John Paul II greets the faithful at a Mass for families at Jasne Blonie (Light Meadows) in Szczecin, Poland, on June 11, 1987, during his third pilgrimage to Poland. At the Mass, John Paul II…
Megan Garcia, a young mother whose son committed suicide after consulting an AI chatbot, meets with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican in November 2025. Speaking on EWTN Radio, the veteran theologian outlines four key…
While there has been a tendency in the United Sates “to hyper-stress separation of church and state,” Bishop Robert Barron said “the roots of our country are deeply religious” and “the basic principles of the…
Pope Leo XIV told a group of ambassadors on Thursday that nations should measure their success by how well they treat those on the margins, not by the level of power or prosperity they have…
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, said the baptism of Christ is not merely a historical memory but an eternal event that continues to speak to every believer. The patriarch made the…
VATICAN CITY — The General Secretariat of the Synod has published a new document to guide the “path of implementation of the Synod” through an ecclesial assembly in October 2028 at the Vatican. The 18-page…
Pope Leo XIV addresses the ambassadors of Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Yemen, Rwanda, Namibia, Mauritius, Chad, and Sri Lanka at the presentation of their credentials in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on May 21, 2026.…
BRUSSELS — EU lawmakers have agreed to ban AI “nudifier” applications and systems used to generate child sexual abuse material, a move welcomed by faith leaders and ethicists ahead of Pope Leo XIVʼs first encyclical,…
KYIV, Ukraine — The St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery in the heart of the Ukrainian capital is where Kyiv mourns its soldiers and its prominent dead, the casualties of a war Russia began more than four…
The Diocese of Ogdensburg, New York, will pay out $45 million to abuse victims, part of a yearslong bankruptcy process that began after dozens of sex abuse cases were filed against it. The diocese said…