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Peruvian President José María Balcázar stated on Sunday, June 7, that Pope Leo XIV will arrive in the country on Nov. 10. When asked — while in the northern city of Chiclayo — about the date of the Holy Fatherʼs arrival in Peru, the president replied that the trip “is scheduled to begin on Nov….
The day after 12 people were wounded by gunfire at a festival in Toledo, Ohio, Bishop Daniel E. Thomas lamented that one of the city’s “most beloved community traditions was suddenly shattered by senseless violence.” On the evening of Saturday, June 6, at the 53rd annual Old West End Festival, 12 people were wounded in…
Thousands braved torrential rain on Sunday to participate in the 100th Eucharistic procession in Cork, Ireland. Despite coinciding with the cityʼs Munster Hurling Final — one of the showpiece events in Ireland’s sporting calendar — the remarkable crowd made its way through the streets of Ireland’s second-largest city in a very public display of Catholic…
On Monday, June 8, the third day of his apostolic journey to Spain, Pope Leo XIV met with six victims of abuse committed “by members of the clergy and the Church” in the country. The Holy See Press Office confirmed the meeting, noting that it took place in the afternoon at the apostolic nunciature in…
MANILA, Philippines — Catholic Church leaders, various religious congregations, and associations have called for prayers and support for all those affected by the powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck parts of Mindanao, southern Philippines, on June 8 leaving many communities in fear and uncertainty. The offshore earthquake severely impacting General Santos City on Mindanao, the Philippines’…
Pew Research Center profiled the U.S. adult Catholic convert population and noted some of the differences between converts and lifelong Catholics. Converts to Catholicism account for 1.5% of U.S. adults. Converts make up 8% of the nation’s Catholics, and the remaining 92% of Catholics are “cradle Catholics,” who were raised in the faith and still…
Pope Leo XIV’s lunch with Spain’s bishops at the apostolic nunciature in Madrid offered a glimpse of the pope’s more informal and humorous side. Yago de la Cierva, who is overseeing the organization of the pope’s trip to Spain, said Leo broke the ice before blessing the meal with a comment that drew laughter from…
A major spiritual event in the Czech Republic and the biggest day in the history of the Diocese of Brno drew thousands of people and the attention of national media in one of Europeʼs most secular societies. The beatification Mass of two priests killed by the communist regime in Czechoslovakia was not “the Church moralizing”…
MADRID — Pope Leo XIV made history Monday by becoming the first pope to address Spain’s Congress of Deputies, delivering a forceful appeal to the country’s political class to defend human dignity and protect life “from conception to its natural end.” The June 8 address, given before about 700 guests amid tight security, drew a…
One in 4 members of Ireland’s Gen Z demographic are expected to be childless by age 45, according to a new report from Dublin’s Iona Institute, which promotes marriage, freedom of conscience, and religion in society. Gen Z generally refers to people born between 1997 and 2012. Drawing on cohort-level data from the Human Fertility…
