In Castel Gandolfo, Italy, this week, academics and representatives gathered to launch the Global Alliance, a new initiative by the University of Notre Dame and the Laudato Si’ Centre of Higher Education dedicated to promoting integral ecology through fostering environmental collaboration. As reported by the official Vatican News outlet, the initiative, which took place March…

The Cuban government announced that it will release 51 people from prison because of its “smooth” relations with the Vatican — a move that coincides with the upcoming observance of Holy Week. “In the spirit of goodwill, and of the close and smooth relations between the Cuban state and the Vatican — with which communication…

Local police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a Catholic deacon in the Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska, this week. The Omaha Police Officers Association said in a March 13 Facebook post that a “person of interest” was taken into custody on March 12 after Deacon John Zak was reportedly murdered the…

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife and co-president, Rosario Murillo, have banned the ordination of priests and deacons in four dioceses in Nicaragua whose bishops remain in exile. The measure exacerbates a pastoral crisis already marked by years of religious persecution, although vocations continue. The four dioceses without a bishop present in the country…

LAHORE, Pakistan — Catholics in Pakistan have reacted with mixed emotions after Pope Leo XIV reshuffled two senior Church leaders, appointing Sebastian Francis Shaw to lead the Quetta Apostolic Vicariate more than a year after he was removed as archbishop of Lahore amid controversy. The Holy See Press Office announced March 10 that Bishop Khalid…