Genya Savilov/AFP Smoke and fire rises from the Dormition Cathedral in the Orthodox complex of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra following a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on June 15, 2026, amid the…
Pope Leo XIV speaks at Palacio de las Cortes in Madrid, Spain, on June 8, 2026, becoming the first Pope in history to address the Spanish Parliament. From Westminster Hall to the U.N., popes have…
Pope Leo XIV feeds fish during the Sept. 5, 2025, inauguration of Borgo Laudato Si’, an ecological village on the papal estate of Castel Gandolfo, 18 miles south of Rome. In a video message to…
Javier RomeroPope Leo XIV talks to reporters outside the papal villa of Castel Gandolfo on May 5, 2026, before returning to Rome after a daylong stay there. In a message to an Italian newspaper, the…
‘No one manifests human personhood and humanity better than Our Lady,’ explains professor Mark Miravalle. Mark Miravalle discusses the Marian dimension of Pope Leo’s encyclical on Catholic social teaching and artificial intelligence.
Archbishop Josef Karel Matocha of Olomouc, Czech Republic, is pictured in an undated portrait. More than six decades after Archbishop Josef Karel Matocha died under communist internment, a Czech court has formally recognized his imprisonment…
Thousands gathered in Rome on June 13 to march against Italian legislation permitting abortion and to defend those with disabilities and the vulnerable in Italy who could be affected by future legislation on euthanasia and…
Nearly 40 years after Norwayʼs last March for Life, about 1,000 pro-life supporters braved rain and winds to gather in Oslo on June 13 for a renewed public witness in defense of unborn life. The…
The United States and Iran have reached an agreement to end a months-long conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Details of the deal remain few, but Pakistan played a key role in mediation efforts…
Sister Mara Grace Gore (center), the vocations director of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia in Nashville, smiles alongside her fellow sisters. Four Catholic religious sisters share how they received their names — and what…