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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, concluded a two-day visit in Denmark with a meeting with the country's king and foreign minister as tensions between Europe and the United States still loom. ... read more

Here are key things to know ahead of the pope’s trip to Equatorial Guinea, which will be part of his 2026 visit to Africa. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo greets members of the Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea (CEGE). | Credit: Courtesy of Press Department of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) Pope ... read more

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor of Little Rock, Arkansas lost family in the Holocaust. He sees troubling similarities between then and now.  ... read more

Jeffrey Bruno The Eucharist is carried on the steps of the Indiana War Memorial for adoration following a procession in downtown Indianapolis on July 20, 2024, during the National Eucharistic Congress. Seven key takeaways from a new study examining the effects of the three-year Eucharistic Revival, in which thousands of U.S. Catholics participated. ... read more

Daniel Ibañez ‘He was the first priest I knew.’: Cardinal Francis Arinze recalls the witness of Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi during an EWTN News interview. EWTN News The cardinal was baptized at the age of 9 by Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, a Nigerian priest known for his holiness, pastoral zeal and asceticism, ... read more

He is sent to lead a new exodus that brings Israel out of captivity to the nations and brings all the nations to God. As Moses led Israel from Egypt through the sea to give them God’s law on Mount Sinai, Jesus too has passed through the waters in baptism. Now, in today’s Gospel, He ... read more

The resignation last week of Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur of the Indonesian Diocese of Bogor came as a surprise to Catholics in the country and abroad. The 63-year old had no health issues and was leaving office without any indication of what he would do next. And, with Rome announcing the appointment of an apostolic ... read more

Children are not subjects but a reminder of the revelation of God’s love, possessing a visible reality that requires any teacher to both nurture and nourish the soul of a child. The premise of any teaching environment requires and involves the exercise of a loving environment directed at the soul and care of the child, ... read more

A German cardinal has declared his participation in the controversial German Synodal Way finished, expressing deep skepticism about plans to establish a permanent synodal conference. “For me the Synodal Way is concluded,” Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne said according to CNA Deutsch, the German-language sister service of EWTN News ... read more

The University of Notre Dame plans to install as director of a university-wide institute a scholar who has described laws prohibiting abortion as “violence,” “sexual abuse” and “trauma” and has linked efforts to end abortion to white supremacy. “Abortion access is freedom-enhancing, in the truest sense of the word,” states a column in Salon co-authored ... read more

CC BY-SA 4.0 South loop area of Chicago. At least one family reportedly filed a complaint against the teacher concerning his behavior at their home. ... read more

Marko Orlovic Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, archbishop of Cologne in Germany. | Credit: Marko Orlovic/German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne has declared the controversial German Synodal Way process finished in his eyes, expressing skepticism about plans to establish a permanent synodal conference. ... read more

The cause for canonization has been opened for Joe Wilson, a millennial Scot who died at the age of 17 and whose life has inspired an entire generation. “I will always be close to God, [...] ... read more

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne has declared the controversial German Synodal Way process finished in his eyes, expressing skepticism about plans to establish a permanent synodal conference. A German cardinal has declared his participation [...] ... read more

At a Jan. 24 outdoor vigil service honoring Alex Pretti and at Sunday Masses in Catholic parishes in the Twin Cities, Catholics spoke urgently of the need to stand up against injustice in the current immigration crackdown. ... read more