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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…
Cardinal Joseph Zen, a prominent supporter of the Traditional Latin Mass, has urged the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) to avoid schism by listening to Pope Leo XIV’s explanations of the Second Vatican Council. In a comment posted to X in Italian on Friday, the 94-year-old Chinese prelate weighed in on the ongoing discussions…
In Mexico’s cities bordering the U.S., migration numbers have changed. Where there was once a constant flow of people traveling in caravans, today the numbers have slowed to “a trickle.” However, Catholic shelters point out that, far from disappearing, migration has a new face. In the southern Mexican city of Tapachula bordering Guatemala, known as…
After a three-year legal battle, Maltese singer Matthew Grech, accused of publicly sharing how he abandoned a homosexual lifestyle after his conversion to Christianity, was finally acquitted on Wednesday, March 4. The trial against the 36-year-old singer, a former contestant on “X Factor Malta,” began in April 2022 following an interview on the program “PMnews…
A newly established nonprofit launched a crowdfunding effort to construct a papal tiara that will contain Catholic and American symbolism, with the plan to offer it to Pope Leo XIV as a gift from American Catholics for the first pontiff from the United States. “Historically, the majority of papal tiaras are gifts, usually from the…
St. John’s University’s recent decision to cease recognizing faculty labor unions after 56 years has stirred a mix of criticism and support. A Catholic Vincentian college with campuses in Queens and Manhattan, St. John’s University has about 19,000 students, including 3,000 graduate students, 39% of whom identify as Catholic, according to the university’s enrollment numbers….
