Representatives of the International Association of Exorcists (AIE) have asked Pope Leo XIV to ensure that every Catholic diocese worldwide has “one or more” trained exorcists, citing what they describe as a rise in cases linked to occult practices and spiritual distress. The request was made during a private audience March 13 at the Vatican’s…

Dani Dayan, chairman of Yad Vashem, said that remembering and honoring the Holocaust is essential to combating rising antisemitism worldwide. Dayan, who met with Pope Leo XIV on March 23 together with Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See, Yaron Sideman, said their conversation focused on “two issues: the historical remembrance, the need to remember, to…

LAHORE, Pakistan — Every year during Lent, Sunil Masih remembers his elder brother as churches in Youhanabad — Lahore’s largest squatter settlement for poor Christians — mark the anniversary of the 2015 church bombings. The four Catholic brothers were among more than 150 Christians arrested by police days after twin suicide attacks on St. John’s…

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Although very small in number, Catholics in Bangladesh are making an invaluable contribution to the care of tuberculosis patients in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. “Bangladesh is an underdeveloped country and due to financial reasons, many people in this country do not go to the doctor at the primary stage of any health issue, only…

Pope Leo XIV warned that children must not come to see artificial intelligence chatbots as substitutes for real friendship, cautioning that such reliance could harm their intellectual and emotional development. “We must not allow children to end up believing they can find in artificial intelligence chatbots their best friends or the oracle of all knowledge,…

The state of Aguascalientes in Mexico marked a milestone in the defense of life by becoming the first state to establish a specific date as the “Day of the Unborn Girl and Boy,” an initiative aimed at promoting public policies in support of maternal health and child development. Passed on March 19 by the unicameral…