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Issue: October 2026

Catholics worldwide invited to join Global Rosary for Peace

(EWTN News) – Catholics around the world are invited to join in prayer for the Global Rosary for Peace taking place on Oct. 22, the feast of St. John Paul II. The event is an international prayer i...
Issue: October 2026

Sri Lanka jails 15 for up to 260 years over Easter Sunday church bombings

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (EWTN News) – Sri Lanka’s High Court has sentenced 15 men to prison terms of 200 to 260 years for their roles in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. The convictions are the first di...
Issue: October 2026

Popular Catholic podcaster and religious sister announces discernment of new community

US (EWTN News) – Catholic speaker, podcast host, and author Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT (Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity), announced on Sept. 21 that she is publicly discerning the...
Issue: September 2026

Catholic conversions surge on college campuses, Hallow data shows

US (EWTN News) – Registration for the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA, formerly RCIA) has “more than doubled” on college campuses across the country as Catholic conversions continue t...
Issue: September 2026

Pope Leo appoints leader of Knights of Columbus to Vatican body

VATICAN CITY (EWTN News) – Pope Leo XIV has appointed Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly as a member of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life. The dicastery was created by...
Issue: September 2026

Illinois says Catholic hospitals won’t have to promote suicide as federal lawsuit plays out

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (EWTN News) – Some Catholic hospitals and several other religious objectors in Illinois will not have to promote the state’s assisted suicide program while a lawsuit challengi...
Issue: August 2026

Catholic sisters bring free medical care to Kenya slum, uncover hidden illnesses

MOMBASA, Kenya (EWTN News) – Residents in an impoverished informal settlement called “Bangladesh” in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa turned up in large numbers for a two-day medical camp July 18–19...
Issue: August 2026

Federal guidance on religious liberty reflects church autonomy, parental rights rulings

WASHINGTON, DC (EWTN News) – The Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a memorandum to federal departments and agencies with updated guidance on religious liberty and parental rights protections, based ...
Issue: August 2026

Summer advice from Pope Leo XIV: Don’t forget the less fortunate

CASTEL GANDOLFO (EWTN News) – In response to a question about summer advice, Pope Leo XIV emphasized the importance of remembering those most in need during the holidays. The question and answer we...
Issue: July 2026

English edition of Pope Leo XIV’s early writings set for release

VATICAN CITY (EWTN News) – Pope Leo XIV’s early writings as a friar and prior general of the Augustinians will be released in September 2026, the Vatican announced this week. The writings will be p...
Issue: July 2026

Vatican publishes Pope Benedict XVI’s private homilies in English

VATICAN CITY (EWTN News) – The Vatican has published, for the first time in English, a collection of Pope Benedict XVI’s private homilies from 2005–2017, titled The Lord Holds Us By the Hand. The V...
Issue: July 2026

Cambodia’s Buddhist leaders honor Catholic bishop for decades of cooperation

PHNOM PENH (EWTN News) – Cambodia’s Buddhist leadership has conferred a high honorary title on the Catholic bishop of Phnom Penh, recognizing decades of cooperation between Buddhist and Christian c...
Issue: May 2026

Melkite priest finds consecrated host intact after 47 days in damaged church

LEBANON (EWTN News) – Amid widespread destruction in the southern Lebanese village of Tbenine, what some call a “miracle” in St. George Church offered renewed hope and reminded parishioners that Ch...
Issue: May 2026

On centenary of Cristero War, bishop invites Catholics to ‘defend your faith by knowing it better’

ZACATECAS, Mexico (EWTN News) – As part of the commemoration of the centenary of Mexico’s Cristero War, the bishop of Zacatecas, Sigifredo Noriega Barceló, urged the faithful to deepen their knowle...
Issue: May 2026

Pope Leo XIV meets Archbishop of Canterbury amid deepening church divide

VATICAN CITY (EWTN News) – Pope Leo XIV met with the archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, at the Vatican on April 27. Mullally’s first official visit to Rome as the spiritual leader of the Chu...
Issue: April 2026

Bangladesh gets ninth diocese as Pope Leo XIV appoints first bishop

DHAKA, Bangladesh (EWTN News) – Pope Leo XIV has erected a new diocese in northern Bangladesh. The Diocese of Joypurhat was established March 25, carved out of territories belonging to the dioceses...
Issue: April 2026

Cardinal Simoni, imprisoned for years in communist Albania, prays before St. Francis’s bones

