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Workers cover a mosaic made by Marko Rupnik, a Slovenian priest and world-renowned mosaic artist accused of abusing a community of adult religious women in the 1990s, displayed on the Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire Basilica in the Sanctuary of Lourdes in Lourdes, southwestern France, on March 31, 2025. | Credit: VALENTINE CHAPUIS/AFP via Getty Images ... read more

The bishop who oversees the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France has said the popular Catholic pilgrimage site will cover all of its mosaics by disgraced priest Father Marko Rupnik ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit next month.Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes told the French daily La Dépêche du Midi on ... read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Aug. 20, 2026, at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The pope met with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday morning at the Apostolic Palace and focused on challenges facing Lebanon and the implementation of the Trilateral Framework Agreement. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Care of Creation at Castel Gandolfo on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. The Pontiff’s message for the 11th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation was published Aug. 20. ... read more

The pope met with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday morning at the Apostolic Palace and focused on challenges facing Lebanon and the implementation of the Trilateral Framework Agreement. Pope Leo XIV meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Aug. 20, 2026, at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. | ... read more

Pope Leo XIV met with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday morning at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. Their private meeting lasted about half an hour and focused on the main challenges facing Lebanon, particularly the security situation in the south and the implementation of the Trilateral Framework Agreement.According to the Lebanese Presidency, Aoun ... read more

The pontiff’s message for the 11th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation was published Aug. 20. Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Care of Creation at Castel Gandolfo on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media In a message published ... read more

In a message published ahead of the 11th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation on Sept. 1, Pope Leo XIV emphasized the need for interior conversion to heal the suffering caused by wars.“The wounds of war and the degradation of the earth … are profoundly linked to the condition of the human ... read more

Ulaanbaatar – Father Robert Goessens, a Belgian missionary of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary , died in Japan on August 15 at the age of 97. A key figure in the early development of the contemporary Catholic presence in Mongolia, he was part of the first group of three CICM missionaries to ... read more

Quito – Ecuador has declared three days of national mourning to commemorate the country’s intelligence chief, Michele Sensi-Contugi, who died along with his wife, Stephany Hollihan, and five other people in a helicopter crash in Kenya.The helicopter, carrying six passengers and a pilot, crashed yesterday, August 19, in Samburu County. The victims – in addition ... read more

Amy-Jill Levine was elected the first Jewish president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America. The Catholic Biblical Association of America elected its first Jewish president: Amy-Jill Levine. ... read more

Abuja – The attack on the village of Ungushi illustrates the complexity of the violence suffered by Nigerian communities. The targeted community is predominantly Muslim, and the local imam was among the victims. The attackers belong to a recently formed group that operates in the grey area between banditry, organized crime and jihadism.On the evening ... read more

Ulaanbaatar – “Desertification in Mongolia is visible to the naked eye,” Sister Sandra Garay, an Argentine nun, Consolata missionary, in Mongolia since 2004 and is currently executive director of Caritas Mongolia, told Fides on the occasion of COP17, the UN Conference on Desertification, being held in Ulaanbaatar from August 17 to 28. “When I travel ... read more

The Catholic Biblical Association of America elected its first Jewish president: Amy-Jill Levine. Amy-Jill Levine was elected the first Jewish president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Daniel DuBois The first Jewish president of the Catholic Biblical Association of ... read more

The first Jewish president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America (CBA) — Old and New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine — intends to strengthen resources for educators and to build partnerships with parishes for guidelines about Scripture, she told EWTN News.Levine was elected by a vote of CBA members at the organization’s annual general meeting ... read more