Mario TomassettiDominican Father Thomas Joseph White reaches into his backpack April 1 to offer Pope Leo XIV some bluegrass music made entirely by Dominican friars. The first American-born Pope now has albums from the Catholic…
More than half a century after humans last traveled beyond Earth’s orbit, a new National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) project for lunar exploration has begun, marking a historic day in the United States. “The…
Bill IngallsNASA’s Space Launch System rocket launches Wednesday carrying the Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist…
Pope Leo XIV celebrated a chrism Mass at the Vatican on April 2, his first as pope after being elected as supreme pontiff in May 2025. The Mass included the traditional blessing of the holy…
During Holy Week, the archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, and the second-in-command at the U.S. State Department, Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau, both expressed their concern for the persecution the Church in Nicaragua is suffering at…
EWTN News NightlyThe story of 84-year-old Miriam Lancaster sparked “outrage” after she shared that she was offered medical assistance in dying (MAID) after arriving at a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, hospital with back pain. An…
The laity are not “a formless mass, but the body of Christ,” endowed with dignity and responsibility in the Church and in the world, Pope Leo XIV said in his catechesis at the general audience…
The faithful gather for the Divine Liturgy at the Mariamite Cathedral in Damascus, Syria, on June 30, 2025. After an assault on Al-Suqaylabiyah, questions linger over security and accountability, causing Syria’s Christian communities to change…
Chip SomodevillaU.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026, in Washington, D.C. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services…
Leo XIV records his “Pray with the Pope” video each month, but how does he choose the intentions he wants the Church to pray for? “They’re absolutely the pope’s intentions; however, he does it in…