ASSISI (EWTN News) – On March 19, Albanian Cardinal Ernest Simoni, 97, was among the last people to venerate the remains of St. Francis of Assisi before their return to a tomb in the crypt of Assis...
Issue: April 2026

Pope Leo XIV explains why the priesthood is reserved to men

VATICAN CITY (EWTN News) – During his March 25 catechesis on the dogmatic constitution Lumen Gentium, Pope Leo XIV said priestly ministry in the Catholic Church, entrusted only to men, is understoo...
Issue: April 2026

Venerable Fulton Sheen beatification set for Sept. 24 in St. Louis

US (EWTN News) – The Vatican announced that Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen will be beatified on Sept. 24 in St. Louis. The Holy See officially informed Bishop Louis Tylka of the Diocese of Peori...
Issue: March 2026

El P. Flanagan y Boys Town, el “pueblo más mágico” de EE.UU. que nació de una convicción: no hay niños malos

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú, EWTN News
El P. Flanagan “nunca conoció a un niño que quisiera ser malo”: siempre apostó por ellos, los defendió, y luchó para que los que vivían en la calle tuvieran un hogar digno. La Iglesia en Irlanda c...
Issue: March 2026

Cardinals criticize Society of St. Pius X for plan to consecrate bishops without papal approval

VATICAN CITY (EWTN News) – Cardinals Gerhard Müller and Robert Sarah spoke out against the decision of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) to defy the Vatican and ordain new bishops on July 1. The dec...
Issue: March 2026

Vermont backs off “gender ideology” mandate for Christian foster families

VERMONT (EWTN News) – The Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF) officially ended a policy that required foster parents to accept the state’s views about gender identity and sexuality a...
Issue: March 2026

2 laicized nuns in Spain return to Catholic communion after leaving schismatic group

BURGOS, Spain (EWTN News) – Archbishop Mario Iceta of Burgos, Spain, lifted the excommunication of two former Poor Clare nuns of Belorado on Ash Wednesday. They will return to full communion with t...
Issue: March 2026

Pope Leo XIV responds to an atheist ‘who loves God’

VATICAN CITY (EWTN News) – In the February issue of the magazine Piazza San Pietro, Pope Leo XIV answered a man named Rocco, who asked, “How is it possible to consider oneself an atheist and love G...
Issue: February 2026

2 new miracles reported through intercession of St. Charbel in 2026

MIDDLE EAST (EWTN News) – Two new miracles attributed to St. Charbel Makhlouf have been reported since the beginning of 2026. The Lebanese Maronite is associated with more than 30,000 reported mira...
Issue: February 2026

Why the world needs mercy now: U.S.-born archbishop explains

VILNIUS (EWTN News) – As Vilnius, Lithuania, prepares to host the Sixth World Apostolic Congress on Mercy (WACOM 6) from June 7–12, Archbishop Gintaras Grušas, president of the Council of European ...
Issue: February 2026

British deacon develops new resources for people with autism

BIRMINGHAM (EWTN News) – A Catholic deacon in England has responded to what he says is “a crying need” for new catechetical resources for people with autism. Deacon Mark Paine from the Archdiocese ...
Issue: February 2026

All Christians must humbly, joyfully invite others to trust in God, pope says

ROME (CNS) – All Christians are called to invite everyone to trust in Christ, who enlightens and consoles, Pope Leo XIV said. “Every authentic encounter with the Lord is, in fact, a transformative ...
Issue: December 2025

Two Catholic priests freed in Belarus after visit of papal envoy to the country

MINSK, Belarus (OSV News) – Two Catholic priests long considered political prisoners in Belarus were freed Nov. 20, a move church leaders are linking to an October visit from Cardinal Claudio Guger...
Issue: December 2025

Pope to bishops: Be prophets of peace, harmony in your dioceses

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Following the example of St. Francis of Assisi, bishops are called to be close to the people in their dioceses and peacemakers in a world marked by division and tension, Pope L...
Issue: December 2025

Vatican says cause can move forward for Massachusetts pro-life activist, wife, mother

WORCESTER, Mass. (OSV News) – This fall the Vatican paved the way for the Worcester Diocese to begin the cause for the potential canonization of a local Catholic – Ruth V. K. Pakaluk. Ruth, a wife ...
Issue: December 2025

Pope meets young people returned to Ukraine from Russia

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Thanks to a handful of countries, including the Vatican, some 1,600 Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia have been reunited with family members in Ukraine. Four of the y...
Issue: November 2025

