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The third season of the award-winning online EWTN series “James the Less” will be released on Saturday, Feb. 14, on the EWTN YouTube channel. The first season introduced viewers to James Little, a student fresh out of college desperate for a job. James is an atheist. However, a “help wanted” sign on the church bulletin…
“Catholics of the Byzantine tradition are one of the various Churches that exist in the Christian East,” explained Bishop Manuel Nin Güell, who was recently appointed by Pope Leo XIV as the new apostolic exarch of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata Monastery. The Catholic Encyclopedia explains that “in Eastern Christendom an exarch is a bishop who…
The Catholic Bishops of Cuba announced Thursday that they have asked Pope Leo XIV to postpone their upcoming visit to Rome due to the country’s grave situation, which is generating “so much instability and uncertainty.” The bishops had been scheduled to meet Pope Leo XIV on Feb. 20 as part of their periodic ad limina…
About two-thirds of aborted babies lost their lives to abortion pills, according to a Feb. 10 report by the National Right to Life. The 2026 “Status of Abortion in the United States” report, an analysis of developments in abortion policy, found that chemical abortions account for 63% of all reported abortions in the U.S. as…
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is asking Catholics to participate in an initiative to honor the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence through Eucharistic adoration and works of mercy. “All Catholics are encouraged to join the bishops in praying for the unity and healing of our country,” a bishops’…
Nearly half a dozen more bishops have joined the growing backlash against the University of Notre Dame over its controversial appointment of an outspoken abortion advocate to lead a university department. Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, Bishop Kevin Rhoades on Feb. 11 issued a statement criticizing the university for appointing global affairs Professor Susan Ostermann as…
Caritas Cuba reported that a ship carrying seven containers of humanitarian aid arrived at the port of Santiago de Cuba on Feb. 10. The aid, sent from the United States, will continue to assist those affected by Hurricane Melissa. The commercial vessel docked at the port in eastern Cuba five days after the U.S. government…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani broke a long-standing New York tradition when he missed the Feb. 6 installation Mass for Archbishop Ronald Hicks at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and met with the archbishop four days later. Joseph Zwilling, director of communications for the Archdiocese of New York, told EWTN News that “the mayor and the archbishop were together…
The Pew Research Center released a report examining the most and least religiously diverse countries and territories across the globe. The Feb. 12 report found that the United States is not among the 10 most religiously diverse countries in the world, but when examining only the 10 most populous nations, the U.S. ranks first in…
The centuries-old devotion to Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno of Quiapo, Manila, in the Philippines has formally reached the U.S. West Coast as an official replica of the revered image was turned over to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and entrusted to Holy Family Parish in Artesia and the archdiocese’s Filipino ministry. The replica, gifted by…
