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…
Dylan CorbettHope Border Institute Executive Director Dylan Corbett will serve on the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Pope Leo XIV has chosen four U.S. Catholics to serve in a Vatican office that focuses heavily…
Courtesy photosThree converts share with the Register the blessing of their newfound faith. Here are some reflections from a few U.S. Catholics about how their ‘freshman year’ went.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Members of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) have reaffirmed their prophetic mission, pledging not to remain silent in the face of the worsening security and humanitarian crisis…
Colorado violated the First Amendment by telling therapists that they could not help young people struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction, the U.S. Supreme Court said in a March 31 ruling. The high court said in…
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has canceled the second World Children’s Day, which had been scheduled to take place in Rome Sept. 25–27, about six weeks after Pope Leo XIV dissolved the commission responsible for…
Peter Paul Rubens, “The Tribute Money,” ca. 1612 INTRODUCTION: Two hundred and fifty years is significant in the life of a nation.
Stained-glass windows in St. Mary’s Cathedral, Ogdensburg, New York, depict three priestly martyrs, left to right: Leo Heinrichs, a German Franciscan, shot dead while celebrating Mass in 1908 in Denver; Isaac Jogues, the French Jesuit…