Pope recognizes martyrdom of Polish Salesian, Czech priests

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Leo XIV formally recognized the martyrdom of nine Polish Salesian priests killed by the Nazis at Auschwitz and Dachau and the martyrdom of two Czech priests executed by th...
Issue: November 2025

Tehran metro station dedicated to Mary a call to follow her on path of peace, cardinal says

TEHRAN, Iran (OSV News) – In Iran, a new metro station in Tehran dedicated to the Virgin Mary is drawing attention – and reflection. Belgian Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, who leads the Archdiocese of...
Issue: November 2025

San Antonio Archdiocese, Catholic groups push back at auto-generated GoFundMe pages

SAN ANTONIO (OSV News) – The Archdiocese of San Antonio is speaking out after the GoFundMe company – which provides a digital platform for online fundraising – created donation pages on its behalf ...
Issue: November 2025

Annunciation student critically injured in shooting discharged from hospital, met with cheers

MINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) – Sophia Forchas, who was critically injured in an Aug. 27 shooting during an all-school Mass at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, has been discharged from the hospital and...
Issue: October 2025

Head of Romanian Greek Catholic Church dies at 94

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Cardinal Lucian Muresan, major archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Iulia and head of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, died Sept. 25 at the age of 94. Much of the cardinal’s semin...
Issue: October 2025

Cardinal Ryś: With curial appointments expected, pope prioritizes listening over haste

KRAKÓW, Poland (OSV News) – As fall begins, Catholics are watching closely for Pope Leo XIV’s first major Vatican appointments. One of the most urgent vacancies is his own former role – prefect of ...
Issue: October 2025

Spain’s Tower of Jesus Christ will make Sagrada Familia world’s tallest Catholic church

BARCELONA, Spain (OSV News) – The iconic Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is nearing a historic milestone: the completion of the Tower of Jesus Christ, which will make it the tallest Catholic church in...
Issue: October 2025

Pope asks everyone to pray the rosary for peace throughout October

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Leo XIV asked Catholics to pray the rosary each day in October for peace. The pope made his request at the end of his weekly general audience Sept. 24. “I invite everyone ...
Issue: August 2025

Poland’s ‘living memorial’ to St. John Paul II marks 25 years of transforming lives

WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) – Thousands of young Poles walked in prayer and song to the Jasna Góra shrine in Częstochowa on July 19 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Foundation “Dzieło Nowego Tysią...
Issue: August 2025

Jubilee of Youth chance to celebrate hope, fraternity in world at war, panel says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – More than half a million young people from 146 countries are set to arrive July 28 for the start of the weeklong Jubilee of Youth, which will include a special Jubilee dedicate...
Issue: August 2025

Meet 88-year-old scooter-riding catechist from Singapore who has brought 2,000 people into church

SINGAPORE (OSV News) – As the church prepares to mark the World Day of Grand-parents and the Elderly on July 27*, meet 88-year-old Andrew Goh – a scooter-riding catechist in Singapore who has spent...
Issue: July 2025

Archbishop sails ‘into the deep’ taking Jesus to ‘shores of the city,’ ‘shores of our hearts’

BRAINTREE, Mass. (OSV News) – Archbishop Richard G. Henning sailed from Gloucester, Mass. to Boston June 21 and 22 for “Into the Deep,” a Eucharistic procession by boat that brought the Blessed Sac...
Issue: July 2025

Despite secularization trends, a Catholic revival is seen on the horizon in France

PARIS (OSV News) – In Paris, a new initiative is taking a data-driven look at Catholicism in France. The “Observatory of Catholicism” officially launched this June, aiming to provide reliable, scie...
Issue: July 2025

Love with Christ’s compassionate heart, Pope Leo tells seminarians

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Do not be afraid to grapple with your innermost thoughts, feelings and problems so that your heart can be filled with God and his compassion, Pope Leo XIV told seminarians. Als...
Issue: June 2025

Story behind beatification of Poland’s Father Stanisław Streich is one of quiet courage

WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) – In one of the firsts under Pope Leo XIV, the church in Poland celebrated the beatification of Father Stanisław Streich, a humble parish priest murdered at the altar in 1...
Issue: June 2025

Gudziak: ‘Every human being with a heart’ should back resolution to return stolen Ukrainian kids

PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) – A bipartisan resolution to return thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia is “something that every human being with a heart should understand,” Metropolitan Arc...
Issue: June 2025

Missionary discipleship contributes to peacemaking, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Recognizing themselves as members of the one body of Christ, all Catholics should sense an urgency to share the Gospel message of God’s love with others and to welcome them as ...
Issue: May 2025

