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A resident of Rmeish whose daughter received her first Communion said villagers there have effectively been living in a state of war since Oct. 8, 2023.

“In times of war and extreme polarization, sport is one of the few things that bring us closer together,” the pope said in a video released on X on June 2.

In an effort to bring its bankruptcy proceedings to a successful conclusion, the Diocese of Buffalo announced all its parishes will file "rapid prepackaged bankruptcy" cases.

Catholic justice officials and rights advocates say the shooting of a Christian driver in Rawalpindi reflects a broader pattern of deadly police "encounters" in Pakistan's Punjab province.

Relationships between tech companies and the Church will prompt “real dialogue as to how AI is going to affect humanity,” Father Brendan McGuire said.

The launch of "Evangelize USA" was announced following Pope Leo XIV's May 30 audience with members of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Service.

Montserrat Alvarado becomes the first laywoman appointed prefect of a dicastery of the Holy See.

Pilgrims flock to Italy as the Catholic Church marks 800 years since the death of St. Francis.

From Bangladesh's new Catholic captain to pioneers in Pakistan and India, Christian women are rising in South Asian soccer.

The Neocatechumenal Way is present in 138 countries, has more than 115 seminaries, and comprises some 25,000 communities, totaling over 1 million members.

“We stand in awe of God’s work in our midst,” Bishop Michael Martin said.

Pope Leo XIV encouraged members of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal to pursue their mission by placing themselves at the service of dioceses and parishes.

The Chaldean Synod elected Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona in April after the resignation of Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako.

The prayer service invites Catholics to reflect on the nation’s history through the lens of migration, displacement, slavery, and faith while encouraging advocacy for vulnerable migrant populations.

The pontiff praised Venerable Sheen, who will be beatified Sept. 24, as “a light of faith, hope, and love” whose radio and television broadcasts brought the Gospel to millions.

The Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome was founded in 1701 as a training ground for the pope's ambassadors.

The 2026 Conference of the Society of Catholic Scientists will take place June 5–7 at Mundelein Seminary near Chicago.

Cardinal Michael Czerny, whose family fled communism, will preside as two executed priests become the first martyrs of communism beatified in the Czech Republic.

The president has claimed, without evidence, that Pope Leo XIV wants the Middle Eastern country to develop nuclear armaments.

At the Sunday Angelus, the pope prayed for “a just and lasting peace” as the Church closed a monthlong Marian appeal for countries ravaged by war.

While the main role of port chaplains with Stella Maris is to celebrate Mass and the sacraments aboard ships, their work includes providing counsel and aid to sailors, Bishop Frank Schuster said.

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The Trump administration launched an "alien arrest map" with images and rhetoric that likens immigrants living illegally in the country to extraterrestrials.

The pontiff addressed members of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation on May 30.

Following federal cuts, Catholic Charities is experiencing an “elevated need in our communities, and we're seeing fewer dollars to meet that need with,” said Jonathan Tetrault.

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

Father Julio Ampuero's ministry in a poor area of Lima, Peru, is experiencing good fruit through retreats, confessions and an outreach at a men's shelter.

When a Benedictine College senior was dying from cancer, the college's president, along with 30 students, traveled to his home to give him a graduation ceremony.

Former USCIRF commissioner Stephen Schneck said religious repression is growing in India, China, and beyond.

Team spokesman Sean Hudson had been caught on video apparently admitting to the team's blacklisting of Catholic pitcher Trevor Williams.

The pope's visit to Gran Canaria Island, the site of thousands of migrants arriving from Africa by sea, will serve to highlight the plight of migrants and the Christian duty to help them.

“Everything has to be vetted by the government, especially what priests are going to preach on Sunday," said Rosalia Gutierrez-Huete Miller in a panel discussion on human rights in Nicaragua.

New report by the Charlotte Lozier Institute finds that most abortion drug sellers do not comply with safety limits that protect women from dangerous side effects.

Pope Leo receives praise from Spain’s chief executive, Catholic and Coptic dialogue resumes, a Catholic agency in South Sudan issues an Ebola alert, and more in this week’s roundup of world news.

The destructive power of modern weaponry and dubious claims to justification mean just war theory, which includes legitimate self-defense, must be reexamined.

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The vice president told Air Force Academy graduates to "use technology to make you better, but never submit to it.”

Switzerland's Catholic bishops backed a national ban on LGBT so-called conversion measures, warning they can become "spiritual abuse" in God's name while urging that genuine pastoral care be protected.

A delegation from the Italian luxury sports car manufacturer met Pope Leo at Castel Gandolfo on May 26.

The Holy Father will spend half a day in the microstate in north-central Italy before traveling around 14 miles northeast to the city of Rimini, Italy.

In the divisive political climate in Spain, some say there is the risk that political factions will try to use the pope's words to their advantage.

As an EU court presses member states to recognize same-sex "marriages," Poland's bishops insist defending marriage takes nothing from anyone's dignity.

The pontiff met with Johnson at the Vatican on May 28 and was formally invited to visit his native city next year.

The Trump administration authorized 10,000 more Afrikaners from South Africa to be admitted as refugees, and Bishop Brendan Cahill said U.S. protection should not be limited to a single group.

"Central Nigeria remains entrenched in an intense, daily, and seemingly perpetual crisis of insecurity," the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said in a recent report.

The 2025 report showed 168 more allegations than in the previous audit year.

One pro-life leader warned the court's ruling could leave “the human being in the mother’s womb without any form of protection."

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage spent four days in Georgia this week and processed through historic downtown Savannah before heading up to the Carolinas.

A purported sting video by James O'Keefe apparently shows an executive for the baseball team saying the team excludes Trevor Williams in activities due to his religion.

Metropolitan Hilarion, once tipped as successor to Patriarch Kirill, was released without charges after Czech police found an unidentified substance in his vehicle.