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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has released a video ahead of Easter decrying antisemitism and calling on Catholics to “speak out clearly” against it. “The Church, mindful of the patrimony she shares with the Jews and moved not by political reasons but by the Gospel’s spiritual love, decries hatred, persecutions, displays of antisemitism…
Cardinal Pietro Parolin urged an immediate halt to escalating conflict involving Iran, warning that the risk of a broader war in the Middle East is imminent and calling on world leaders to pursue dialogue and diplomacy instead of military action. Speaking March 19 to journalists at the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Parolin said that if…
Prominent U.S. Catholic leaders will headline commencement ceremonies at multiple Newman Guide-listed schools this spring, offering words of wisdom and faith to graduates around the country. Clergy, political leaders, and media figures will all take part in graduation events from Florida to Texas to Ohio and beyond. Ave Maria University Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will…
Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, called upon the faithful worldwide to participate in the Good Friday collection aimed at assisting Christian communities in the Holy Land. The Good Friday collection is one of the primary sources of support for the Custody of the Holy Land — the Franciscan institution…
On March 12, 2025, Papua New Guinea’s Parliament passed a constitutional amendment by an 80-4 vote formally declaring the country a Christian nation. Led by Prime Minister James Marape, the amendment revised the constitution’s preamble to explicitly acknowledge the Trinity and recognize the Bible as a national symbol. The updated text states: “We acknowledge and…
The number of Catholics in Germany shrank by more than half a million in 2025, leaving just 19.22 million Catholics in the country, according to the latest Church statistics released Monday by the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK). The figure represents a decline from the previous year’s total of roughly 19.77 million, meaning Catholics now make…
Amid deepening political uncertainty and widespread gang violence, a Camillian missionary in Haiti said the country’s upcoming elections offer a fragile hope for renewal, even as the path toward them remains “very vague and very uncertain.” Father Massimo Miraglio, parish priest of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the remote village of Pourcine Pic Makaya,…
The nation’s capital will serve as the halfway point for the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States. The Catholic Information Center’s (CIC) Washington, D.C., Eucharistic procession has taken place the past three years, processing through the city’s downtown area near the White House and past the U.S. Capitol….
VATICAN CITY — Ten years after Pope Francis issued a controversial document on families, Pope Leo XIV will meet with bishops from around the world to discuss the text’s application for today. Amoris laetitia, Francis’ apostolic exhortation on marriage and the family, followed two contentious synods at the Vatican dominated by debate over divorce. Pope…
About 1 million people have been displaced over the past 10 days in Lebanon, where the situation continues to deteriorate, according to Marwan Sehnaoui, president of the Sovereign Order of Malta’s Lebanon chapter. “The situation in Lebanon, in Beirut, and all over Lebanon is a catastrophic situation,” Sehnaoui told “EWTN News Nightly” host Veronica Dudo…
