The Loyola University Chicago student who was shot and killed last week was a “beautiful person” and a “genuine soul,” campus leaders said amid mourning over the 18-year-old’s murder. Sheridan Gorman was shot and killed early on March 19 while walking with her friends near the Jesuit university’s campus, officials said last week. Law enforcement…

A conference will highlight Orestes Brownson with the hopes of making him “a household name” among Catholics, organizers said. The “Orestes Brownson and the Mission of America” conference will be held at The Catholic University of America (CUA) on April 16 for “all those seeking a vision of the United States to carry us into…

Representatives of the International Association of Exorcists (AIE) have asked Pope Leo XIV to ensure that every Catholic diocese worldwide has “one or more” trained exorcists, citing what they describe as a rise in cases linked to occult practices and spiritual distress. The request was made during a private audience March 13 at the Vatican’s…

Dani Dayan, chairman of Yad Vashem, said that remembering and honoring the Holocaust is essential to combating rising antisemitism worldwide. Dayan, who met with Pope Leo XIV on March 23 together with Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See, Yaron Sideman, said their conversation focused on “two issues: the historical remembrance, the need to remember, to…

LAHORE, Pakistan — Every year during Lent, Sunil Masih remembers his elder brother as churches in Youhanabad — Lahore’s largest squatter settlement for poor Christians — mark the anniversary of the 2015 church bombings. The four Catholic brothers were among more than 150 Christians arrested by police days after twin suicide attacks on St. John’s…

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Although very small in number, Catholics in Bangladesh are making an invaluable contribution to the care of tuberculosis patients in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. “Bangladesh is an underdeveloped country and due to financial reasons, many people in this country do not go to the doctor at the primary stage of any health issue, only…