Pope Leo XIV on Sunday urged prayers for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as violence in the country’s east continues to drive
Following a tragic train accident that occurred on Sunday evening, Jan. 18, in the Spanish town of Adamuz in the Córdoba province, the Catholic Church
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
Approximately 10,000 people — mainly a young and engaged crowd — gathered at Place Vauban in Paris for the annual March for Life on Jan.
In Greenland, the world’s largest island, glaciers spill toward the sea from a vast ice cap — and in the middle of that extreme landscape,
As European Union institutions and national governments increasingly advance policies expanding access to abortion, some observers have questioned whether the pro-life movement in Europe still
Growing incidents of violence and heightened security concerns have sharpened calls for the European Union to protect Christian communities following the release this month of
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
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
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
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,
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
“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
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.
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,
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,
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
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
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,
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
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