Global pastor: In word and deed, pope preached mercy, outreach

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of at age 88, gave new energy to millions of Catholics – and caused concern for some – as he transformed the image of the papacy into...
Issue: April 2025

No Eucharistic miracle in Indianapolis, archdiocese confirms after lab tests

INDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) – An investigation by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis into an alleged Eucharistic miracle at an Indiana parish has indicated that “natural, not miraculous causes” resulted i...
Issue: April 2025

First Christian lay-led hospital in Bangladesh will tend to the poor with special fund

DHAKA, Bangladesh (OSV News) – The Charity Fund of Divine Mercy Hospital was launched March 24 in Dhaka to provide medical care for the country’s poorest patients. The hospital, a project of the Ch...
Issue: April 2025

US lawmakers push anti-discrimination bill to protect pregnancy resource centers

WASHINGTON (OSV News) – The Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act, H.R. 2226, was filed March 18 by Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and seeks to protect over 2,700 pregnancy resource centers from federal and s...
Issue: March 2025

A silent genocide is unfolding in Congo, church sources warn

MAIBA, Congo (OSV News) – A brutal massacre in the North Kivu province of eastern Congo, which left 70 people beheaded by Islamists in a Protestant church on Feb. 15, has drawn international condem...
Issue: March 2025

Amid darkness of Ukraine war, religious sisters bring light, hope and purpose to villages

UKRAINE (OSV News) – As the war in Ukraine marks its third year, religious sisters are offering hope and joy to those suffering from the conflict. Sister Victoria Andruschina of the Sisters of the ...
Issue: March 2025

US Army chaplain, Korean War POW and future saint? Father Emil Kapaun now ‘Venerable’

WICHITA, Kan. (OSV News) – A Kansas military chaplain who served during two wars is a step further along the path to possible sainthood, thanks to a declaration made by Pope Francis. The Holy Fathe...
Issue: February 2025

Pro-lifers rally, march in San Francisco to speak up, stand up for unborn, expectant mothers

By OSV News
SAN FRANCISCO (OSV News) – Tens of thousands of pro-life supporters rallied in the 21st annual Walk for Life West Coast Jan. 25, filling the plaza in front of City Hall and marching for more than a...
Issue: February 2025

Bishops across Europe remember Holocaust victims, urge world to fight rising antisemitism

By OSV News
OŚWIĘCIM, Poland (OSV News) – Church leaders across Europe marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau German death camp Jan. 27 by calling for remembrance of Nazi-inflicted...
Issue: February 2025

Hope amid suffering leads to God, pope says in message for world’s sick

By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – While the Holy Year 2025 refrain, “Hope does not disappoint,” can be difficult for those suffering from illness to embrace, Christians are called to recognize God’s closeness e...
Issue: December 2024

Christ the King triumphs over evil with the power of love, pope says

By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – While world events can seem chaotic, violent and out of control, Christians can be certain that “everything is ultimately subject to the judgment of Christ, the just and mercif...
Issue: December 2024

Catholic priests face new pressures after nuncio departs Belarus

By OSV News
MINSK, Belarus (OSV News) – Clergy in Belarus are deleting their social media profiles to avoid arrest, according to church sources, as local parishes face pressure under a new religious law. “With...
Issue: December 2024

Joy, gratitude over news of Acutis and Frassati canonization dates

By OSV News
PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) – News that canonization dates have been set for Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, who have become popular patrons for teens and young adults, is being met with joy an...
Issue: December 2024

U.S. bishops announce Prayer Vigil for Life to take place Jan. 23–24

By OSV News
WASHINGTON (OSV News) – The annual Prayer Vigil for Life will take place Jan. 23–24, 2025, the U.S. bishops’ conference announced Nov. 22. The event is hosted each January by the U.S. Conference of...
Issue: November 2024

Minnesota Carmelite hermits building large chapel to make room for new vocations

By OSV News
LAKE ELMO, Minn. (OSV News) – A community of Carmelite hermits near St. Paul, Minnesota, is looking to expand after running out of space to accept new vocations. The first step, they say, is a new ...
Issue: November 2024

Synod gave life to new way of being church, members say

By CNS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Members of the Synod of Bishops experienced a new way of being church and are committing to sharing it, said the two cardinals who guided its work. Speaking Oct. 26 after synod...
Issue: November 2024

France’s culture minister wants visitors’ fee for Notre Dame; church of Paris says no, invites all

