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Catholic and Anglican leaders said they could not "think of any time in the last 30 years" when the Christian commandment to love God and neighbor "needs to be more urgently heard." ... read more

An aborted baby from New Mexico has won a wrongful death lawsuit against an abortionist.The estate of a child killed in utero during the third trimester collected $200,000 under New Mexico’s wrongful death law.The case, Wabbington v. Boyd, argued by Albuquerque medical malpractice attorney Mike Seibel, described the unborn baby as a “person” who was ... read more

<p>Even as we are children of God, many of us are creatures of mobile-device habit. ... read more

VATICAN CITY — There is a fundamental difference between the art humans create and what artificial intelligence can make based on the work of others, Pope Leo XIV told a group of artists on Friday.“The Church needs you,” the pontiff said at the Oct. 2 encounter at the Vatican. “This is especially true in this ... read more

VATICAN CITY — Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, ordained 18 men from the North American College in Rome as transitional deacons in St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday.The Oct. 1 celebration came after approximately seven years of rigorous spiritual, academic, and pastoral formation, marking a pivotal step for the men in the ... read more

As an adult, the idea of praying the rosary every day seemed daunting. Forty-five minutes is a big chunk of time for parents especially after the kids are in bed and you finally have some silence. Sure, you can pray it all in 25 minutes — if you go fast. I’ve done it. But to ... read more

The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith will publish a new document on the transmission of the faith, titled Venite ad Me, in mid-October.According to a source from the dicastery with direct knowledge of its content, who confirmed the information to ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News, the text “addresses ... read more

by Paolo AffatatoLarantuka – “The situation in my diocese is still marked by suffering and uncertainty, but we are experiencing great solidarity, and this moves and encourages us.” Yohanes Hans Monteiro, who has been leading the Diocese of Larantuka – in the eastern part of the Indonesian island of Flores – for just a few ... read more

A lay member of the Rome‑based International Association of Exorcists said he has seen what he considers a significant rise in requests for exorcisms over the past five to eight years.Adam Blai, a lay adviser in the Pittsburgh Diocese on cases involving alleged demonic activity, told “EWTN News Nightly” on Oct. 1 that the number ... read more

Vatican City – Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization , appointed His Exc. Msgr. Juan José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.J., as Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Central African Republic on August 10, 2026, for a five-year term . The second Bishop of Bangassou, 72, , with 46 years ... read more

Louisville, Kentucky, Archbishop Shelton Fabre says Catholics must form their consciences through Church teaching and place faith ahead of political identity in two videos released Oct. 1.Fabre reminded Catholics of their “responsibility to vote” and to “form our consciences according to the Gospel and Church teaching” in the video messages produced by the U.S. Conference ... read more

The Archdiocese of Baltimore said it expects to ordain its largest single-year class in more than 50 years as the number of men in priestly formation continues to rise.The archdiocese told its official news outlet, the Catholic Review, that it will ordain 12 priests in 2027, one in January and 11 in June, and overall, ... read more

Lusaka – “On behalf of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar , we wish to express our fraternal solidarity and prayerful closeness to the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops , and in a particular way to His Grace Dr. Alick Banda, Archbishop of Lusaka, at this challenging moment in the life of ... read more

Astana – Caring for children with incurable illnesses, safeguarding their dignity, and exploring the contribution religions can make in responding to human vulnerability are at the heart of the Second Joint Colloquium between the Kazakhstan’s International Center for Interfaith and Interreligious Dialogue and the Holy See’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, taking place at the National ... read more

Abolitionists Rising is a new movement afoot in America. Their target is not slavery but child-murder: abortion. I have seen many clips of their interchanges with the public, often on college campuses. They bring large posters showing the bloody results of abortion: the mangled or burnt victim. Their representatives are staunchly polite, though they defend ... read more