Singing With the Saints
L: St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music; at right, top to bottom: St. Francis of Assisi, St. Thomas Aquinas and St. John Henry Newman COMMENTARY: St. Cecilia may be the patron of music, but…
Pope Leo XIV accepts resignation of Spanish bishop accused of abuse in first known case for pontiff
ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday accepted the resignation of an ailing Spanish bishop who is under church investigation for allegedly sexually abusing a young seminarian in the 1990s, the first known time the…
Pope tweaks a law allowing a woman to head the Vatican City State, months after a nun was appointed
ROME — Pope Leo XIV fixed a technical glitch on Friday in a Vatican law that became problematic after Pope Francis named the first-ever woman to head the Vatican City State administration. Leo amended the 2023…
Pope Leo XIV Prays at Tomb of St. Francis of Assisi
Vatican MediaPope Leo XIV visits the tomb of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, on Nov. 20, 2025. Pope Leo XIV also traveled to the city of Montefalco, where he celebrated Mass in the monastery of…
Retired Army General, Notre Dame Professor to Serve As President of Belmont Abbey College
Rnrivas, CC BY-SA 4.0Mary Help of Christians Basilica on the campus of Belmont Abbey College. Talley will assume the position of the college’s 21st president on Jan. 2, 2026.
European Parliament Discusses Harms of Surrogacy After EU Condemns the Practice
ADF InternationalReem Alsalem (right), the United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, opposes surrogacy at an Oct. 9, 2025, U.N. event hosted by the Italian government. Alsalem called for member states to…
China’s ‘Assault On Religious Freedom’ Threatens U.S., Congressional Commission Told
Maxx Studio McGovern, who is Catholic, said the U.S. needs to protect religious freedom at home first for its position to carry real weight. Brownback cited a report listing 10 Catholic bishops detained by the…
New museum in California offers immersive experience of the Shroud of Turin
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — An interactive museum dedicated to the Shroud of Turin, which some say was Jesus’ burial cloth, opens its doors to the public Wednesday at the Christ Cathedral campus in Southern California.…
1,700 years ago, bishops and an emperor wrote a creed
Centuries of church schisms show that if there’s a doctrine to be fought over, there’s a good chance Christians will fight about it. That repeated splintering is what makes the Council of Nicaea — a…
Ukraine asks Vatican to formalize mediation role for return of citizens taken by Russia
ROME — Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations over the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the nearly four-year war, a Kyiv government official said Wednesday. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made the…