Marie Louise Somby / Sámediggi SametingetKing Harald V of Norway, right, with his son, then-Crown Prince Haakon, at the opening of the Sámi Parliament of Norway in October 2025. Following King Harald’s death on Aug.…
Jim Caviezel as Jesus poses next to director Mel Gibson on the set of ‘The Passion of the Christ.’ Despite intense pre-release skepticism and fears that its graphic intensity would incite division, the film went…
A man accused of murdering a priest in Kansas was declared not competent at a court hearing this week, authorities said. Gary Hermesch was declared incompetent to stand trial in Nemaha County Court on Sept.…
Melissa Hartog illustrationMother Teresa and Fulton Sheen met many times. Their meetings took place over the course of two decades — but aren’t well-documented or well-known because they were almost always in private.
The European bishops’ conference is warning authorities of the dangers of allowing baptized individuals to erase the records of their baptisms from Church archives, with the bishops arguing that to do so would negatively affect…
The saint ministers on board a slave ship in a scene of ‘St. Peter Claver: Slave of the Slaves.’ FILM: Even youngsters can watch, read, and be inspired by this film and its saintly subject.
Pope Leo XIV addresses a delegation of pilgrims from Oriel College, Oxford, at the Vatican on Sept. 4, 2026. The pontiff urged Oxford scholars to seek truth courageously and promote an education rooted in human…
The death toll topped 1,300 with 5,600 persons missing Friday, nine days after a disintegrating glacier at the headwaters of a Himalayan river system triggered catastrophic flash flooding along the Nepal-China border. Emergency responders at…
Insurers for the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, will pay an additional $30 million to clergy-abuse victims there, with the payout coming several years after the diocese itself already settled with victims for another multimillion-dollar sum.…
Downtown Rochester, Minnesota. The Minnesota diocese paid out another multimillion-dollar settlement several years ago.