The news this past week put the opacity of canonical criminal proceedings squarely in the spotlight, when the Vatican was forced to deny rumors a disgraced former Jesuit and one-time celebrity artist had been acquitted…
WASHINGTON — Ezra Jin Mingri was inside a detention center in southern China on the morning of July 3, worrying that he would likely spend at least 15 years behind bars. The 57-year-old Chinese Christian pastor…
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered at Castel Gandolfo for the recitation of the Angelus on July 26, 2026. The Pope also reflected on the kingdom of God as a treasure that enlarges life and…
Grandma and James can often be found looking out the window in the sitting room of James’ house. ‘This is a very typical view, as she really enjoys looking out the window and making observations…
McALLEN, Texas — A nun who was taken into immigration custody last month in Texas said Thursday that she went into a cold sweat as two armed men approached her while she walked to Sunday…
Jack Figge, shown as a student journalist, attends a past press conference at the Vatican. COMMENTARY: Working as a Catholic journalist has taught me that there’s always more to someone than what you read about…
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Lebanese-born Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia El-Kassis to serve as the Holy See’s permanent observer at the United Nations in New York, the Vatican announced on July 25. The Vatican is not a…
A sedevacantist group of monks in Scotland hosted an illicit consecration of a “bishop” on July 25 in spite of repeated warnings that doing so would constitute a schismatic act and a break from the…
New bill would protect mothers with surrogacy contracts from forced abortions Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, introduced on July 21 a bill designed to protect pregnant mothers who are surrogates from being forced to have abortions.…
Annie and RJ Harber speak to Catherine Hadro on ‘EWTN News in Depth,’ July 24, 2026. The couple lost their two daughters, Blair and Brooke, in the 2025 Central Texas floods, and they say their…