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Pope Leo XIV touches the plaque marking the spot in St. Peter’s Square where St. John Paul II was shot in an assassination attempt on May 13, 1981. Leo stopped at the plaque during his own general audience on the feast of Our Lady of Fátima, May 13, 2026. COMMENTARY: John Paul ... read more

Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami said the U.S. aid offer would require the Cuban government to undergo regime change but “the government doesnʼt seem to be willing to do that yet.” Cuban and American flags. | Credit: S_Warrenphotography / Shutterstock. The U.S. State Department reiterated ... read more

The U.S. State Department reiterated an offer of $100 million in aid for Cuba to be distributed by the Catholic Church and other humanitarian organizations.In a May 13 statement, the State Department said the United States “continues to seek meaningful reforms to Cuba’s communist system, which has only served to enrich the elites and condemn ... read more

John Carpay: Until 1969, it was a crime in Canada for two men to have consensual sex in private. Then prime minister Pierre Trudeau famously said that “There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.” Parliament went on to remove consensual sodomy from Canada’s Criminal Code. If the state ... read more

Victor Penney: It sounds strange, but it’s true: the best player in college basketball this year was made in a lab. His name is Cameron Boozer. The 18-year-old just had an incredible season in the NCAA, and yet, underneath the accolades, there’s a wound at the heart of this young man’s origin story, a scar ... read more

Ford Madox Brown, “The Ascension,” 1844 COMMENTARY: In the Incarnation, heaven descends to earth; in the Ascension, earth ascends to heaven. ... read more

Editor’s note: Part One of this essay can be read here. —————— Wait, we’re not home yet, though. The journey’s not over. Less than a week later, I was back in a car. A rental because I’d not yet roused the particular type of energy required for purchasing a car in these United States. I ... read more

“All roads lead to Rome.” This proverbial saying from the ancient empire remained true even as Jesus’ disciples made their way across the world. The Eternal City, the capital of one of the world’s greatest [...] ... read more

Screenshot Cardinal Willem Eijk preaches at a July 31 Mass to celebrate Cardinal Burke’s founding of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 2008. By elevating such testimonies without doctrinal commentary, the report effectively normalizes homosexual relationships within a Church context. ... read more

R. Satish Babu Chief minister of India's Tamil Nadu state, Joseph Vijay, an Indian film superstar, speaks after taking the oath during his swearing-in ceremony in Chennai on May 10, 2026. Church leaders in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu call the election of actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay a source of pride in ... read more

canadastock Aerial view of the historic city of Wurzburg with Alte Mainbrucke, region of Franconia, Northern Bavaria, Germany. Organizers of the Würzburg congress told EWTN News the group's guidelines contain 'no contradiction with the Catechism.' ... read more

Pope Leo XIV at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" on May 14, 2026. At Europe’s largest university, the pontiff denounced a culture that reduces people to numbers. ... read more

ungvar Nearly half of Catholics (49%) say the federal government should enforce separation of church and state, and 16% say it should stop enforcing it, in a Pew Research Center study released May 14, 2026. According to Pew's research, 65% of Catholics reported they have a positive view of religion, 12% have a ... read more

Colum Leneghan Jesuit Bishop Alan McGuckian stands after Mass on May 3, 2026, at Corpus Christi chapel with relatives of the Springhill/Westrock shooting victims. Father Noel Fitzpatrick was shot and killed along with four others including three youth in Belfast on July 9, 1972. ... read more

Monsignor Hugues de Woillemont looks out over the city during a visit to Taybeh, east of Ramallah, the last entirely Christian town in the West Bank. L’Œuvre d’Orient marks 170 years with an appeal for solidarity with Christians in the East and highlights three major challenges threatening the future of Christians there. ... read more