By OSV News
PARIS (OSV News) – The countdown has begun for the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral throughout the weekend of Dec. 7–8. As the last pieces of scaffolding are being removed on the outside, Culture ...
Issue: November 2024

Pope to open Holy Door at Rome prison at beginning of Jubilee 2025

By CNS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Two days after opening the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica to inaugurate the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis will travel to a Rome prison to open a Holy Door as a “tangible sign...
Issue: October 2024

Caritas ‘shocked’ by murder of director in Democratic Republic of Congo

By OSV News
CHOLOBERO, Congo (OSV News) – The director of Caritas in Congo was shot and killed by an armed militant group while approaching a roadblock, Caritas Internationalis announced. In a statement publi...
Issue: October 2024

Judge rules for Catholic group against EEOC regulations involving abortion, gender identity

By OSV News
BISMARCK, N.D. (OSV News) – A federal judge in North Dakota sided with the Catholic Benefits Association in its lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over two regulations the...
Issue: October 2024

Pope: Humanity suffers from ‘dangerous syndrome’ of repeating mistakes

By CNS
LUXEMBOURG (CNS) – Humanity needs to be motivated by spiritual values if it is to avoid being thrown into dangerous exploits and useless massacres, Pope Francis said. The world, even in Europe, is ...
Issue: October 2024

A record 180,000 motorcyclists have their helmets blessed at Fátima shrine

By OSV News
FATIMA, Portugal (OSV News) – “A true prophetic mission” can be carried out on a motorcycle, Lisbon’s patriarch told 180,000 motorcyclists who gathered at the Sanctuary of Fátima Sept. 22 for their...
Issue: September 2024

US bishops’ diocesan survey sets new baseline for Hispanic ministry in parishes nationwide

By OSV News
WASHINGTON (OSV News) – A recent diocesan survey conducted by the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs offers a baseline to the parish-based pastoral response to Hispanic Catholics around...
Issue: September 2024

Shrine Mass marks centennial of first priestly ordinations at ‘Mary’s House’ in Washington

By OSV News
WASHINGTON (OSV News) – As part of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception’s continuing celebration marking 100 years of worship at “Mary’s House,” as it’s often called, Wa...
Issue: September 2024

Pope expresses concern about religious freedom in Ukraine

By CNS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – “Please, let no Christian church be abolished directly or indirectly: the churches are not to be touched,” Pope Francis said about a Ukrainian law banning the Russian Orthodox ...
Issue: September 2024

Adoration anchors one’s life in Jesus, pope says

By CNS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The best way to ensure evangelization is about Jesus and not about oneself is to spend time in prayer and especially in Eucharistic adoration, Pope Francis told members of the ...
Issue: August 2024

Congress calls on Catholics to “Walk with One,” evangelize through “spiritual companionship”

By OSV News
INDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) -- At the close of the National Eucharistic Congress’ final Mass, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, asked the crowd of 60,000 gathered in Lucas Oil Stadium i...
Issue: August 2024

Women religious help financially vulnerable women in Colorado “turn their lives around”

By OSV News
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.(OSV News) –During the years Sister Frances Sedlacek ministered in rural areas of Brazil, she witnessed a movement that shifted her worldview.” The women in Brazil were like ...
Issue: August 2024

Cardinal visits Ukraine’s president, conveying closeness of pope

By CNS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of State, visited Ukraine to hold high-level meetings, meet local Catholics and represent Pope Francis at the final stop of a pilgrim...
Issue: August 2024

Ethiopian cardinal expresses church’s unwavering support as landslide kills over 250

By OSV News
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (OSV News) -- Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel of Addis Ababa has expressed deep sorrow at the deadly landslide in Gofa Zone, in the southern part of Ethiopia, where t...
Issue: June 2024

Florida priest admits biting woman as last-resort defense to save the Eucharist

By OSV News
ST. CLOUD, Fla. (OSV News) – A Florida priest has admitted to biting a woman who attempted to receive holy Communion in what he – and eyewitnesses – said was an aggressive, desecrating manner. Fath...
Issue: June 2024

La. governor signs bill reclassifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances

By OSV News
BATON ROUGE, La. (OSV News) – Louisiana lawmakers enacted legislation May 23 that would classify drugs used for both early abortion and miscarriage as controlled dangerous substances, and would cri...
Issue: June 2024

His lifelong dream was to be a saint, Blessed Carlo Acutis’ mother says

By OSV News
MALMÖ, Sweden (OSV News) – While many Catholics around the world rejoiced upon hearing the news that Pope Francis had approved a second miracle attributed to Blessed Carlo Acutis, none was happier ...
Issue: June 2024

