Father Jakob Rolland could face imprisonment in Iceland for defending Catholic doctrine regarding homosexuality and for providing support to individuals with the inclination who seek
Cardinal Pietro Parolin urged an immediate halt to escalating conflict involving Iran, warning that the risk of a broader war in the Middle East is
A majority of peers in the U.K.’s House of Lords voted late Wednesday to decriminalize women who terminate their own pregnancies. An amendment was agreed
VATICAN CITY — Amid increased religious violence and insecurity in Nigeria, a group of Nigerian bishops recently met Pope Leo XIV during their “ad limina”
Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, called upon the faithful worldwide to participate in the Good Friday collection aimed at
The number of Catholics in Germany shrank by more than half a million in 2025, leaving just 19.22 million Catholics in the country, according to
VATICAN CITY — Ten years after Pope Francis issued a controversial document on families, Pope Leo XIV will meet with bishops from around the world
Modern popes of the last two centuries — from Pius IX to Francis — have sought the protection and intercession of St. Joseph in times
The Holy See has reaffirmed its position against surrogacy in a statement to the United Nations, urging the complete eradication of the practice and calling
In a final vote, members of Scottish Parliament (MSPs) have rejected a bill that would have made assisted suicide legal — a dramatic turn of
Archbishop Josef Grünwidl of Vienna has called for a Church in which “renewal and change” are possible, telling Austria’s bishops that what comes from the
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday called for a rediscovery of the role of the laity in the Church. “Let us rekindle in
ROME — A martyr of communist persecution in Czechoslovakia and the most recently beatified Slovak, Blessed Ján Havlík, is reaching an international audience through new
On March 18, the Catholic Church honors St. Cyril of Jerusalem, a fourth-century bishop and doctor of the Church whose writings are still regarded as
The Vatican Court of Appeal has ordered a partial retrial in the high-profile London property finance case, ruling that key parts of the original proceedings
Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the recently appointed apostolic nuncio to the United States, takes up his new role at a time of heightened tension between the
Jürgen Habermas, the philosopher whose debate with the future Pope Benedict XVI on the foundations of democracy became a touchstone for the relationship between faith
During a meeting with Italian journalists Monday at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV warned that news reporting “must guard against the risk of becoming propaganda.”
A new EWTN docudrama called “Saint Patrick: The Hidden Years,” set to air globally on St Patrick’s Day, is the latest film by award-winning Irish
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged the Church to listen to victims of sexual abuse, and called for the recognition of the
Pope Leo XIV on Monday met in a private audience with Gareth Gore, a British journalist whose work has criticized Opus Dei as abusive. Gore
ROME — The only Catholic bishop in Iceland, David Bartimej Tencer, is celebrating a double jubilee this year — the 40th anniversary of his priestly
Millionaire businessman and philanthropist Samuel Leeds is on a mission to preserve U.K. churches that are being put up for sale and repurposed: “When something
Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that God cannot be used to justify violence or war, warning that “God cannot be enlisted by darkness.” The pope