Kawnat Haju First responders inspect damage following Israeli bombardment on the village of Deir Qanoun al-Nahr in southern Lebanon on May 17, 2026. Two recent incidents brought attention to the desecration of Christian symbols in…
Actor Michael Girgenti portrays Jesus in the documentary ‘That They May Be One.’ FILM REVIEW: The film unites speakers from both the Catholic Church and various Christian sects and denominations, notably Pentecostalism.
San Diego Bishop Michael Pham condemned the “senseless act of violence” at a local Islamic mosque on May 18, an attack that left five people dead — three victims and two teenage suspects who died…
A Catholic priest forced by Israel to leave the West Bank said farewell to his parishioners with a message of obedience, sorrow, and faith, saying he was returning to Jordan after serving the Christian community…
The Archdiocese of Baltimore is proposing nearly $170 million in compensation for abuse victims amid its ongoing bankruptcy proceedings there. A May 15 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court revealed that the archdiocese would contribute just…
SUNAMGANJ, Bangladesh — As Catholics around the world mark Laudato Si‘ Week, a Caritas Bangladesh project in the countryʼs remote northeastern wetlands is offering a quiet, concrete example of what the late Pope Francis’ encyclical…
Freedom 250The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, led several thousand attendees in a prayer to “rededicate the United States of America as one nation, under God.” Catholic participants at the event…
Catholic political and social thought, one of the foundational intellectual traditions of Western civilization, is poised for renewal as a new international initiative seeks to bring it back into conversation with new generations and decision-makers…
Federico Barocci, “The Calling of St. Peter and Andrew,” 1586, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels COMMENTARY: Every vocation is ultimately a summons into communion with Christ.
UDAIPUR, India — Nine Catholics have been behind bars for more than two weeks after parishioners chased out more than a dozen people who barged into a village church during Mass, shouting accusations of conversion,…