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(See the readings for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ) St. Carlo Acutis was canonized the first millennial saint last September by Pope Leo. He died young, 15 years old, after falling ill two weeks earlier. In his short life we see the power of God’s grace drawing Carlo into ... read more

Vatican City - On May 25, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization , confirmed Fr. Junior Phares Larosiliere, of the diocesan clergy of Port-au-Prince, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Haiti, for the five-year period 2025-2030 . ... read more

Nzara - St. Theresa Mission Hospital in Nzara has initiated a comprehensive awareness campaign targeting the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio to strengthen precautionary measures against ongoing Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, emphasizing prevention and vigilance even as South Sudan remains free of confirmed cases.The awareness session, held yesterday, June 4, ... read more

Vatican City – Due to the civil war that has ravaged Myanmar since 2021, five bishops from the country's 17 dioceses have been forced to abandon their episcopal sees and cathedrals and have taken up residence in parishes located in safer areas, far from the clashes between the army and rebel groups. “They are the ... read more

Jihadists in Mozambique are attempting to establish a caliphate, a local bishop warned. “The signs are all there,” Bishop António Juliasse of Pemba told Aid to the Church in Need. “They speak openly of a caliphate. When they find people, when they kidnap victims, that is what they say, that they are working for ... read more

A survey of 1,604 U.S. adult citizens, conducted between May 29 and June 1, found that 55% had a favorable opinion of Pope Leo XIV. 23% expressed an unfavorable opinion, and 21% said they “don’t know.” Kamala Harris voters (84%), liberals (79%), Democrats (79%), and college graduates (65%) were more likely to have a ... read more

Authorities in Òdena, a small town in Catalonia, Spain, bricked up a parish church after vandals ransacked it, the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe reported. “The attack caused strong indignation among residents and parishioners, particularly because the response ultimately focused on sealing the church rather than immediately prosecuting those ... read more

by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Madrid - From June 6 to 12, 2026, Pope Leo XIV will visit Spain as part of his fourth apostolic journey outside Italy. During this trip, he will visit Madrid and Barcelona, where he will celebrate Mass at the Sagrada Família to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of the renowned ... read more

Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN NEWS/VATICAN POOL Catholic theologian Léocadie Lushombo speaks during the presentation of Pope Leo’s first encyclical on May 25, 2026, at the Vatican as Cardinal Michael Czerny listens. Catholic theologian Léocadie Lushombo praised Pope Leo’s ‘prophetic’ inclusion of care for digital workers and encouraged people to ‘care about knowing’ how their use of ... read more

As an ordinary priest, prior general of the Augustinians and the bishop of Chiclayo, Pope Leo XIV traveled extensively in Spain, gaining firsthand knowledge of the country and its people. Juan Vicente Boo, author of the book “Leo XIV: The Pope of the New Era” (Espasa Publishing). | Credit: Photo ... read more

Juan Vicente Boo, the Vatican correspondent for the Spanish newspaper ABC for 23 years, says the current pontiff is, among the popes of the last five centuries, the one who “knows Spain best,” as it is a country he visited on nearly 50 occasions before becoming pope.The first of his trips to Spain dates back ... read more

This quote above is taken directly from the Synod on Synodality Study Group No. 9’s Final Report focused on Theological Criteria and Synodal Methodologies for Shared Discernment of Emerging Doctrinal, Pastoral and Ethical Issues. This quote gives readers just a taste of the jargon employed throughout Study Group No. 9’s Final Report with special emphasis ... read more

Archbishop Anthony Fisher, O.P., issued a pastoral letter on Eucharistic adoration for the feast of Corpus Christi. In “Adoring the Eucharistic Lord: ‘Let us kneel before the God who made us,’” Archbishop Fisher wrote that kneeling is the posture that “most clearly reveals what we believe about God and our relationship to Him.” Receiving ... read more

Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, Florida, ordained 12 members of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter on May 28 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Nebraska. The priests of the institute offer the Latin Mass in the extraordinary form. Founded in 1988, the institute, in 2024, had 139 religious houses, 567 members, and ... read more

Following the appointment of Maria Montserrat (Montse) Alvarado as prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, a “video clip surfaced from 2022 of her stating it ‘obviously is wrong’ to believe ‘that all Jews should become Christians,’” LifeSiteNews reported. Prior to her 2023 appointment as president and chief operating officer of EWTN News, Alvarado worked ... read more