Pope Leo XIV called for international solidarity with Somalia, where ongoing violence and extreme weather are making an already severe humanitarian crisis even worse. “With great concern,” the pontiff said Sunday, “I am following the…
It was another big week for AI in the news, after weeks that saw sensational stories of AI “agents” going rogue and one senior figure – not the first – quitting the frontier AI development…
Mary F. CalvertBaltimore Archbishop William Lori recesses after Mass at Holy Family Catholic Church, July 14, 2019 in Randallstown, Maryland. The Baltimore archbishop gave the keynote address to the Council of Major Superiors of Women…
Daniel IbáñezThe Pope with His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, one of the most prominent figures in Eastern Christianity. While the Catholic Church is often viewed from a Latin-Rite perspective,…
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the recitation of the Angelus on Sept. 20, 2026. In his Sunday Angelus catechesis, the Holy Father reflected on the parable of the vineyard…
A supporter of the Clean Water for All Life Act holds a sign about the environmental impact of chemical abortion pills on March 18, 2026. Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.
Left: Book cover of ‘Be Fruitful: Why More Catholics Should Get Married and Have Lots of Babies’ by Daniel Payne. Right: Computer monitors in a classroom. As birthrates fall, Daniel Payne discusses his new book,…
Indonesian divers have begun salvage operations this weekend to retrieve bodies and right a passenger ferry that capsized in the Java Sea a week ago. According to Basarnas, Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, the Virgo…
Pakistani security forces ended a standoff with militants holed up inside a police compound in the northwestern part of the country on Saturday. The standoff began Friday after a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed…
A prominent former Anglican bishop who is now Catholic is warning that Christians in Pakistan could face a backlash after the Anglican Church awarded an Islamic cleric with a prize for interreligious cooperation, then rescinded…