Pope Leo XIV on Thursday warned of the urgency of the current ecological crisis during an audience at the Vatican with a delegation from the Hera Group, an Italian conglomerate specializing in environmental services, waste…
undefinedSynod delegates, including Archbishop Filippo Iannone, center, sit in a small group in the Paul VI Hall during the Synod on Synodality’s first monthlong meeting in October 2023. The report, prepared by one of the…
Deaths under Victoria’s assisted-dying law rose by nearly one-third in the past year, new official figures show, as the Australian state prepares to expand access in 2027 and Catholic leaders warn of reduced safeguards for…
undefinedPope Leo XIV receives a delegation from the Hera Group, an Italian business conglomerate specializing in environmental services, waste management, and the integrated water and energy cycle, at the Vatican on Oct. 1, 2026. Leo…
A prominent Catholic anti-death penalty group is criticizing Tennessee for its botched execution attempt of convicted murderer Christa Pike, describing the incident as “horrifying” and “unprecedented.” Pike, who was convicted in 1996 of the brutal…
Ishmael AdibuahA flag of Vatican City State flies outside the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome on July 30, 2026. Monsignor Anthony Ekpo, a Nigerian official at the Secretariat of State, spoke at…
Robert Schuman attends the first meeting of the European Parliamentary Assembly in Strasbourg on March 19, 1958. ANALYSIS: Schuman — who lived and is now buried in Metz — was not just an extraordinary politician,…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Pope Leo on Wednesday said he was “following with deep concern” the situation in Tigray and in the neighboring regions of Afar and Amhara, where hostilities have once again broken out.…
Deutsche BischofskonferenzArchbishop Hubertus van Megen, apostolic nuncio to Germany, listens during a Mass for the German bishops’ conference autumn plenary assembly at St. Michael’s Church in Fulda on Sept. 29, 2026. In his first address…
Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, argued that Catholic theology is deeply compatible with the founding of the United States as it marks its 250th anniversary. The evangelist and founder of Word on Fire Ministries…