Vatican News

Controversy over Bishop Robert Barron's acceptance of a 2025 award from a German Catholic institution resurfaced this week.

The 2008 Vatican document Dignitas Personae affirmed the dignity and rights of frozen embryos and expressed reservations about proposals for prenatal adoption.

The number of women on the commission has increased from five to eight, including five laywomen, raising the total number of lay representatives to eight — double that of the previous term.

A Lilly Endowment grant is open to Catholic campus ministries, St. Carlo Acutis’ mother gifts Franciscan University with a relic of her son, and more in this week’s Catholic education new roundup.

The pontiff holds a doctorate in canon law, a background that notably shapes his vision of Church governance.

Scholars will deliver talks on Catholic teaching in relation to American history, political science, and hot-button issues like artificial intelligence, immigration, and euthanasia.

Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said unidentified gunmen opened fire inside a church in Karak province.

Pope Leo XIV was himself set to address the first day of the Oct. 16–18 conference, but the audience had to be canceled due to the pontiff’s hospitalization.

Parliament passed the bill by 13 to 12 votes on Sept. 2, but no law takes effect in the principality without the reigning prince’s approval.

A Canadian nonprofit called Theopolis is supporting Catholic artists and bringing faith and secular audiences together through art, beauty, and culture.

Two churches were “totally destroyed” by the Oct. 9 earthquake, the Panamanian Bishops’ Conference reported in its countrywide damage assessment.

The “Church of the Sheaves” conference discussed integrating and supporting new missionaries in the Western world.

Doctors say the pope is recovering exceptionally well from lung surgery but have advised against helicopter travel as a precaution.

JD Vance spoke with EWTN News anchor Raymond Arroyo in a wide-ranging interview that included politics, immigration, economics, and faith.

In addition to praying with Trump, topics discussed during the meeting included religious freedom, school choice, religious visas, and life policy.

A Chicago iconographer had just one week to create an icon of Our Lady of Good Counsel for Pope Leo XIV, forging a spiritual connection through art, prayer, and vocation.

Ukrainian and El Salvadoran temporary protected status (TPS) beneficiaries will continue to retain immigration protections, pending an announcement “made at the appropriate time,” the government said.

Coakley said living in the U.S. has deepened his commitment to advocating for death row inmates and urging the Church and the nation to see the inhumanity of executions carried out in their name.

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito said they would have granted the government’s request to reverse the rulings.

Jerusalem church leaders have urged protection for Taybeh’s Christian community after a recent attack, saying residents have been subjected to “wide-scale terror” by settlers.

A gathering organized by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education brought together 1,200 participants from 60 countries.

The document is presented as a set of “considerations,” drawing on the input and contributions of several national bishops’ conferences.

Cardinal Fernando Filoni discusses his new book, “My Days Are in Your Hands: Men and Women in the Footsteps of Jesus” with EWTN.

One bishop called to defend the defenseless, while reports say the bills are “almost certain” to be vetoed by President Karol Nawrocki.

The movement says research into the allegations is far from complete and could take years, and that the evidence may confirm or fail to substantiate them.

The Vatican released the pontiff’s message on the feast of St. John Paul II, who established World Youth Day in 1985.

The pontiff met with a delegation of the American Jewish Committee at the Vatican on Thursday.

Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro face off in a contest marked by polarization and accusations of corruption.

Bishop Sylvester Luka Gopep spoke during a celebration marking the centenary of World Mission Day, organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Nigeria.

The International Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers launched two online courses to help the faithful recognize mental health struggles and learn how to support those who are suffering.

St. John Paul II was the second-longest-serving pope in modern history with 27 years of pontificate and the first non-Italian pontiff to be elected since Pope Adrian VI in 1523.

The measure, supported by Catholic bishops, allows clergy to reverse their decision to opt out of Social Security and Medicare.

The vice president responded to a question by a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a CBS interview.

The image of the Lord of Miracles entered the Courtyard of Honor at the Government Palace of Peru, where it was received by President Keiko Fujimori and her ministers.

“The Lord has already shown us what can happen when we place Jesus Christ in the Eucharist at the center and surrender our lives to Him,” Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, said.

Final histological examinations and molecular biology tests on tissue removed during the Holy Father's surgery were completed.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ November plenary also will address diversity, lectionary translations, canonization causes, and votes on leadership positions.

The scholars told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that it should support “defined normative boundaries” for the use of AI in warfare.

Luis de la Fuente, the Spanish national team coach, brought the World Cup to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza and presented it to the Virgin during an Oct. 19 ceremony.

Chaldean Catholics from around the world gathered with their patriarch at the Vatican Faith, Reunion and the Hope of Return: Chaldean Catholics Gather at the Vatican

Father Carlos Martins alleges that two Catholic commentators made false statements about him on a podcast; defendants deny the allegations.

The pontiff met with participants of the “Holiness in History” conference at the Vatican on Wednesday.

Archbishop Jesús Sanz Montes of Oviedo, Spain, defended the presence of God in public life during a forum held at the Spanish Senate.

The pope stressed that the commitment to protect families is “more urgent than ever before.”

The exhibit is open from Oct. 16 to Nov. 28 at San Francisco’s Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.

High cost of living, inflation, and the job market topped life issues among Catholics polled ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections

The national Black Catholic men’s conference took place in Birmingham, Alabama, Oct. 15–18, carrying on the legacy of Father Chester P. Smith.

Father Juan Vásconez said the death of Father Patricio Sánchez resulting from a large cross falling in him should not be interpreted as a punishment but as a call to repent, as we will all die.

The bill calls for a report identifying Syrian officials who are suspected of abuses and for consideration of targeted sanctions against them.

Prior rector of the Venerable English College in Rome, Father Stephen Wang has been appointed the new bishop of Arundel and Brighton.