307,117 Germans formally left the Catholic Church in 2025, down slightly from the previous year’s figure of 321,659 and down significantly from the 2022 figure of 522,821. The Mass attendance …
The chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops called upon political leaders to refrain from disrespectful speech. “The children listening to you are shocked,” Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba said …
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, sent a message in Pope Leo’s name to the 17th International Forum for Information on the Safeguard of Nature. In …
The Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, is preparing to receive a record number of converts into the Church at Easter. The number of new converts (900) is up 38% from last …
India’s government has rejected the findings in the 2026 report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) amid increasing atrocities against minority Christians. Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi, …
BANGALORE, India — Church leaders in India have expressed frustration and concern over the Indian government’s rejection of the 2026 report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) …
Preaching at a Mass celebrated in the Philippine House of Representatives, Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo of Kidapawan told lawmakers that “we must not live by lies.” “Even if telling the …
The bishop of Antwerp, Belgium, wrote in a pastoral letter that he will “make every effort to ordain married men as priests for our diocese by 2028.” “The question is …
The regime of Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega has banned ordinations to the priesthood and diaconate in four of the nation’s nine dioceses. The bishops of the four affected dioceses—Jinotega, Siuna, …
The chancellor of the Diocese of Reykjavík, Iceland, is under police investigation for remarks that he made about homosexuality. Msgr. Jakob Rolland said on a radio program that “some individuals …
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