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To commemorate the centennial year of the death of famed architect Antoni Gaudí, who designed Spain's Sagrada Família basilica, The Lego Group announced June 4 the release of a new model kit of the church, calling it one of the world's "most recognizable and ambitious" buildings. ... read more

The long-awaited meeting finally took place. As confirmed by the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV met with Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny and his family at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on Monday, June 8.For a few minutes, the pontiff and the Puerto Rican singer — whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio and who has ... read more

A distinctive feature of Pope Leo XIVʼs apostolic journey to Spain has been the frequent use of the red papal mozzetta, from meeting Spanish royalty in Madrid to praying the Divine Office in Barcelona.When Leo first appeared on the balcony of St. Peterʼs Basilica to the thousands of faithful gathered in the square after his ... read more

A Louisiana man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he pleaded guilty to the 2022 slaying of a priest and a parish worker.Antonio Tyson will serve two life sentences and a 40-year sentence for the murder of Father Otis Young and Ruth Prats, according to a June 8 press release from ... read more

Pope Leo XIV found himself in the midst of Spain's two classic culture wars as he landed in Barcelona on Tuesday during his weeklong visit to the country. ... read more

In recent months, Belarusian authorities have forced out a number of foreign Catholic clergy by refusing to renew their residency permits.In early March, two priests of the Diocese of Pinsk in southern Belarus were refused permission to continue their ministry. In May, three priests of the northern Diocese of Vitebsk lost their permits, followed later ... read more

New York Archbishop Ronald Hicks, left, and San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller on June 3, 2026, issued their wagers over who will win the NBA Finals, the San Antonio Spurs or the New York Knicks. If they win, it will be the Spurs’ first NBA championship title since 2014, while for the ... read more

Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, a neuroscientist and senior ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center, drew attention to ethical concerns with these experiments. Genetic researchers are experimenting on unborn children in trials that could have been done on animal embryos, according to one bioethicist. ... read more

Flickr de la OEA Daniel Ortega. The move places increased pressure on the dictatorship, which for years has carried out systematic persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua. ... read more

Jules Rimet. Catholic Frenchman Jules Rimet served as the president of FIFA for 33 years. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV speaks in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and St. Eulalia in Barcelona, Spain, on June 9, 2026. After an exuberant welcome in the Catalan capital, the pope prayed Midday Prayer in Barcelona’s cathedral and urged the faithful to be “witnesses and prophets of unity.” ... read more

Monsignor Peter Vaccari, president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” from Jerusalem on June 8, 2026. Tensions are rising in Jerusalem as the city enters a strict lockdown following a wave of Iranian missile attacks. Schools are closed, mass gatherings are restricted, and hospitals have moved operations ... read more

On June 7, the sixth World Apostolic Congress on Mercy opened in the Lithuanian capital city of Vilnius with around 7,000 pilgrims taking part in the Eucharistic procession through the city’s streets.Pilgrims arrived from more than 50 countries around the world, including Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Wallis and Futuna, Guam, ... read more

Rome – It houses the brilliant rivalry between the great artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini and his rival Francesco Borromini. It tells the story of the first seminarians who came to Rome from Asia, Africa, and the Americas in the 17th century to study theology and then return to their homelands to proclaim the Gospel of ... read more

Daniel Ibanez Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd during a general audience in St. Peter’s Square on May 27, 2026. The Holy Father explained that, in antiquity and the Middle Ages, Catholic individuals and some ecclesiastical institutions participated in slavery as he apologized for the Catholic Church’s role. ... read more