By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Dec 20, 2024 / 14:35 pm Pope Francis has appointed five new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Chicago and assigned each bishop-elect a titular see in the Middle East and North Africa region, Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, announced Dec. 20. …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 20, 2024 / 15:05 pm President-elect Donald Trump selected CatholicVote president and co-founder Brian Burch to serve as the United States ambassador to the Holy See, he announced on Truth Social Friday afternoon. “Brian is a devout Catholic, a father of nine, and president of CatholicVote,” …

By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Dec 21, 2024 / 07:30 am The president of the German Bishops’ Conference and the local bishop of Magdeburg have expressed their shock and offered prayers after a car attack at a Christmas market in eastern Germany on Friday left five people dead and more than …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2024 / 19:45 pm U.S. President Joe Biden accepted an invitation to visit Pope Francis next month and discuss efforts to advance peace, the White House announced on Thursday. Biden, the country’s second Catholic president, is set to travel to Rome from Jan. 9–12 …