An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda could take more than a year to contain due to scarce resources, regional conflict, and misinformation among local communities, according to Catholic Relief Services. “It is a very big crisis,” Rafaramalala Volanarisoa, head of office for Catholic Relief Services in the DRC, told…

The Order of St. Augustine in Spain will welcome Pope Leo XIV in June with particular enthusiasm: He has visited the country on 10 previous occasions before becoming pope when he served as prior general of the Augustinians from 2000 to 2024. Robert Prevost traveled to Málaga, Seville, León, Valencia, Zaragoza, Santander, Huelva, Valladolid, Madrid,…

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and other Catholic groups appealed a court ruling that would require them to provide workplace accommodations for employees seeking an abortion in certain circumstances. “In 250 years, our nation has never allowed the state to make the church support abortion — and now’s not the time to start,”…

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has published a letter of solidarity with the Church in Mali following several coordinated attacks that took place April 25–26. Bishop A. Elias Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles and chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on International Justice and Peace,…