Catholic Church

New route launched for Blessed Sacrament pilgrimage across US

the national eucharistic congress has announced the official launch of the st. katharine drexel route from indianapolis to los angeles. the ...
The Catholic Herald

Assisted suicide closer in Scotland after parliament backs bill in 'seismic vote'

a bill facilitating assisted suicide through the nhs in scotland has passed its first stage in the legislative process toward becoming law a...
The Catholic Herald

Leo XIV: the pontiff both left and right can applaud

there was palpable confusion when robert francis prevost stepped out on the loggia. a scramble to discern what sort of pontificate the catho...
Tom Colsy

Archbishop Gänswein on Pope Leo XIV: ‘This Pope inspires hope, hope, hope’

archbishop georg gänswein, the former prefect of the papal household, described the results of the recent papal conclave as marking the begi...
Tom Colsy

US bishops highlight pornography’s grip on a lonely, digital society

the united states conference of catholic bishops (usccb) has released a ten-year anniversary preface to its document on the harms of pornogr...
Thomas Edwards

Our Lady of Fátima: observing the centenary of the First Five Saturdays devotion

just over a century ago, between may and october 1917, our lady appeared at fátima in portugal, at the height of world war i – as europe was...
Donal Anthony Foley

Zelenskyy invites Pope Leo XIV to Ukraine in 'warm and substantive' first call

ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy announced on monday he had spoken with pope leo xiv and invited him to visit ukraine. on sunday, the...
Charles Collins

Will Pope Leo XIV heal, resist or appease?

the election of a new father in god reconfigures the catholic church. the church is part institution and, with a father in god, part family;...
Gavin Ashenden

A history of popes called Leo and what Pope Leo XIV means for the Church today

on 8 may catholics worldwide celebrated as white smoke rose above the sistine chapel and cardinal robert prevost became the first american p...
Thomas Casemore

Cardinal Tagle hails Pope Leo XIV: 'not a photocopy, but no turning back'

manila, philippines – filipino cardinal luis antonio tagle said he was confident that pope leo xiv would continue the programs of the late p...
Joseph SanMateo