ORLANDO, Florida — The U.S. bishops consecrated the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 11, entrusting the United States to Christ’s merciful love during a solemn Mass as part of their spring plenary assembly. “We gather not first to celebrate ourselves, but to consecrate, to entrust… and to place our whole nation…

On the first day of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria — the final stage of his trip to Spain before traveling to Tenerife and returning to Rome on Friday — several deeply moving scenes unfolded. At the dock of Arguineguín, which six years ago became known as the “dock of…

Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), said that “today, there are more martyrs than in the first centuries of Church history.” “Martyrdom truly belongs to the heart of Christianity,” said the Swiss prelate, who made his remarks in late May during the annual pilgrimage for persecuted…

The U.S. bishops addressed their plan to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Guadalupan event and detailed their participation in the Intercontinental Guadalupan Novena. The bishops discussed engagement with the novena at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) spring plenary session in Orlando, Florida, on June 11. The Intercontinental Guadalupan Novena is a nine-year…