As a seminarian, Cristhian David Mendieta Hernández had to flee Nicaragua, persecuted by the very dictatorship that had recently exiled his bishop. The regime of President Daniel Ortega and his wife and vice president, Rosario…
A portrait of Blessed Vasiľ Hopko is displayed amid flowers and vigil lamps during a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of his death in Hrabské, Slovakia, on May 10, 2026. Greek Catholic faithful gathered in…
Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Emilio Biosca Agüero, OFM Cap, as the third bishop of Venice, Florida, on May 13, 2026. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Venice, Florida The pope also accepted…
FILIPPO MONTEFORTEItalian police block the main entrance of Rome’s La Sapienza University as students protest against Pope Benedict XVI on Jan. 17, 2008. Eighteen years after protests forced Benedict’s cancellation, the episode still reveals a…
Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Emilio Biosca Agüero, OFM Cap, as the third bishop of Venice, Florida, on May 13. The Capuchin Franciscan priest has been pastor of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart in…
DCStockPhotographyThe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters is in Washington, D.C. The bishops warned that proposed rules could have moral consequences, with people losing housing assistance and others being denied the opportunity to…
VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig, a former apostolic nuncio, died Tuesday at the age of 79. He was born Feb. 3, 1947, in Unterems, Switzerland. Tscherrig was ordained a priest on April 11,…
The Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), popularly known as the Vatican Bank. The Institute for the Works of Religion closed 2025 with a net profit of 51 million euros and approved a 24.3…
The Vatican has called on religious leaders around the world to take an active role in promoting peace and urged them not to become “complicit through silence or fear” in the face of those who…
Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig in 2024. The longtime Vatican diplomat, who served as apostolic nuncio to Italy and San Marino, was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2023.