Pope Leo XIV has offered prayers and condolences to the victims of major floods along the Nepal-China border that have claimed several hundred lives so far. The flooding disaster was driven by what the U.S.…
Pål Johannes NesBishop Erik Varden speaks during Olsok celebrations marking the feast of St. Olav in Nidaros Cathedral on July 29, 2026. The upcoming 2030 millennium commemorates 1,000 years since the pivotal Battle of Stiklestad…
A view of St. Peter’s Basilica from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. The “Nurturing Unity Through Communication” seminar will take place at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross from Feb. 2–4, 2027.
A resident carries belongings across a road heavily covered in mud following flash floods on Aug. 27, 2026, in Trishuli, Nepal. A sudden flood swept through the Bhote Koshi River basin in northern Rasuwa on…
Freemason banners in Paris A senator close to President Emmanuel Macron received a funeral Mass presided over by Archbishop Antoine Hérouard, prompting questions from French Catholics about the Church’s discipline on Masonic membership.
Ahead of the start of the school year in Poland, local bishops there again raised concerns about changes introduced by the Ministry of National Education. They call for the full restoration of religious education and…
A man is in police custody on charges of arson after a historic church in the Canadian province of New Brunswick burned to the ground. Saint-Simon Catholic Church near the town of Caraquet was reduced…
ALEX WROBLEWSKIFinnish Christian politician Päivi Räsänen testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on ‘Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation’ on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 4, 2026. Päivi Räsänen missed a Northern…
A federal judge has struck down a major Trump White House immigration policy, calling the directive “patently unlawful” and handing a win to a Catholic immigration group that brought suit against the administration. U.S. District…
With his Wednesday general audience at the Vatican on Aug. 26, Pope Leo XIV concluded his catechesis on the Church’s liturgy, focusing on the Second Vatican Council’s constitution on the liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium. From warning…