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A new study emphasizes the importance of a comprehensive vision of mental health care that treats the whole person and includes spiritual support as well as medical and clinical. Credit: Studio4dich/Shutterstock The Commission of the Episcopal Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) has published a ... read more

The Commission of the Episcopal Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) has published a study analyzing the mental health crisis in Europe from an ethical, social, and Christian perspective, and proposed recommendations for EU public policies.The document, titled “Mental Health in Europe — A Call for Care,” states that Europe is facing a growing mental ... read more

Akash Masih wears a plastic bag over his head to prevent dark sewage sludge from getting on his hair while cleaning a manhole in Johar Town, Lahore, on May 9, 2026. At least six Christian sanitation workers have died in recent weeks cleaning sewers in Pakistan. Rights groups say minorities are systematically ... read more

A giant limestone statue of Jesus Christ stands atop Mount Cristo Rey in Sunland Park, New Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, on the U.S.-Mexico border. The Diocese of Las Cruces has been named in a civil action seeking an eminent domain takeover of part of its land. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV is sending another Catholic leader who has spoken out for migrants to President Trump's adopted home state. The pope named Capuchin Fr. Emilio Biosca Agüero as the third bishop of Venice, Florida. ... read more

The pope also accepted Wednesday the resignation of Bishop Frank J. Dewane, 76, who led the Diocese of Venice, Florida, since 2007. Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Emilio Biosca Agüero, OFM Cap, as the third bishop of Venice, Florida, on May 13, 2026. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese ... read more

FILIPPO MONTEFORTE Italian police block the main entrance of Rome’s La Sapienza University as students protest against Pope Benedict XVI on Jan. 17, 2008. Eighteen years after protests forced Benedict’s cancellation, the episode still reveals a deeper clash between faith, reason, and the fallacy of much secular tolerance. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Emilio Biosca Agüero, OFM Cap, as the third bishop of Venice, Florida, on May 13, 2026. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Venice, Florida The pope also accepted Wednesday the resignation of Bishop Frank J. Dewane, 76, who led the Diocese of Venice, Florida, since 2007. ... read more

A portrait of Blessed Vasiľ Hopko is displayed amid flowers and vigil lamps during a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of his death in Hrabské, Slovakia, on May 10, 2026. Greek Catholic faithful gathered in the birthplace of Blessed Vasiľ Hopko, a bishop imprisoned and tortured under communism in Czechoslovakia, to mark 50 ... read more

As a seminarian, Cristhian David Mendieta Hernández had to flee Nicaragua, persecuted by the very dictatorship that had recently exiled his bishop. The regime of President Daniel Ortega and his wife and vice president, Rosario Murillo, ramped up its persecution of the Catholic Church in 2018.After the dictatorship exiled Silvio Báez, the auxiliary bishop of ... read more

The Ortega regime’s repression of the Catholic Church could not silence Godʼs call to Cristhian Mendieta. Having fled Nicaragua as a seminarian, the young man was ordained to the priesthood in Miami. Thomas Wenski, archbishop of Miami, lays hands on the head of newly ordained priest Cristhian Mendieta Hernández, during ... read more

Priests, bishops, parish leaders and immigration rights advocates from 10 dioceses gathered at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit to discuss the Church's prophetic witness regarding the debates surrounding immigration and the impact current federal policy has had on immigrant communities over the past two years. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Emilio Biosca Agüero, OFM Cap, as the third bishop of Venice, Florida, on May 13. The Capuchin Franciscan priest has been pastor of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Washington, D.C., since 2018 and served for more than 20 years as a missionary in Papua New Guinea and Cuba.The ... read more

A New Mexico Catholic diocese is facing the potential seizure of some of its land by the U.S. government in order to facilitate the construction of a border wall between the United States and Mexico. A civil action filed by the federal government in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico on May ... read more

The Diocese of Las Cruces has been named in a civil action seeking an eminent domain takeover of part of its land. A giant limestone statue of Jesus Christ stands atop Mount Cristo Rey in Sunland Park, New Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, on the U.S./Mexico border. | Credit: JIM ... read more