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The Diocese of Brooklyn will pursue a broad settlement with more than 1,000 alleged victims of Church abuse, Bishop Robert Brennan said on Feb. 12, with a well-known California judge set to help mediate the process. Unlike many U.S. dioceses that have faced hundreds of sex abuse claims and tens of millions of dollars in…
“The situation has worsened” in Nicaragua following the ban on pastoral missions in the Diocese of León and the tightening of restrictions on religious events held by the Catholic Church in Managua and other cities, according to Martha Patricia Molina, a Nicaraguan researcher in exile. The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife and…
In his message for Lent 2026, Pope Leo XIV urges Catholics to listen more closely to God and others — and to “disarm” their language by fasting from words that wound. The Lenten season begins Feb. 18 with Ash Wednesday. In the message, released Feb. 13, the pope offers a simple definition of Lent as…
The bishops of Venezuela said they seek to convey “a message of hope” to their fellow citizens amid “the anxieties and fears” the situation in the country is generating, especially after the U.S. military operation that led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on Jan. 3. Through a new…
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…
