Daily Readings

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit from parents who are challenging a Washington state law that prevents youth shelters from immediately notifying parents when minors who run away from home are seeking gender transitions.Under the law, adopted in 2023, shelters that house runaway youth cannot immediately tell parents when a child is “seeking ... read more

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a U.K.-based human rights organization, has called for concrete steps to diffuse tensions in Sudan after the murder of Father Youhanna Al-Amin, a priest who remained with his people amid growing violence in the Nuba Mountains.In a report shared with ACI Africa, the sister service of EWTN News ... read more

Bishop José Ignacio Munilla of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain, denounced the “persecution” of Catholics with homosexual inclinations who seek help to live chastely, following the lower house’s passage of a reform to the penal code in Spain that bans so-called "conversion therapies.”During his program “Sexto Continente” (“Sixth Continent”) on Radio María Spain, the bishop commented on the ... read more

Today the Church universally celebrates the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (d. 64-67). This is a holyday of obligation in some countries. Veneration of the two great Apostles, Saints Peter and Paul, has its roots in the very foundations of the Church. They are the solid rock on which the Church is built, ... read more

VATICAN CITY—Pope Leo XIV on June 29 will bless and bestow the “pallium” — a white woolen vestment symbolizing pastoral authority and unity with the pope — on 32 new metropolitan archbishops, including four from the United States.Leo will impose the pallia at a Mass for the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. ... read more

Jesus in the Eucharist visited the streets of America’s most historic city Saturday, drawing thousands of people on a sunny morning in Boston.The procession, which lasted two hours and 15 minutes, went by portions of the Freedom Trail, a 2 ½-mile-long red line of paint and bricks begun in 1951 that helps visitors find many ... read more

From today's Gospel: Jesus said to his apostles: "Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his ... read more

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria (376-444). Cyril was one of the metropolitan sees of the Christian Church in the east, was one of the great defenders of the faith against the heresy of Nestorius who denied the oneness of person in Jesus Christ. At the Council of Ephesus in ... read more

The 2026 GIVEN Catholic Young Women’s Leadership Forum, taking place in Washington, D.C., this week, exists to help women understand their gifts and how to share them with the world.The five-day gathering is hosted by the GIVEN Institute – a nonprofit organization dedicated to activating the gifts of Catholic young adult women for the Church ... read more

In an audience with representatives of Jesuit colleges and universities in North America, Pope Leo XIV proposed four ways to address current challenges.In his address on June 25, the Holy Father referenced several of the major challenges facing humanity, which he said is undergoing an “epochal change.” Specifically, he pointed to the secularization of societies, ... read more

A Catholic group is honoring victims of nuclear weapons by helping to organize lantern floating ceremonies throughout the world.Pax Christi International, a Catholic peace movement, is working with the Hiroshima Coventry Club (Touro Project) to organize the “Lanterns for Peace: from Hiroshima to the World” campaign around the world.“Inspired by the lantern ceremonies held each ... read more

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration is pleading with President Donald Trump to allow Haitian and Syrian migrants to remain in the United States following a Supreme Court ruling that paved the way for possible deportations.Bishop Brendan J. Cahill, who chairs the committee, asked Trump to refrain from deporting the migrants ... read more

Pope Leo XIV opened his second extraordinary consistory of cardinals on June 26 by defending his decision to conduct the gathering in a synodal format, acknowledging that the approach is unusual, but insisting that the Lord is leading the Church along this path so that she can “grow in communion.”Addressing 178 cardinals in the Paul VI Hall on ... read more

Pope Leo XIV has sent 100,000 euros (about $114,000) in humanitarian aid to Venezuela following two devastating earthquakes that hit the country on June 24.The Holy Father sent the funds in order to express his closeness to the Venezuelan people through a donation made via the papal almoner, the pope’s charitable office, according to Vatican ... read more