The SSPX has been in the news recently, given their announcement that they plan to consecrate bishops without papal approval. This, of course, raises the question of whether such consecrations …

An off-duty detective detained a would-be gunman who was attempting to enter St. Mary’s Church in East Sacramento, California, during an Ash Wednesday Mass for schoolchildren. Additional ammunition was found …

A Latin-rite bishop in Ukraine said that over 95% of Catholics have fled his diocesan territory since Russia’s 2014 invasion. “Before 2014, when the war began, our diocese had 72,000 …

The central exterior tower of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família Basilica was completed on February 20. Pope Benedict XVI dedicated the famed church in 2010; interior work is scheduled to continue through …

An 82-year-old Ukrainian Catholic religious sister was beaten to death in Ivaí, Brazil, on February 21. The perpetrator, who was reportedly under the influence of crack cocaine, broke into the …

Pope Leo XIV and members of the Roman Curia began their Lenten retreat in the Apostolic Palace on the evening of February 22. The retreat, whose theme is “Enlightened by …

At a conference in Estonia, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations hailed the example of Blessed Eduard Profittlich, SJ (1890-1942), who led the Church in …

During a pastoral visit to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Praetorian Barracks in Rome on February 22, Pope Leo XIV told members of the Salesian …