Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Anthony Randazzo of Broken Bay, Australia, as prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts, granting him the personal title of archbishop, the Vatican announced Wednesday. With the appointment, Randazzo…
Ismael Adnan/ACI MENAPalm Sunday in Iraq/ Iraq’s Christians are signifcantly scaling back Palm Sunday and Easter observances amid ongoing security concerns due to the Iran war.
Daniel Ibanez/EWTN NewsPope Leo XIV gives a thumbs up during the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square on March 25, 2026. The Pope also invited Catholics to pray for priestly vocations.
Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles TimesMigrants and asylum seekers head back to their tents in a makeshift camp after being turned away from Border Patrol agents who picked up only women, children, and families. The rest of…
The Vatican has called for a global ethical framework governing the use of animal organs in human transplants, warning that rapid advances in the field demand coordinated international oversight. The Pontifical Academy for Life presented…
Sister Roberta Pignone, a member of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate, consults with a tuberculosis patient at the Damien Hospital in Khulna, Bangladesh, on Feb. 17, 2023. Catholic women religious at two hospitals in…
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Although very small in number, Catholics in Bangladesh are making an invaluable contribution to the care of tuberculosis patients in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. “Bangladesh is an underdeveloped country and due to financial reasons,…
Jessica KourkounisThe Pro-Life Coalition of Pennsylvania holds a “Mercy Witness for Life” rally on July 23, 2016, outside of the former site of Dr. Kermit Gosnell’s closed abortion clinic in Philadelphia. Abortionist and convicted serial…
Pope Leo XIV greets a young pilgrim during his Wednesday general audience on Dec. 31, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. The Pope cautioned that AI risks dulling young people’s intelligence, relationships, and…
Ishmael Adibuah/EWTN NewsCardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, OP, the archbishop of Algiers in Algeria (right), and Khaled Boudaoui after both men ran in the Rome Marathon on March 23, 2026. Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, the archbishop of Algiers,…