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Pope Leo XIV highlighted the role of universities in an increasingly polarized world, describing them as “privileged places for dialogue.” During a private audience at the Vatican with the board of governors of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Thursday, Leo said that the universities can be promoters of peace at a time “often characterized…
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Priests in the Archdiocese of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have raised alarm over what they describe as a worsening wave of insecurity targeting ecclesial institutions, warning that criminal activity around parishes is becoming increasingly organized and violent. In a statement issued following a meeting of…
Princeton University professor and conservative intellectual Robert P. George called for a renewed commitment to America’s founding values at an event promoting “Fidelity Month,” a month dedicated to strengthening faithfulness to God, family, community, and country. In the spring of 2023, George launched Fidelity Month, a grassroots initiative in response to a Wall Street Journal…
A lack of vocations threatens the closure after more than a century of the Discalced Carmelite monastery in Ronda, Spain, which houses the left hand of St. Teresa of Ávila. The relicʼs final destination will be decided in the coming months. The monastery’s numbers dwindled in recent years from nine to four sisters — one…
Cardinal Camillo Ruini, a formidable strategist of the Church in Italy during the pontificate of St. John Paul II and a key architect of its post-Cold War engagement with politics and culture, died Tuesday in Rome. As head of Italy’s bishops’ conference and vicar of Rome during the 1990s and the 2000s, the cardinal often…
In response to a shortage of Communion hosts in Cuba, the Catholic Church in Panama announced that it had sent 35,000 hosts, while another 300,000 were sent from Puerto Rico, to support the celebration of the Eucharist on the island. In a statement, Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta of Panama announced that this gesture of…
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup soccer playoffs as a backdrop, Ramón Castro Castro, bishop of Cuernavaca and president of the Mexican Bishops’ Conference, called on Catholics to work together, affirming that in the Church, “we have Jesus Christ as our captain.” In his homily during Mass on Sunday, June 14, at the Cuernavaca cathedral,…
The Catholic bishops of England and Wales are “deeply disappointed” that an assisted suicide bill will again be back in Parliament, calling instead for improvements in palliative care. On Wednesday, Labour member of Parliament (MP) Lauren Edwards reintroduced the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which passed a vote in the House of Commons…
A high-profile online controversy in early June reignited one of bioethics’ most charged debates: the morality of terminating a pregnancy following a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. As the discussion spread across social media platforms, a familiar claim resurfaced alongside it — that Iceland has effectively eliminated Down syndrome births through abortion, with virtually every…
Pope Leo XIV dedicated his general audience on June 17 to reflecting on his apostolic journey to Spain the previous week, during which he visited Madrid, Barcelona, and the Canary Islands. In his remarks, the pope praised Spainʼs “very rich Catholic tradition” and highlighted the countryʼs “joyful expression of their faith” as well as the…
