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Archbishop Bert van Megen, former papal nuncio to Kenya, holds up a copy of Dilexi Te at the African Digital Assets Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 29, 2026. | Credit: MD Foto LLC/Massimo Di Giovanna The first summit of its kind at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Kenya explored the ... read more

LAHORE, Pakistan — A minority rights advocacy group has linked the recent deaths of sanitation workers in Pakistan to what it describes as systemic discrimination against Christians, who are disproportionately employed in high-risk sewer cleaning jobs.In a statement issued on May 12, Minority Concern said Christian sanitation workers continue to face unsafe working conditions, inadequate ... read more

At least six Christian sanitation workers have died in recent weeks cleaning sewers in Pakistan. Rights groups say minorities are systematically channeled into hazardous work. Akash Masih wears a plastic bag over his head to prevent dark sewage sludge from getting on his hair while cleaning a manhole in Johar ... read more

Rory Leishman: Over the past 40 years, left-wing, secular zealots in the courts and legislatures of Canada have mounted an escalating attack on the rights and freedoms of theologically orthodox Christians -- Catholic, Protestant, and Evangelical -- who uphold the traditional teachings of the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. The Supreme Court of ... read more

Rick McGinnis: Interim writer, Rick McGinnis, Amusements At the end of last year Helen Andrews (whose book Boomers I reviewed here five years ago) published an essay in the online magazine Compact called “The Great Feminization,” looking over the world now that women have achieved parity and are ... read more

Paul Tuns: In 2011, Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell was charged on seven counts of first-degree murder, among other charges, for murdering newborn babies and injuring female clients at his “house of horrors” abortion facility. Last month, he died in a Pennsylvania prison at the age of 85. Health inspectors closed his abortion mill, Women’s Medical ... read more

Derrick Ceyrac Pope St. John Paul II celebrates Mass on May 12, 1991, at the Chapel of the Apparitions in Fátima during his pilgrimage to Portugal. The Pope credited Our Lady of Fátima with saving his life after the May 13, 1981, assassination attempt by Mehmet Ali Ağca. COMMENTARY: The 45 years since the ... read more

In an unexpected gesture as he was greeting people at the general audience in St. Peterʼs Square on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV stopped at the exact spot where, 45 years ago, St. John Paul II was shot in an assassination attempt.Leo got out of the vehicle and remained in silence to pray before the white ... read more

Leo XIV dedicated his message on May 13 to “the Virgin Mary, model of the Church.” Pope Leo XIV on May 13, 2026, stops at the site in St. Peter’s Square of the assassination attempt against St. John Paul II on May 13, 1981. | Credit: Vatican News ... read more

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández said Pope Leo XIV is praying for the leaders of the SSPX to “reconsider the very grave decision they have made.” Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF). | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News. ... read more

Imphal –In an ambush against a convoy of Kuki Baptist Christians in the Indian state of Manipur, three Baptist pastors were brutally murdered and others were wounded. The attack occurred on May 13 at around 10:00 a.m. against the backdrop of the extremely unstable situation in Manipur, a state in northeastern India. A civil war ... read more

Rome – In his opening address at the Pontifical Urbaniana University on May 12, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, spoke about the doctrine of just war in his contribution to the discussion on contextual theology. “Let’s consider, for example, the doctrine of just war. It is ... read more

Costa Rica’s new president, Laura Virginia Fernández Delgado, began her administration on May 8 by laying down her presidential sash before an image of Our Lady of the Angels, the country’s patroness.The office of the president shared the event on social media on May 9 after the head of state and her staff attended a ... read more

The bishop of Limón prayed for the new president at Mass, that she would have “wisdom in making decisions, prudence to listen, and clarity to act, always with the well-being of our people in mind.” Our Lady of the Angels, left; new Costa Rican President Laura Fernández lays down her ... read more

The Vatican’s doctrine chief warned Wednesday that the plan of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) to consecrate new bishops without papal mandate will represent a schismatic act resulting in excommunication.“This act will constitute ‘a schismatic act’ and ‘formal adherence to schism constitutes a grave offense against God and entails the excommunication established ... read more