off the bat that division among Christians is borne from worldliness, and Christ must be prioritized over any differences that might get in the way of unity.
11 powerful quotes from Pope Francis about St. Joseph and his ‘father’s heart’

1 month ago | catholicworldreport.com | Jonah McKeown |Carl Olson

11 powerful quotes from Pope Francis about St. Joseph and his ‘father’s heart’ By Jonah McKeown for CNA Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on May 1, 2020, the feast of St. Joseph the Worker. / Credit: Vatican MediaCNA Staff, May 1, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis, who died last month, was well known for his devotion to St. Joseph, the foster father of Jesus.
Conclave: How a new pope is chosen | Catholic News Agency

1 month ago | catholicnewsagency.com | Jonah McKeown

The conclave to elect a new pope will begin on May 7. Here’s what you need to know about what will happen.