Swiss Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig dies at 79
VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig, a former apostolic nuncio, died Tuesday at the age of 79. He was born Feb. 3, 1947, in Unterems, Switzerland. Tscherrig was ordained a priest on April 11,…
Vatican urges religious leaders not to be ‘complicit through silence or fear’ amid division
The Vatican has called on religious leaders around the world to take an active role in promoting peace and urged them not to become “complicit through silence or fear” in the face of those who…
Swiss Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig Dies at 79
Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig in 2024. The longtime Vatican diplomat, who served as apostolic nuncio to Italy and San Marino, was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2023.
Cardinal Bo: Myanmar in ‘Polycrisis’ 5 Years After Military Coup
Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN NewsCardinal Charles Maung Bo. The archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar, described overlapping economic, social, and humanitarian crises facing his country at the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference plenary in Sydney.
Pope Names U.S. Bishop Lopes to Lead Australia’s Anglican Ordinariate
Bishop Steven Lopes celebrates a chrism Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham, the principal church of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, in Houston in 2026. The Personal Ordinariate…
Czechs Turn ‘Symbol of Division’ Into Ground for Catholic-Protestant Unity
A monument stands at Bílá Hora (“White Mountain”) outside Prague, the Czech Republic, site of the 1620 battle that ended Bohemian Protestant resistance against the Habsburgs. The May 8 gatherings, organized by lay groups around…
Beyond Infinite Options: Why Gen Z Finds Freedom in Traditional Values
2023 photoThe faithful, including young adults, pray at the adoration chapel in St. Joseph Catholic Church in Greenwich Village. ANALYSIS: Lessons from literature and life shed light on where real meaning lies.
As Churches Close in Europe, Debate Intensifies Over Their Future
The dome of the Church of Escuelas Pías in Valencia, Spain, one of the largest masonry domes in the country. The European Heritage Awards have spotlighted two contrasting models for saving sacred buildings, as Europe…
Pope Leo thanks Spain for letting hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship get to Canary Islands
TENERIFE, Canary Islands — The first plane carrying passengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship left Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday for Madrid, where they will be taken to a military hospital. Spanish nationals were the first…
‘Over This, Your White Grave’: Read the Poem Pope John Paul II Wrote for the Mother He Lost
John Paul II as a child with his parents, Emilia and Karol Wojtyła How the loss of a mother, ‘soul of the home,’ shaped the heart of a pope …