Niwa Limbu

The honour was to recognise the senator’s work on immigration reform and his support for migrants, causes that Cardinal Blase Cupich describes as urgently needed in today’s society

A Solemn High Mass in the traditional Latin rite was celebrated at a main altar of St Peter’s Basilica on the Feast of St Michael, marking the first public use of the 1962 Missal in the basilica since restrictions were introduced in 2021.

Cardinal Stephen Chow has rejected claims of religious persecution in Hong Kong, putting him at odds with his outspoken predecessor Cardinal Joseph Zen.

The former private secretary to Pope Benedict said the pontiff pursued the cause 'vigorously' throughout his papacy but admitted that, in the end, 'efforts at reconciliation reached an impasse'

Leo is the first pope from the US and the wider Anglosphere, a fact that lends a distinctive character to this meeting between the head of the Church of England and the head of the world’s Catholics who heralds from a country that fought a war of independence to free itself from the British monarchy

Bishop Georg Bätzing has rejected suggestions that his country’s guidelines on same-sex blessings contradict Vatican teaching and despite Pope Leo XIV’s recent criticism of such initiatives

In an online article, the priest argued that the consequences of homosexual practice, both physical and psychological, were being ignored or concealed and he accused the Church of contributing to a wider social shift by admitting candidates with openly homosexual tendencies to the priesthood

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to protect female sports from participation by biological males

Leaked WhatsApp messages have disrupted the Vatican’s high-profile financial appeals trial, as defence lawyers demand the removal of chief prosecutor Alessandro Diddi over alleged witness tampering.

Religious from across the world will gather in Rome this October as Pope Leo XIV leads a Jubilee honouring the vocation of consecrated life and its place at the heart of the Church’s mission.