The United States and Iran have reached an agreement to end a months-long conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Details of the deal remain few, but Pakistan played a key role in mediation efforts…
Thousands gathered in Rome on June 13 to march against Italian legislation permitting abortion and to defend those with disabilities and the vulnerable in Italy who could be affected by future legislation on euthanasia and…
Nearly 40 years after Norwayʼs last March for Life, about 1,000 pro-life supporters braved rain and winds to gather in Oslo on June 13 for a renewed public witness in defense of unborn life. The…
Daniel Ibanez Interior shot of the Mass in the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia. COMMENTARY: The Holy Father, more than 15 years after Pope Benedict XVI’s visit, spoke of the grand edifice’s symbol as a…
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday appealed for the victims of a powerful earthquake that struck last week in the Philippines. The powerful 7.8-magnitude temblor hit the southern island of Mindanao on Monday of last week,…
Daniel IbáñezOrdinandi lie prostrate during the Litany of Saints during an ordination Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sept. 29, 2016. COMMENTARY: A bad priest deeply wounded me, but through the faithfulness and holiness of…
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that when the Gospel is proclaimed and lived out, evil gives way before the power of the risen Christ. Speaking from the window of the Apostolic Palace…
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on June 14, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media At the Angelus, the pontiff said Christ sees…
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia this week opened a new perpetual adoration chapel, one that Archbishop Nelson Pérez said is meant to draw “Catholics and non-Catholics for prayer before Christ” 24 hours a day. The Sacre…
Following its summer 2026 general meeting, the Irish Bishops’ Conference voiced its deep concern about the attack on human life and the wider violence and social disorder that has taken place in Belfast and across…