Rachel LombariThroughout the Diocese of Nashville, approximately 886 Catholics were received into the Catholic Church during Easter Vigil Masses on Saturday, April 4, 2026. As Catholic populations surge across the American Southeast, dioceses are racing…
Albert Edelfelt, “Louis Pasteur in His Lab,” 1885 COMMENTARY: The pioneering chemist and microbiologist transformed modern science while remaining a devoted Catholic throughout his life.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee told reporters in Knoxville on Tuesday that there will be no changes to the protocol for capital punishment in the state following the botched execution attempt of death row inmate Tony…
The Archbishop of Rabat, a Spanish cardinal, said Tuesday that he would be stepping back from public ministry while a Church investigation takes place into allegations of inappropriate behavior towards adult women. Cardinal Cristóbal López…
Electric vehicles donated by Fiat to the Vatican. | Credit: Governorate of Vatican City State The vehicles will support the daily work of governorate employees as Vatican City State moves toward its 2030 goal of…
Landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed more than a dozen people in the past few days, including children and women in the Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, southeast Bangladesh. The Office of the Refugee…
The French Senate has rejected an assisted suicide bill for the third time, the latest chapter in France’s long-running parliamentary drama that will still likely result in the legislation being adopted. On Tuesday, the French…
Two U.S. dioceses welcomed three new bishops this month with ordinations and installations in both the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., and the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. In Washington, D.C., Cardinal Robert McElroy ordained Bishop Gary Studniewski…
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday named Rome priest Father Pier Luigi Stolfi the first moderator of the curia for the Diocese of Rome, as the pontiff continues to reform the diocese’s central organization in the…
Pope Leo XIV has urged Iraqi Christians to be the light of Christ amid worsening persecution and insecurity. In a video message published by the Vatican on July 8 for the Ankawa Youth Meeting in…