From right to left: Charbel El Hage, Jimmy Chaaya, and Majd Samia. The three young adults turned their parish Bible study into the largest in the Middle East. More than 3,000 people have joined a…
From left to right: Stained glass depictions of St. James the Lesser, St. Bartholomew, and St. Matthias. Not many details are known about some of Jesus’ closest followers — here are some of their names…
Along Lebanon’s southern border with Israel, three Christian villages have found themselves caught on the front line of a war they neither chose nor supported. Ain Ebel, Rmeich and Debl, known locally as the “Delta…
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Sept. 6, 2026. The Holy Father also reflected on the importance of fraternal correction among…
Romy HaberA war-damaged road leads to Christian villages in southern Lebanon. With the usual roads damaged or inaccessible, residents must travel in organized convoys through military checkpoints and Israeli-occupied territory, an ordeal some call a…
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.
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.…
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…