World News
AI Warfare and the Church
Parilov‘UAV’ Are AI-guided autonomous weapons changing the rules of war? Plus, a roundup of late-summer Catholic news you may have missed.
Month: August 2026
World News
Canceled Masonic Funerals Put Church-Freemasonry Tensions in Spotlight
Vladimir Tretyakov‘Freemasonry’ ANALYSIS: Two last-minute decisions to deny Catholic funeral rites highlight a broader campaign for rapprochement between senior Church figures and Italy’s Masonic lodges.
World News
What the Canaanite Woman Teaches Us
Keeping praying, the Gospel reminds us. Persist in beseeching the Lord.
World News
The Assumption of Mary: The Oldest Feast Day of Our Lady
Detail of the Walpole Immaculate Conception, circa 1680, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Belief in the Assumption dates to the apostles.
World News
Catholic leaders urge protection for Christian village attacked in Bangladesh
Several homes were looted and vandalized in a mainly Catholic village after the body of a Muslim man was found nearby, and 19 Indigenous villagers were arrested. Church officials and …
World News
Catholic leaders urge protection for Christian village attacked in Bangladesh
The Catholic Church and Indigenous Christian leaders in Bangladesh have called on the authorities to protect families terrified by an attack on a Christian village and to bring those responsible …
World News
Ortega’s War on the Church Reveals the Limits of Political Power
Hector RetamalA young girl sings before an image of the Immaculate Conception during La Gritería in Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 7, 2012. The traditional Marian celebration is among the public expressions …
World News
Pope Leo: Child migrants are too easily ignored by society
The pontiff’s message was published ahead of the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, observed on Sept. 27. Pope Leo XIV pays tribute to migrants lost at sea in …
World News
Pope Leo: Child migrants are too easily ignored by society
Pope Leo XIV has appealed to all people to recognize the suffering of child migrants, noting that they are often the most vulnerable during mass migration. In a message published …
World News
Our Cries of ‘Lord, Help Me!’ Are Answered by Jesus, the One Who Saves
(See the readings for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Pope Francis was elected on March 13, 2013. Less than four months later he made his first trip outside of …