Year: 2025

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Just a few hours after Israel launched a major new ground offensive in Gaza City, Pope Leo XIV called the pastor of the city’s only Latin-rite …

WASHINGTON – World Mental Health Day is observed on October 10, and the Catholic Church marks the Jubilee of Consolation on September 15. In recognition of the continuing mental health …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pain must never give rise to violence, and every Catholic needs to learn to safeguard with tenderness those who are vulnerable, Pope Leo XIV said during …

ROME (CNS) — In situations where “hatred seemed to have permeated every aspect of life,” modern Christian martyrs showed that love is stronger than death, Pope Leo XIV said at …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — At a time when people feel powerless to help migrants and refugees, Christians must continue to insist that “there is no justice without compassion, no legitimacy …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV told 192 new bishops from around the world that they must respond promptly to allegations of inappropriate or abusive behavior by priests. “These …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Close to 200 clerics who had been named bishops in the past year were not the only ones in the Vatican’s New Synod Hall to have …

WASHINGTON – The Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved the transition of the Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism into a permanent subcommittee of the Conference …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Crying out to God during moments of extreme trial does not mark a crisis of faith but can reflect an act of total surrender to and …

In this year of the 20th anniversary of the death of Pope St. John Paul II, it seems fitting to reflect anew on the missionary character of Christian faith. Against …