Vatican News

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 November 6, 1936. Troops under the command of General 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.

Bishop Daniel E. Garcia said the Voting Rights Act was born from the sacrifice of those who fought to secure equal access to the ballot, especially for communities of color long denied that right.

The pope’s message was delivered by the apostolic nuncio in Rwanda during the opening ceremony of the first-ever SIGNIS World Congress to be held in Africa, taking place in Rwanda this week.

The archbishop of Oklahoma City drew a clear distinction between authentic patriotism and distorted nationalism.

The Ceuta border separates two radically different socioeconomic realities.

Fully 83% of the state’s voters opposed the measure, which would have eliminated the individual income tax and replaced it with a heavier reliance on sales taxes.

At the convention, Knights and observers gathered for Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly’s presentation of the Knights’ annual report and an awards ceremony honoring outstanding Knights and councils.

Parishes are often shielded from litigation during federal bankruptcy proceedings, but Judge Heather Cooper said they potentially constitute the “largest assets” in the Burlington Diocese.

“While it is true that, thank God, there were no serious injuries, let alone any loss of life, the lack of security on the highways of our country is deeply concerning,” Bishop Luis Lerma lamented.

A wealthy Catholic investor near Munich is paying 500 euros for every baptism, and the Diocese of Augsburg is not entirely comfortable with it.

More than 4 in 10 respondents agreed with the statement “I am inclined to think that I am a failure,” according to the Institute for Family Studies.

The pontiff accepted the invitation of the heads of state and ecclesiastical authorities of the three countries; it will be his first papal trip to Latin America.

The pope urged Catholics to rediscover prayer “in its true form” and embrace the Liturgy of the Hours as a daily school of Christian prayer.

The sacraments were administered by Father Álisson Muryel of the Archdiocese of Campo Grande, an area that has 11 prisons and nearly 10,000 inmates.

Catholic environmental advocates urged the faithful to weigh technology through the lens of stewardship, human dignity, and the common good while caring for God’s creation.

The Knights of Columbus are holding the 144th Supreme Convention in Denver.

“I write to comfort the afflicted, to ignite the comfortable, and to confront injustice with the full conviction of the Gospel,” San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller wrote.