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Interim writer, Rick McGinnis, Amusements Some of us might have woken up with a shock recently to discover that we are already a quarter of the way through the 21st century. By this point in the last century the old monarchies of Europe had made themselves extinct ... read more

Gabriella Clare Marino The Aventine Hill in Rome is seen from Ponte Palatino. The Aventine Hill has been an important place of Christian veneration and pilgrimage for more than 1,500 years. ... read more

Father Fermín González Melado, who was recently named a “chaplain of His Holiness” by Pope Leo XIV, explains the qualifications and purpose of bestowing this honorary title. The Vatican flag flies over St. Peter’s Square. | Credit: Bohumil Petrik/EWTN News Among the recent appointments of ... read more

Among the recent appointments of Pope Leo XIV, one in particular has been made with remarkable frequency: that of “chaplain of His Holiness.” What does this honorary title mean?In November 2025, the Holy Father bestowed this title upon his secretary, Peruvian priest Father Edgard Iván Rimaycuna Inga, officially incorporating him into the papal household, in ... read more

Abuja – The nine children kidnapped last week from the St. John of the Cross mission station in Ojijea Ojije, Utonkon, Benue State, have been released . The rescued children – six girls and three boys – were taken to a hospital for medical treatment. The mission station belongs to the St. Paul parish in ... read more

Bogotá – Seventy-eight children have been killed or maimed by unidentified groups and also by dissidents from the demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia . This is according to the recent UN Secretary-General’s Report on Children and Armed Conflict, which covers the year 2024. On average, a child is recruited and used by armed groups ... read more

Vatican City - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Arlindo Gomes Furtado.The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp., hitherto of the diocese of Ponta de Pedras, Brazil, as bishop of Santiago de ... read more

Manila – “This year, the holy month of Ramadan and the Lenten season begin together on February 18. This shared beginning is a grace. It invites us to slow down, to return to God, and to walk together in faith,” says Bishop Colin C. Bagaforo, Bishop of Kidapawan and president of the Philippine Bishops’ Commission ... read more

Nine children abducted from a Nigerian parish on February 8 have been freed. The abduction took place at St. John’s Catholic Church in Ojije, in Nigeria’s Benue State, during a prayer vigil. Benue’s governor announced the children’s release on February 14. ... read more

L to R: Fathers Aidan Matheson, Christopher Furmage and Paul Laverty in Rome In a land long marked by reformation, suppression and the erasure of Catholic life, clergymen stand as powerful witnesses to a Church not merely surviving, but hopeful and unmistakably alive. ... read more

Holy Angels Academy students greet Archbishop Shelton Fabre of Louisville, Kentucky. The school is accredited by the National Association of Private Catholic and Independent Schools, which is now a subsidiary of The Cardinal Newman Society. The National Association of Private Catholic and Independent Schools currently has roughly 50 schools going through its accreditation ... read more

Pope Leo XIV will preside over the traditional Ash Wednesday procession and Mass on Rome’s Aventine Hill, an important place of Christian veneration and pilgrimage for more than 1,500 years.For the Dominican and Benedictine religious orders, whose communities have had a significant historical presence on the Aventine, the Holy Father’s Feb. 18 visit will be ... read more

Pope Leo XIV will preside over the traditional Ash Wednesday procession and Mass on Feb. 18 on Rome’s Aventine Hill, an important place of Christian pilgrimage for more than 1,500 years. Pope Leo XIV prays during a Mass at Sant’Anselmo Church, located at a Benedictine monastery on the Aventine Hill ... read more

It is very tempting for me to just write the word “Yes” in answer to the query posed in this article’s title, but perhaps the whole question deserves a little lengthier consideration than that. In early February, Peter Thiel, the German-American billionaire Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur and investor responsible for co-founding PayPal, gave a pair ... read more

The Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), colloquially known as the Vatican bank, has launched two equity investment indexes in collaboration with the American financial firm Morningstar. The Morningstar IOR Eurozone Catholic Principles and the Morningstar IOR US Catholic Principles indexes are “built following market best practices and in accordance with Catholic ethical ... read more