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Leo XIV records his “Pray with the Pope” video each month, but how does he choose the intentions he wants the Church to pray for? “They’re absolutely the pope’s intentions; however, he does it in a very synodal way,” after gathering input from many sources, Father Cristóbal Fones, SJ, international director of the Pope’s Worldwide…
BRUSSELS, Belgium — The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) told EWTN News that a 40,000-euro (about $46,000) fine on Serbian soccer club Red Star Belgrade was for a banner containing offensive language directed at the organization, not for a massive display featuring an Orthodox Christian icon, which drew international attention. The case follows a…
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Christians in Bangladesh formed a human chain and rally in the capital March 31 demanding that the government declare Easter Sunday a public holiday. The Bangladesh Christian Association organized the demonstration in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka, calling on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to add Easter to the government’s…
On a briskly cold Shrove Tuesday, I journeyed with a friend to the numinous candlelit gothic surroundings of Temple church in London. One of the finest surviving churches of the Knights Templar and resting place of the “best knight that ever lived,” William the Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, with its characteristic round nave and…
Miriam Lancaster’s story sparked “outrage” after she shared that she was offered medical assistance in dying (MAID) after arriving at a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, hospital with back pain. In 2025, 84-year-old Lancaster was taken to Vancouver General Hospital via ambulance after waking up with intense back pain. She was taken out of the ambulance…
The laity are not “a formless mass, but the body of Christ,” endowed with dignity and responsibility in the Church and in the world, Pope Leo XIV said in his catechesis at the general audience on Wednesday. After riding around a packed St. Peter’s Square in the popemobile on April 1, the Holy Father recalled…
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A tense calm hangs over the predominantly Christian town of Al-Suqaylabiyah in Syria’s Hama countryside after it was attacked on Friday, March 27, by armed groups from outside the town, leaving widespread damage to public and private property. Footage documenting the destruction — filmed by the attackers themselves or secretly recorded by residents — showed…
Is it unseemly for grown men to weep? To tear up every time they hear “The Star-Spangled Banner” at a baseball game, or “Danny Boy” at an Irish wake? If life throws you a curve, which it tends now and again to do, is it alright to commence bawling? Does that qualify you for membership…