Tourism can be a vehicle for peace, Vatican official says

By CNS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Where war has shuttered the religious tourism industry, the Vatican is calling for peace to preserve the livelihoods of those who rely on tourism and to reignite a culture of e...
Issue: May 2024

Catholic Answers ‘no less resolved’ to use AI after ‘Father Justin’ brouhaha

By OSV News
SAN DIEGO (OSV News) -- Executives from the apologetics nonprofit Catholic Answers told OSV News they remain committed to exploring artificial intelligence, after the launch of the group’s “Father ...
Issue: May 2024

US bishops’ pro-life chair: ‘Dignitas Infinita’ speaks truth in love with ‘clarity’

By OSV News
WASHINGTON (OSV News) – A new Vatican declaration on human dignity presents “clarity” in charity, amid “so much confusion,” Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, the chair of the U.S....
Issue: May 2024

Italian leader says pope will join G7 discussion on AI

By CNS
ROME (CNS) -- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that Pope Francis would participate in a G7 “outreach” discussion on artificial intelligence when the leaders of the world’s leading in...
Issue: May 2024

Georgia senator says he prayed with and spoke to pope about peace

By CNS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat from Georgia, said he and Pope Francis prayed together when they met at the Vatican April 20. “I was honored to meet @Pontifex at the Vati...
Issue: April 2024

Irish doctors oppose euthanasia, urge more support for compassionate care

By OSV News
DUBLIN (OSV News) – The professional body that regulates and ensures professional standards for doctors in Ireland rejected a report from a parliamentary committee calling for the legalization of a...
Issue: April 2024

‘We are not alone, abandoned or afraid,’ patriarch of Jerusalem says on Palm Sunday

By OSV News
JERUSALEM (OSV News) – When Christians gathered in Jerusalem to remember Jesus’ entry into the city, it was one of a few joyful moments in the Holy Land, “crushed by so much hatred” in the months f...
Issue: April 2024

Supreme Court justices express skepticism over standing amid abortion pill arguments

By OSV News
WASHINGTON (OSV News) – The Supreme Court heard oral argument March 26 in a case concerning mifepristone, a pill commonly used for abortion but more recently has been used for early miscarriage car...
Issue: April 2024

Pope writes meditations for Via Crucis at Colosseum, Vatican says

By CNS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – For the first time in his 11-year papacy, Pope Francis has chosen to write his own meditations for the Good Friday Way of the Cross service at Rome’s Colosseum, the head of the...
Issue: March 2024

Nigerian religious sisters provide humanitarian assistance to Cameroon refugees

By OSV News
WUKARI, Nigeria (OSV News) -- It was a day Andre Nkoulou from Cameroon will never forget. On Sept. 19, 2018, armed groups and government forces laid siege to Nkoulou’s home in Chomba, a village in ...
Issue: March 2024

Caritas starts developing long-term aid program in Ukraine

By CNS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After two years of supporting communities throughout Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country, the Vatican-based charity confederation Caritas Internationalis...
Issue: March 2024

Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are children under wrongful death law

By OSV News
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (OSV News) -- An Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos qualify as children under state law has raised complex legal questions about artificial reproductive practices opp...
Issue: March 2024

Pope names members to Vatican foreign relations council

By CNS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis had named four members to the council of the section of the Vatican Secretariat of State that deals with foreign relations. The council of the secretariat’s Secti...
Issue: February 2024

New ‘deeply Catholic’ university focused on science and tech gets ready to launch

By OSV News
LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- Catholic Polytechnic University, a new Catholic university focused on STEM education and research, aims to enroll its first class of students this fall. The Los Angeles-ar...
Issue: February 2024

Vatican approves Diocese of Madison, Wis., proposal for new cathedral

By OSV News
MADISON, Wis. (OSV News) -- The Diocese of Madison is closer to having a cathedral once again. With decree in hand, the diocese has the Holy See’s approval for its proposal to make the existing St....
Issue: February 2024

‘We give thanks to God!’ says Haiti archbishop as six nuns are freed from captivity

By OSV News
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (OSV News) -- The six nuns kidnapped in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 19 have been freed, and the archbishop of the capital was overjoyed and thankful at the news. “We give than...
Issue: February 2024

Anglican, Catholic bishops travel, pray, work together

By CNS
ROME (CNS) -- Acknowledging that many of the bishops present live in situations of poverty and strife, the spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion told Catholic and Anglican bishops th...

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