Wikimedia Commons Titian, “Christ and the Good Thief,” ca. 1566 COMMENTARY: Wrestling with the mystery of death and the suffering of innocents can draw us deeper into the meaning of Christ’s own passion.
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – At least twenty Christians have been killed in Nigeria’s Taraba State in 24 hours in what is seen as the worsening specter of Christian persecution in the West African country. Reports say… More killings highlight growing ‘Christian genocide’ in Nigeria
U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-transition care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. From… US bishops officially ban gender-transition care at Catholic hospitals
A photo of St. Frances Cabrini from 1880, the year she founded her order, is seen against a 1913 painting by Harry J. Jansen, “The Steamship Titanic.” / Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England, public… Mother Frances Cabrini: The unsinkable saint who missed the Titanic
ROME — A married couple who had been fired from the Vatican bank for violating an internal rule barring workplace marriages has been rehired in a negotiated settlement, the union for Vatican lay employees announced Wednesday. Silvia Carlucci… Vatican bank rehires couple fired for violating workplace marriage rule
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at Sant’Anselmo Church in Rome on Nov. 11, 2025, for the 125th anniversary of the church’s consecration. Sant’Anselmo Church is part of a residential college and offices of the Benedictine… Pope asks Benedictines to confront modern challenges with prayer, study, holiness
null / Credit: LookerStudio/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 12, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Ana Lazcano, director of the University Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Francisco de Vitoria University in Spain, warned that AI… Artificial intelligence is not an all-powerful deity, university expert warns
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – As European and African leaders prepare to meet in Luanda, Angola, for the 7th EU-African Union summit, major Catholic and development groups are calling for a major shift in relations between the… Catholic groups call on closer collaboration ahead of Luanda AU-EU partnership summit
Ringo Chiu And he knew that the dignity of his work was diminished when it was treated as some sort of performance art: a vulgar saturnalia devoted to the false god ‘Me, Myself, and I.’… Sportsmanship and the Season of Our Discontents
One of the big stories of the past week was that there is a consistory in the offing for early 2026. Scheduled for Jan. 7-8, 2026, the gathering is not for the creation of new… Consistory a chance for Leo XIV to let the cardinals in on his plans