Pope Leo XIV warned Thursday against the temptation to make Christianity more attractive by diluting its content or softening its demands, telling Vatican evangelization officials that the faith is transmitted above all through credible Christian…
Czech police arrested Metropolitan Hilarion, a prominent clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, on suspicion of drug possession during a vehicle stop on May 24. Officers acted “on anonymous information” about the alleged “transportation of…
KADUNA, Nigeria — The Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna in Nigeria has condemned a fresh wave of terrorist attacks on Christian communities under the pastoral care of Sts. Peter and Paul Kurmin Parish located in Dangana…
In his [2002] World Day of Peace message, John Paul II taught a truth many Catholics have seemingly forgotten: that ‘peace,’ in the classic Catholic sense of the term, is a matter of order, the…
Day 3 of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage began in Georgia on Tuesday — the second day of a 142-mile pilgrimage through the Diocese of Savannah, a day devoted to walking in the footsteps of the…
At the general audience on May 27, Pope Leo XIV urged priests to respect the “norms of the liturgy” and not to make changes to the Mass “on their own initiative,” in order to avoid…
Daniel Ibanez/EWTN NewsPope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims during the general audience in St. Peter’s Square, May 27, 2026. The pope urged priests “to respect the texts and norms of the liturgy” during a reflection…
Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday created a commission to identify solutions for long-term sustainability at the Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, a major hospital complex founded by St. Pio of Pietrelcina and directly overseen by the…
A priest turned himself in to police after being accused of stealing about $160,000 from a parish, according to officials with the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. Father Richard Storey “voluntarily surrendered to the…
Carl Bloch, “The Mocking of Christ” (Detail), 1880, Ordrup Church, Denmark COMMENTARY: In his long-awaited first encyclical, the Holy Father insists that the fullest truth about man is revealed ultimately and most completely in the…