Just ahead of International Women’s Day, the GIVEN Institute announced that Mother Agnes Mary Donovan, SV, the first superior general of the Sisters of Life, will receive the 2026 GIVEN Fiat Award. GIVEN, a nonprofit organization that helps young women identify their gifts for the Church and the world, will honor Donovan “for her extraordinary…

Scottish Catholic bishops and pro-life leaders have made a passionate plea to politicians ahead of a key vote to reject a proposed assisted suicide bill because it is “unsafe.” Assisted suicide is currently illegal in Scotland, but if Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill becomes law, terminally ill adults will be…

The widely acclaimed English historian and pro-life campaigner Jack Scarisbrick has died at the age of 97. The devout Catholic and Henry VIII scholar passed away on Feb. 28. Zoe’s Place, the U.K. children’s hospice he founded, announced his passing: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our founder, Professor J.J….

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news you might have missed this week: Catholic bishops’ conferences around the world call for end to Iran war Catholic bishops in Europe and Asia are calling for de-escalation of the Iran war as the conflict broadens across the Middle East. “No political leader has the authority to…

A Jesuit priest says he has a “much larger perspective” of the crisis of war after fleeing the Holy Land at the outset of U.S. and Israeli aggressions against Iran. Father Anthony Wieck, SJ, told EWTN News he was leading a pilgrimage of about 20 Catholics in the Holy Land when the war began on…

A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to having attempted a bombing plot against an October 2025 Red Mass in Washington, D.C., a liturgy whose attendees regularly include Supreme Court justices and other high-ranking government officials. Louis Geri was arrested outside of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle on Oct. 5, 2025, with police…

A Chaldean Catholic bishop has been arrested in San Diego and charged with embezzling Church funds. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office said Bishop Emanuel Shaleta was arrested on March 5 at San Diego International Airport as the prelate was “attempting to leave the country.” The sheriff’s office said in a press release that the…

The standing committee of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference (CEE, by its Spanish acronym) has approved the creation of a department for relations with Islam, intended to address the growth of the country’s Muslim population. This new body is part of the Bishops’ Subcommittee for Interconfessional Relations and Interreligious Dialogue, chaired by the auxiliary bishop of…