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Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency.

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A tapestry depicting St. Carlo Acutis hangs from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica during the Mass for his canonization at the Vatican Sept. 7, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Faith

Carlo Acutis and the 4 popes

Courtney Mares|Oct 12, 2026|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III pray together in the Sistine Chapel during a historic meeting at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope, King Charles hold historic prayer in Sistine Chapel

Courtney Mares|Oct 23, 2025|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the canonization of seven new saints in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 19, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

First saints from Venezuela, Papua New Guinea, among seven newly canonized

Courtney Mares|Oct 20, 2025|4 Min Read

British Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster speaks to Britain's King Charles III, William, the Prince of Wales, and Kate, the Princess of Wales, following the funeral Mass for the Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral in London Sept. 16, 2025. This is the first Catholic funeral held for a member of the royal family in modern British history. Katharine, who died Sept. 5 at age 92, was the wife of the late queen's cousin the Duke of Kent and became a Catholic in 1994. (OSV News photo/Jordan Pettitt, Pool via Reuters)

Pope Leo to pray with King Charles during Vatican visit, marking ecumenical milestone

Courtney Mares|Oct 17, 2025|4 Min Read

Archbishop Filippo Iannone, named prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops by Pope Leo XIV Sept. 26, 2025, is seen at the Vatican in this file photo from March 14, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope Leo XIV names Italian canon lawyer for top position at Dicastery for Bishops

Courtney Mares|Sep 26, 2025|3 Min Read

A visitor waves the flag of China in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this file photo from May 22, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Pope Leo XIV creates ‘new’ China diocese amid diocesan border dispute with Beijing

Courtney Mares|Sep 10, 2025|4 Min Read

Cardinal Béchara Raï, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, gives his homily as Melkite Catholic Patriarch Joseph Absi sits quietly during the celebration of a Byzantine Divine Liturgy as part of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope Leo XIV could visit Lebanon before the end of the year, patriarch says

Courtney Mares|Aug 20, 2025|3 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV lays hands on an ordinand during Mass on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican June 27, 2025. The pope ordained 32 men from five continents. (CNS/Lola Gomez)

Pope Leo ordains priests on Sacred Heart of Jesus feast day

Courtney Mares|Jun 27, 2025|5 Min Read

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, addresses Pope Leo XIV in this file photo from June 13, 2025. Pope Leo approved several decrees advancing other sainthood causes June 20 at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo XIV declares 174 new martyrs from Nazi camps and Spanish Civil War

Courtney Mares|Jun 20, 2025|5 Min Read

Pope Francis greets a child during a meeting with a pilgrimage group from Scandinavia in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Feb. 3, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Francis: Carlo Acutis shows young people ‘the fullness of life’ in Christ

Courtney Mares|Feb 3, 2025|3 Min Read

Pope Francis speaks to visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square before praying the Angelus at the Vatican Oct. 27, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope Francis in Angelus address mourns Catholic priest murdered in Mexico

Courtney Mares|Oct 27, 2024|4 Min Read

Cardinal Joseph Zen prays before a peaceful march by Christians in Hong Kong in 2008. (CNS/UCAN)

World

Persecution of 10 Catholic bishops in China intensified after Vatican-China deal, report says

Courtney Mares|Oct 21, 2024|5 Min Read

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