The Sovereign Military Order of Malta’s humanitarian outreach assisted 9 million people in 2025 across conflict- and disaster-affected regions, including Gaza and Ukraine, and has launched an emergency response in Venezuela. Speaking for the nearly 1,000‑year‑old humanitarian order, Josef Blotz, its grand hospitaller, told “EWTN News Nightly” about “the sobering degree of need” and the…

NKONGSAMBA, Cameroon — The Catholic Diocese of Nkongsamba in Cameroon has appealed for prayers for the safe release of a priest and two members of the Fraternity of Franciscans of Emmanuel (FFE) who were abducted in the country’s North-West Region. In a June 30 statement, the vicar general of the diocese announced that Father John…

One day after the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) consecrated four bishops without the permission of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican issued a decree declaring the excommunication of all bishops involved in the ceremony. Published on July 2 by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the decree specified that the consecrating…

ROME — Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said Wednesday that the episcopal ordinations carried out earlier in the day without papal mandate by the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) constitute a schismatic act. “I don’t think there is much to say about this episode,” Parolin said at an event July 1. “First…

Seton Hall University President Monsignor Joseph Reilly was “not implicated” in an internal report examining the school’s response to sex abuse allegations, the Archdiocese of Newark said this week. The archdiocese on July 1 announced the release of its own report into whether an internal investigation commissioned by Seton Hall — the latter known as…