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In the courtyard of St. George Church, in a scene marked by tears, prayer, and hope, mourners bid farewell to a beloved priest who was killed after shelling struck his town. The funeral of Father Pierre El-Rahi at St. George Church in the town of Qlayaa in southern Lebanon. | ... read more

Amid a war weighing heavily on southern Lebanon with fear and destruction, a prayer of farewell rose from the town of Qlayaa for a priest who chose to remain beside his people until the very end. In the courtyard of St. George Church in a scene marked by tears, prayer, and hope, mourners bid farewell ... read more

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Spanish Augustinian Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín as papal almoner and prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity.Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, who has led the office since 2022, will return to his native Poland as the new metropolitan archbishop of Łódź.Marín de San Martín, titular bishop of Suliana, ... read more

Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín will succeed Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, who has been appointed metropolitan archbishop of Łódź, Poland. Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín, papal almoner. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín Pope Leo XIV has ... read more

Paul Tuns: On Feb. 3, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons issued a new recommendation that so-called gender affirming surgery should not be carried out on minors until the age of 19, citing professional ethics and the lack of quality research supporting such surgeries as reasons for the new guidelines. The next day, ... read more

In legal first, a detransitioner successfully sued her medical care team Paul Tuns: On Feb. 2, a White Plains, N.Y., jury awarded Fox Varian $2 million in damages after her psychologist and plastic surgeon failed to properly treat her history of mental illness before approving of a surgical “gender-affirming” mastectomy and provide professional standards ... read more

Downtown Detroit. | Credit: Andrey Bayda/Shutterstock The Archdiocese of Detroit will require hundreds of employees and clergy to undergo fingerprinting under rules implemented by Archbishop Edward Weisenburger to ensure “the protection of children and vulnerable adults.” The archbishop said in a March 11 ... read more

The Archdiocese of Detroit will require hundreds of employees and clergy to undergo fingerprinting under rules implemented by Archbishop Edward Weisenburger to ensure “the protection of children and vulnerable adults.” The archbishop said in a March 11 letter to the archdiocese that upon taking the helm in Detroit in 2025 he accepted the responsibility of ... read more

Amid the war engulfing the Middle East, the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land issued a spiritual and humanitarian message expressing the Churches’ deep concern over the situation in the region and reaffirming Christians’ commitment to peace despite the harshness of the circumstances.In an official statement, the assembly announced that its members had ... read more

Catholic Church leaders in the Holy Land reaffirmed the Christian community’s commitment to peace amid the harshness of war. Council of Catholic Presidents in the Holy Land. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Amid the war engulfing the Middle East, the ... read more

Pope Leo XIV has named Spanish Augustinian Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín as the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, reassigning Cardinal Konrad Krajewski to serve as archbishop of his home diocese in his native Poland. ... read more

The "externalization" of migration in the Latin American region — particularly under the Trump administration's hardline policies — is accelerating human rights violations while eroding human dignity, according to a new report. ... read more

<p>The monks of La Trappe Abbey in Normandy may leave their monastery in 2028, the abbey announced — a move that could bring to an end 900 years of Cistercian monastic presence in Soligny-la-Trappe, formerly known as "La Grande Trappe."</p><p>While the news of the iconic monastery allegedly closing traveled the internet world at a viral ... read more

Months after catastrophic floods and landslides devastated large parts of Sumatra in Indonesia, thousands of families remain without permanent shelter. Now the Catholic Church in Indonesia, a minority in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, is stepping in to help rebuild homes for communities still struggling to recover.The reconstruction effort is being led by Caritas Indonesia, ... read more

Caritas Indonesia has launched a multimillion-dollar program to build permanent homes for families still displaced months after catastrophic floods struck Sumatra. A couple stands in front of a newly completed permanent home built under Caritas Indonesia’s “Compassion Home Movement” in Andam Dewi district, Central Tapanuli, on Feb. 26, 2026. | ... read more