Former president of Ireland Mary McAleese, a lawyer and canon lawyer, recently said in an op-ed in the Irish Times that infant baptism denies children
A prominent Polish cardinal and the country’s chief rabbi warned against silence in the face of hatred and called for peace at the central celebration
As Vilnius prepares to host the Sixth World Apostolic Congress on Mercy (WACOM 6) from June 7–12, Archbishop Gintaras Grušas, president of the Council of
A German cardinal has declared his participation in the controversial German Synodal Way finished, expressing deep skepticism about plans to establish a permanent synodal conference.
The bishop of Orihuela-Alicante in Spain, José Ignacio Munilla, warned of two risks that the faithful might face when considering synodality: forgetting apostolicity or rejecting
During his visit to Denmark to commemorate the 12th centenary of St. Ansgar’s mission to the country, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state,
Two senior Catholic bishops in Wales have expressed “deep concern” about a U.K. bill that would legalize assisted suicide and have urged members of the
“I will always be close to God, because he is the most important thing in my life.” This is how Joe Wilson, a young Scotsman
Addressing the war in Ukraine and Europe’s deepening political crises requires more than diplomacy, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich told EWTN News — it demands personal conversion
A Christian woman has pleaded not guilty to allegedly breaching a “buffer zone” law after silently praying outside an abortion clinic in Kings Norton, Birmingham,
In a sign of support for migrants and refugees, Catholic and Protestant leaders in the Czech Republic have jointly condemned recent remarks by the speaker
Sister Marta has just received a YouTube plaque at Holy Cross Benedictine convent, founded in 1546 in Sahagún, Spain, certifying her first 100,000 followers. Actually,
In Scotland, a former Sister of Nazareth nun has been jailed for 15 months for abusing children and vulnerable young people. Carol Buirds, 75, was
What would Thomas Aquinas think of artificial intelligence (AI), and what does a large language model think of Thomas Aquinas? According to one German theologian,
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Stanislav Přibyl of Litoměřice as the new archbishop of Prague, selecting a prelate known for championing reconciliation between ethnic
Just over a year ago in County Wicklow, Ireland, three young men decided to sidestep the secular Christmas season tradition of hitting 12 pubs and
The history of astronomy’s most famous comet may need to be revised. New research suggests that six centuries before astronomer Edmond Halley scientifically described in
When Pope Leo XIV warned diplomats this month that families face “progressive institutional marginalization” in global policy, he described a crisis that Eastern European leaders
About 350,000 people have registered to venerate the relics of St. Francis of Assisi — the first public display of the bodily remains of the
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI, by its Italian acronym), reaffirmed this week the Italian bishops’ opposition to any legislation that
Pope Leo XIV sits during the Jan. 21, 2026, general audience alongside a Swiss Guard at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 24, 2026
ProLife Europe volunteers staff an information table during an outreach in Freiburg, Germany. | Credit: ProLife Europe Jan 24, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). As
Father Philip Goyret, an ecclesiology professor at Rome’s Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Philip Goyret Jan 23, 2026
Franciscan Father Augusto Ramírez Monasterio is shown after his initial interrogation and torture; he is hiding the wounds on his hands and wrists. | Credit: