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Pope Leo XIV on Monday praised the missionary legacy of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, the famed American evangelist who will be beatified Sept. 24 in St. Louis, calling him “a light of faith, hope, and love.”The pope made his remarks June 1 during an audience with participants in the general assembly of the Pontifical ... read more

The pontiff and the pop star will be in Madrid next week. "It’s not impossible to think that here will be where Pope Leo and Bad Bunny will cross paths," said one city official. ... read more

The Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, the school in Rome that trains young priests to serve as ambassadors for the pope, is celebrating the 325th anniversary of its founding this year. Pope Leo XIV visits the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome on April 27, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media ... read more

The Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, the school in Rome that trains young priests to serve as ambassadors for the pope, is celebrating the 325th anniversary of its founding this year.Located at Romeʼs Piazza della Minerva and established in its current form in 1850, the academy is a crucial part of the Holy Seeʼs worldwide diplomatic mission ... read more

Proud parents Keishera and Greg Joubert spoke with the Register about their miracle baby Cassian who was born twice in order to save his life at 25 weeks. ‘There was absolutely nothing else that I could do but watch the monitors and pray to God that his will once again may be done.’ ... read more

JT Olson (right) smiles alongside a widow and volunteers during a Both Hands service project. Through Both Hands, volunteers serve widows and help families pursue adoption by rallying community support around service projects. ... read more

Ken Oliver-Méndez/EWTN News Participants discuss a presentation at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society of Catholic Scientists at Mundelein Seminary in Illinois. | Credit: Ken Oliver-Méndez/EWTN News The 2026 Conference of the Society of Catholic Scientists will take place June 5–7 at Mundelein Seminary near Chicago. ... read more

Pablo Esparza/EWTN News Cardinal Michael Czerny is prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Cardinal Michael Czerny, whose family fled communism, will preside as two executed priests become the first martyrs of communism beatified in the Czech Republic. ... read more

Kent Nishhimura U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the National Memorial Day Observance at the Memorial Amphitheatre in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on May 25, 2026. The president has claimed, without evidence, that Leo wants the Middle Eastern country to develop nuclear armaments. ... read more

The Society of Catholic Scientists (SCS) is preparing to gather for its ninth annual conference June 5–7 at Mundelein Seminary northwest of Chicago, with plans to discuss some of the major issues facing the scientific community. The society exists as an answer to the call of St. John Paul II that “members of the Church ... read more

The 2026 Conference of the Society of Catholic Scientists will take place June 5–7 at Mundelein Seminary near Chicago. Participants discuss a presentation at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society of Catholic Scientists at Mundelein Seminary in Illinois. | Credit: Ken Oliver-Méndez/EWTN News The ... read more

A Vatican cardinal born in the Czech city of Brno will return there on June 6 to preside at the beatification of two priests executed by the communist regime in what was then Czechoslovakia.“To go and be there, near where I was born and where my family is from, is of course a very moving ... read more

Cardinal Michael Czerny, whose family fled communism, will preside as two executed priests become the first martyrs of communism beatified in the Czech Republic. Cardinal Michael Czerny is prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. | Credit: Pablo Esparza/EWTN News A Vatican ... read more

by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Vatican City – The urgency of embracing an ongoing “missionary conversion” was at the heart of the address Pope Leo XIV delivered in English to the participants in the General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies , whom he received in audience today, Monday, June 1, in the Clementine Hall of the ... read more

The first papal encyclical I remember reading—or attempting to read—was Ecclesia de Eucharistia (2003), the last encyclical by Pope John Paul II. Published three days before I was baptized into the Catholic Church, it discusses one of the most important topics in the Catholic Faith, that of the Holy Eucharist. I won’t bore you with ... read more