Vatican News

The 60th World Day of Peace will take place on Jan. 1, 2027.

The pontiff expressed his closeness to the Colombian people in a message on Aug. 11.

Evaluations found women in Unbound programs reported higher confidence, more access to leadership opportunities, and greater financial inclusion than those on the organization’s waiting list.

The pope also reconfirmed eight existing members, including president Cardinal Reinhard Marx and vice coordinator Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof.

The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Clare of Assisi on Aug. 11.

Most of the upgrades will remain at the shrine for the long-term benefit of pilgrims, so any donations are viewed as an investment in Lourdes’ future.

A report warns that the U.S. has shifted away from a focus on international religious freedom. Alternatively, the State Department says Trump has made the U.S. “a global leader” on the issue.

In a letter addressed to the priests, religious, and faithful of Ceuta, Bishop Ramón Valdivia invited the faithful to pray on the eve of the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary.

Enacted legislation removes all of Massachusetts’ restrictions on abortion after 24 weeks and allows elective abortion through all nine months based on the “judgment of the physician.”

The death toll remains unknown as authorities assess the damage, which affected several cities in the western part of the country.

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The pontiff also appealed for peace in the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia during his Aug. 9 Angelus address.

At the SIGNIS World Congress, Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa said the young Katsina Diocese in northwestern Nigeria will focus on “transforming society” rather than on the challenges Christians face there.

The postulator of Blessed Zdenka Schelingová’s cause has delivered the dossier on an alleged Denver healing to the archbishop of Bratislava, advancing her path toward canonization.

The study, which looked at data over three decades, reports that a country’s religious values may serve as “a protective factor” against anxiety issues in children and adolescents.

The music group’s latest project was released as a surprise drop just a couple of days into their summer tour.

On various occasions, Pope Leo XIV has referenced the Bridgeport, Connecticut, native as a major inspiration for his own vocation.

“What we’ve come to understand is that mental illness has really come to the forefront as a very big factor in those who are experiencing homelessness,” Dan Brown told “EWTN News Nightly.”

Bishops in Australia sound alarm over antisemitism, Canada’s military bishop expresses concern over latest prayer restrictions, and more in this week’s roundup of Catholic world news.

While the August feast is “always a feast” for Dominicans, it’s not the primary one.

The Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) criticized an executive order targeting birthright citizenship. The U.S. Catholic bishops are reviewing and monitoring the order.

Texas Children’s will pay $10 million to resolve the claims, with $8,576,000 going to the state of Texas, as well as fund, for five years, a first-of-its kind detransition clinic.

The New York archbishop returned to St. Patrick’s Cathedral to celebrate Mass for the profession of vows of the Sisters of Life.

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

The site was subsequently retaken by Nationalist forces on Nov. 6, 1936. Troops under the command of Gen. José Enrique Varela attended a Mass of reparation officiated by a military chaplain.

Deputies arrested Deacon Kenneth Goedeke after he reportedly arranged a meeting with what he believed was a 15-year-old boy.

No date has been set, but the Polish government and bishops’ conference are jointly preparing for what would be Leo XIV’s first visit to the country as pope.

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s recent visit to Mexico “rekindles” the hope the pope will visit the country, the country’s bishops said.

In addition to being the only remaining entirely Christian village in the region, Taybeh is also globally renowned for its beer.

The pontiff will meet with authorities, clergy, religious, and young people, celebrate three public Masses, and meet with victims of clerical sexual abuse.

The beatification cause of Servant of God Julius Kambarage Nyerere has reached the stage of interrogating witnesses, the Tanzanian Catholic bishop involved in the process said.

The author of “The Catholic Incas” discusses “an entire history that, unfortunately, is not taught.”

Oklahoma’s Statewide Charter School Board wants to approve religious charter schools, but a ruling from the Oklahoma Supreme Court and efforts by the state attorney general prevent it from doing so.

A Canadian woman said her father’s assisted suicide came after failed efforts to secure hospice care, as Catholic ministries challenge New York’s assisted suicide law in court.

The closure occurred in a context of growing political debates around the challenges posed by the expansion of Islam in the country.

The U.S. House of Representatives advanced the bill that would extend temporary protected status (TPS) for Haiti through 2029 in April, and the measure has stalled in the Senate.

“We are a bastion of faith that loudly proclaims the value of the faith in the building of a country,” said Bishop Ramón Valdivia, Ceuta’s apostolic administrator.

Police are investigating the attack on St. Rita Catholic Church as a hate crime, the Diocese of Brooklyn said.

Pope Benedict XVI once said the Transfiguration of Jesus prepared his apostles for “the coming scandal of the cross.”

The Diocese of Chiclayo noted that Pope Leo XIV’s return to Peru will represent a moment of great significance for the people.

The move would invoke one of the highest‑level diplomatic tools by the hemisphere’s principal political body, a 35-nation consortium coordinating regional action on democracy and human rights.

This marks the first time since 2014 that the papal image has been printed on the coins.

Pope Leo XIV’s new Fundamental Law removes language linking papal sovereignty over Vatican City to the Petrine office and allows laypeople to lead the city-state’s governing commission.

The bishop of Hiroshima is leading a prayer relay running until the exact minute the second atomic bomb struck Nagasaki.

Bishop Eusebio Ramos was appointed on Aug. 6 to replace Archbishop Roberto González, who has led the archdiocese since 1999.

Cardinal Júlio Duarte Langa, the second native cardinal in Mozambique and archbishop emeritus of the Diocese of Xai-Xai, has passed away at the age of 98.

“We commemorate the fidelity of a believing people who kept the faith alive when the churches fell silent. We commemorate our martyrs, who did not kill for Christ but died for him.”

At Mass outside the Portiuncula, the pope urged 2,500 participants in the GO! Franciscan Youth Meeting to embrace evangelical freedom and go to the margins.

Divorce rates for couples married in the last 15 years are considerably lower than those of earlier generations, a trend that Catholic experts say is being driven by a variety of factors.

At the GO! Franciscan Youth Meeting in Assisi, Italy, the pope urged 2,500 young adults to become “artisans of peace,” make lasting commitments and help renew the Church through service.