Thousands of Christians in Pakistan marked National Minorities Day on Aug. 11 with protest rallies in three major Pakistani cities, calling for constitutional equality and religious freedom and urging the government to move beyond ceremonial…
Kena BetancurSculptures are surrounded by debris at a partially collapsed church at Palermo neighborhood after a magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck Colombia on Aug. 10, 2026 in Tamesis, Colombia. Bishop John J. Gomez of Laredo, Texas, confirmed…
Pope Leo XIV highlighted religious women’s and men’s work making “the mission and mystery of the Church visible in our world.” “All Christians are called to be builders of Christʼs communion, formed in a synodal…
Gavel. The suit argues that Illinois’ ‘End-of-Life Options’ law requires doctors to participate in helping patients kill themselves even if they conscientiously object to doing so.
Pope Leo XIV is a pope of several firsts: the first American pope, the first to be an Augustinian, and the first in modern times to have done overseas missionary work. He is also the…
A British bishop has written to the Prime Minister of the U.K., asking for him to do everything possible to secure the release of Jimmy Lai, a British citizen – and a Catholic – who…
Pope Leo XIV has chosen “Disarming Technology, Serving Peace. Politics as Preventive Responsibility” as the theme of the 2027 World Day of Peace. The theme will be part of the celebrations for the 60th World…
Pope Leo XIV has sent his condolences to families and loved ones of all who have perished in a devastating earthquake in Colombia, promising prayers “for the eternal rest of those who died” and for…
Pope Leo XIV has chosen “Disarming Technology, Serving Peace: Politics as Preventive Responsibility” to be the theme of the next World Day of Peace, on New Year’s Day – the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of…
The parish priest in Palestine’s last entirely Christian village has said that Israeli settlers are creating a “climate of fear” with the intention of driving locals from their land. In an interview with Vatican News,…