LOURDES, France — Killing the sick is neither compassionate nor normal, and being legal does not make it moral, Pope Leo XIV said Sunday, in a clear reference to France’s recent legalization of euthanasia and…
Pope Leo XIV greets the crowds from his popemobile as he arrives at the Prairie of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, where he celebrated Mass on Sept. 27, 2026. The Pope celebrated Mass,…
Pope Leo XIV addresses the staff and sick community of Accueil Notre Dame in Lourdes, France, on Sept. 27, 2026. In a speech to sick people and caregivers, the Pope denounced France’s recent legalization of…
LOURDES, France — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday blasted the legalization of medically assisted death as immoral “false compassion,” as he doubled down on Catholic teaching about life during a visit Sunday to Lourdes, the…
Sisters of the Carmelite Monastery of Lourdes meet with Pope Leo XIV in a private meeting on Sept. 27, 2026 in France. The contemplative monastery was founded in 1876, just 18 years after Mary appeared…
Simone RisolutiPope Leo XIV waves to the crowd — estimated at more than 800,000 — at his open-air Mass on Sept. 26, 2026, in Paris. An estimated 800,000 people attended the Pontiff’s open-air Mass.
A senior adviser to the Knights of Columbus discussed the need for men to have fraternal community at the Second Symposium on Young American Men held in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 25. “We’re social beings,…
LOURDES, France — The exceptional fervor that marked the pope’s visit to Paris — the first stage of his Sept. 25–28 apostolic journey to France — should show no sign of waning in Lourdes, where…
PARIS — Pope Leo XIV told his congregation at an open-air Mass in Paris on Saturday that “none of us is merely a number or an entry in a register but a unique and irreplaceable…
Erick DoxeyA statue of Our Lady remains untouched in front of a burned-out home in the Balboa neighborhood of Spokane, Washington, on Aug. 2, 2026. COMMENTARY: Faith does not require pretending that loss is small.…