Photos show Pope Leo’s first Easter Mass as pontiff
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue. Pope Leo XIV delivers the Urbi et Orbi blessing…
Pope at Easter: ‘May Christ, Our Passover, Bless Us and Give His Peace to the Whole World!’
Daniel Ibáñez/EWTNPope Leo XIV venerates an icon of the risen Christ before Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on April 5, 2026. On his first Easter as pontiff, Leo XIV urged Christians…
Displaced by war, Lebanon’s Christians mark Easter far from their homes and churches
JDEIDEH, Lebanon — It was not how Father Maroun Ghafari had envisioned this Holy Week — for years, he had held Easter sermons in his predominantly Christian village of Alma al-Shaab in southern Lebanon, near the…
Archbishop shares 10 characteristics of his thriving seminary
The archbishop of Toledo and primate of Spain, Francisco Cerro, said it is not uncommon to be asked “what the secret is” behind the vitality of his seminary, which for decades has had one of…
Czech bishop’s Easter stout wins medals at international competition
LITOMĚŘICE, Czech Republic — A microbrewery owned by the Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice in the Czech Republic has won gold and diamond medals at an international beer competition, capping a triumphant run for the small…
Supreme Court to rule on how IQ scores are weighed in death penalty disability claims
The Supreme Court will clarify how IQ scores should be evaluated when a death sentence is barred based on an intellectual disability. The court already ruled in 2002, in Atkins v. Virginia, that executing people…
Protests, criticism from Church leaders force Indian government to delay bill on foreign donations
Though the Indian Hindu nationalist government was prepared to discuss a controversial amendment on foreign donations in the Indian Parliament on April 1, vociferous opposition protests inside the legislature, along with public opposition — including…
Pakistan’s bishops decry court ruling in child marriage case
Archbishop Joseph Arshad of the Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi in Pakistan has expressed deep concern and alarm over a recent ruling by the Federal Shariat Court validating the marriage of a 13-year-old Christian girl to…
DNA research sheds new light on the Shroud of Turin’s complex history
A new study found that the Shroud of Turin — the cloth believed to have been used to bury Jesus Christ after his crucifixion — contains traces from multiple geographic regions spanning several centuries. As…
Swim, Don’t Drift: The Power of a Personal Rule of Life
John Rogers Herbert, “Laborare est Orare,” 1862, Tate Gallery, London Without a clear rule of life, we drift from what matters most; with one, we can order our days toward faith and flourishing.