US Ambassador Clarifies View on Pope’s Role in Politics, War After Vatican Response
Burch said his recent comments to ‘The New York Times’ were not meant to imply that Pope Leo’s statements about the Iran war should be seen as simply diplomatic — rather than spiritual — guidance.
US Bishops Tighten Funeral Policies After Growth of ‘Irregular Practices’
The bishops addressed departures from acceptable Church norms regarding the handling of cremated remains and the time and place of eulogies, among other 'liturgical anomalies' during funerals.
Ann Teresa O’Neill, Healed in Mother Seton Miracle, Dies at 78
As a young girl, Ann Teresa O’Neill’s miraculous cure from leukemia was accepted as a miracle to advance St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s path to sainthood.
75 Years After His Death, Cardinal Sapieha’s Example Endures in Ukraine
COMMENTARY: The wartime archbishop of Kraków shaped St. John Paul II and became a model of episcopal courage whose witness finds a striking echo today in Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Ukraine.
Pope Leo XIV Will Visit France Amid Its First Assembly on the ‘Catechumen Boom’
A provincial ecclesial assembly studying France’s surge in adult catechumens has already drawn interest across Europe and the U.S., a hot topic that Leo may address during his September visit.
Young Catholics at Eastern African Assembly Welcome Opportunity to Engage Directly With Bishops
At the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa plenary assembly this week, young delegates are sharing their concerns and offering recommendations to Church leaders.
Federal Guidance on Religious Liberty Reflects Church Autonomy, Parental Rights Rulings
The update is the first revision to the guidance since 2017.
When Light Overcomes Darkness: A Catholic Nun Takes on Modern Vampire Fiction
In a genre saturated with morally ambiguous antiheroes, Pauline Sister Allison Regina Gliot shows how the Eucharist is the ultimate answer to human longing.
Odysseus, Washington, Napoleon and Heroes in an Unheroic Age
COMMENTARY: It is not quite true that we live in a post-heroic age but certainly true that our cynical modern era has real issues with heroism, whether sacred or profane.
Summer Advice From Pope Leo XIV: Don’t Forget the Less Fortunate
‘Let us think of the privilege we have when we support the poor,’ Pope Leo said, adding the importance of supporting the elderly and others who are sick and living through serious circumstances.