This year’s class of ordinandi at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers. Bishop Joseph Massa is seated in the center. / Credit: Theo Deluhery, Diocese of Camden New York City, N.Y., Jun 4, 2025 / 06:00… Facing shortage, New York Archdiocese taps parishioners to spot future priests
Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to not delay in pursuing their faith during his Wednesday General Audience. He was speaking about the parable on the laborers in the vineyard Jesus gives in the Gospel of… Pope Leo XVI warns against ‘selling yourself to the first bidder’
Last month, St. Catherine’s Monastery, located in the desert of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, was seized by the government. COMMENTARY: Power politics of the rich and numerous against the dwindling and powerless is very… How Greed Threatens Middle East Christians
Marek Antoni Iwaczuk/SOPA ImagesKarol Nawrocki, presidential candidate of the Law and Justice Party (PiS), speaks to supporters following the Polish presidential runoff election on June 1, 2025 ‘Poland’s strength lies in its faith and family… Karol Nawrocki Wins Polish Presidential Election With Catholic Values Platform
Tolkung‘Milky Way Over the Desert’ Modernity has dulled our sense of the sacred. Here’s how it happened — and how beauty, faith and worship can reignite it.
MUMBAI, India – In India, two anti-Christian incidents in the state of Odisha have disturbed the peace-loving Christian community, which has already been traumatized by harassment by rightwing extremists. On Sunday, Sister Rachana Nayak was… Anti-Christian incidents in India state of Odisha trouble Church leaders
ROME – As with any new papacy, there is a risk in these early days of over-interpreting every word or action from Leo XIV, and while that is real, when it comes to current Vatican-Jewish… Pope Leo extends olive branch to Jews, sends subtle message on Gaza
Sts. Augustine and Gregory are depicted in “Non Angli sed Angeli si Christiani,” a glass mosaic in the Chapel of St Gregory and St Augustine, Westminster Cathedral, London. From saints and scholars to fearless reformers,… 7 of My Favorite Popes (and Why They Still Matter Today)
Courtesy photoThe miraculous image of Jesus Nazareno making its way through the streets of Manila, surrounded by thousands of devotees during the Traslacion procession celebrated annually on January 9, In March of this year alone,… Why the Philippines Faces Nine Vacant Dioceses
The miraculous image of Jesus Nazareno making its way through the streets of Manila, surrounded by thousands of devotees during the Traslacion procession celebrated annually on January 9, / Courtesy of the Minor Basilica and… Why the Philippines faces nine vacant dioceses