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A reform to Argentina's 2010 glacier protection law has been met with popular opposition, with opponents arguing that the changes loosen government oversight of mining and oil projects, and put water sources at risk. ... read more

The Leo Chronicles: Brother Leo gets ready for the games. ... read more

by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Barcelona – “The new tower realizes the project of its architect, Gaudí, who was deeply inspired by faith. He was the first to understand art as a form of proclaiming the Gospel and as the preferred language of Christian mission,” said Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin in an interview with Vatican ... read more

William Michael Harnett, “Memento Mori” (1879). Death is symbolized in this painting by the skull, the extinguished candle, the empty hourglass, and a quote from the graveyard scene in Shakespeare's Hamlet. COMMENTARY: The more you remember your death in a good way, the more you can embrace this life. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV encouraged an estimated 80,000 faithful of the Archdiocese of Madrid to offer joyful witness to the Gospel, with kindness. ... read more

This morning, on the fourth day of his apostolic journey to Spain, Pope Leo XIV delivered his final address in Madrid and said that “Christians are called to bring the leaven of selflessness to the world.” ... read more

Whatever you do, think not of yourself, but of God. —St. Vincent Ferrer ... read more

The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Ephrem, Deacon (306-373), called "the Harp of the Holy Spirit." Ephrem is the great classic Doctor of the Syrian church. As deacon at Edessa, he vigorously combated the heresies of his time, and to do so more effectively wrote poems and hymns about the mysteries of Christ, ... read more

The faithful of the Archdiocese of Madrid, together with the dioceses of Alcalá de Henares and Getafe, welcomed Leo with a euphoria comparable to that of a decisive goal in a World Cup final. Pope Leo XIV enters the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, packed with 80,000 attendees, on June 8, 2026. ... read more

Before a packed Santiago Bernabéu stadium and a crowd fully swept up in the moment, a figure dressed in white made his entrance. Yet it was neither Mbappé nor Cristiano Ronaldo nor any other Real Madrid soccer team legend but Leo XIV.It was a particularly significant moment for the pope at the arena where the ... read more

Before a packed Santiago Bernabéu stadium and a crowd fully swept up in the moment, a figure dressed in white made his entrance. Yet it was neither Mbappé nor Cristiano Ronaldo nor any other Real Madrid soccer team legend but Pope Leo XIV.It was a particularly significant moment for the pope at the arena where ... read more

Pope Leo XIV delivers remarks to the Augustinian community at the apostolic nunciature in Madrid, Spain, on June 7, 2026. The Vatican has not yet made an official announcement regarding an apostolic visit to Peru, which could also include stops in Uruguay and Argentina. ... read more

The move places increased pressure on the dictatorship, which for years has carried out systematic persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua. Daniel Ortega, dictator of Nicaragua. | Credit: State Duma of the Russian Federation (CC BY 4.0) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced ... read more

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced visa restrictions on more than 100 Nicaraguan officials associated with the Murillo-Ortega dictatorship following the death of political prisoner Brooklyn Rivera.“Today the Trump administration took decisive steps to impose additional visa restrictions on more than 100 dictatorship officials and their family members,” Rubio said in a June 8 ... read more

The tomb of Irish American immigrant Father Patrick Peyton, known as “the rosary priest,” was moved on June 6 to the newly reopened pilgrimage site, the Father Peyton Center, as families gathered to pray and honor his legacy. Peytonʼs tomb was moved from the Holy Cross Community Cemetery in North Easton, Massachusetts, to the chapel ... read more