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The Vatican is set to host an international conference in Vatican City that will bring together scientists, physicians, and bioethicists to reflect on the ethical challenges of molecular biology, regenerative medicine, and new biotechnologies from a Christian perspective.The Pontifical Academy for Life, together with the NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering at the University of Basel and ... read more

Pope Leo XIV sent a message to students gathered at Loyola University Chicago for a peacebuilding conference March 7, calling on them to "be co-workers for peace with Christ." ... read more

Beirut – In peacetime, it was rightly included by tour operators in lists of the “most beautiful Lebanese villages.” This morning, Alma al Chaab saw her families, all Christians, get into their cars and leave their beloved village, under the protection of UNIFIL soldiers. It was a difficult decision after they had refused for days ... read more

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Catholic leaders in Nepal have welcomed the landslide election victory of a new political party backed by the countryʼs young generation, which decimated the traditional political establishment.“It is a mandate against all the misconduct of politicians and political parties,” Father Silas Bogati, apostolic administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of Nepal, told EWTN ... read more

The Rastriya Swatantra Party won 125 of 165 directly elected seats in the March 5 vote, ending decades of coalition instability in the Himalayan nation. A supporter of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) celebrates victory for the candidate of his constituency a day after polling concludes on March 06, 2026 ... read more

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Bishop Emanuel Shaleta, a Chaldean Catholic bishop arrested in San Diego last week on charges of embezzling Church funds.The Vatican also announced March 10 that Leo has appointed Bishop Saad Sirop Hanna, a Chaldean Catholic bishop from Iraq, to oversee the Catholic Eparchy of St. Peter ... read more

Leo has appointed Bishop Saad Sirop Hanna to oversee the Catholic Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle of San Diego as apostolic administrator following the resignation. San Diego, California. | Credit: musatikart / Shutterstock Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Bishop Emanuel ... read more

EWTN Mother Angelica. Mother Angelica — the foundress of EWTN — often spoke about the spiritual works of mercy in her television program, 'Mother Angelica Live.' ... read more

Accra – “At first, I did not have an office. I sat under a tree near the church. Later, parishioners pointed out that I could not work under a tree and helped me set up a small office.” On November 22, 2020, Fr. René Yao, a priest of the Society of African Missions , officially ... read more

Aid to the Church in Need Children light candles as part of a project of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). | Credit: Photo courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need Regina Lynch, executive president of ACN, said she fears for the Christian presence in the Middle East amid rising tensions and ... read more

ALGIERS, Algeria — When Pope Leo XIV begins his first pastoral visit to Africa as pontiff on April 13, he will start in Algeria before proceeding to Cameroon, then to Angola, and finally to Equatorial Guinea. The North African nation of Algeria is a country where Christianity has ancient roots but where Catholics today constitute ... read more

The first country Pope Leo XIV will visit during his Africa trip in April will be Algeria, a country where Christianity has ancient roots but Catholics constitute a small minority. Pope Leo will visit Algeria April 13–15, 2026, during his four-country papal trip to Africa. | Credit: Vatican Media/Archdiocese of ... read more

Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV greets a baby during a general audience at the Vatican. A March NBC poll found that American voters hold Pope Leo XIV in highest esteem among other public personalities. ... read more

Vatican City - The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M., until now metropolitan of Lahore, as vicar apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan.Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M., was born on 14 November 1957 in Padri-Jo-Goth, Sanghar, Sindh, in the metropolitan diocese of Hyderabad.He entered the Franciscan novitiate in 1984, and studied theology at the ... read more

Vatican City - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap., until now vicar apostolic of Quetta, as metropolitan archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan.Archbishop-elect Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap., was born on 5 August 1968 in Mianwali, in the diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi. He gave his solemn vows in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin on ... read more