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Uganda Postpones Martyrs’ Day Celebrations Over Ebola Fears

Badru Katumba
Churchgoers gather for Sunday Mass in Padea, on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 17, 2026. The World Health Organization declared an international health emergency on Sunday over an outbreak of an Ebola strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni said the decision follows consultations with key stakeholders in the east African nation.

The Vatican’s Long Game With Iran

ISABELLA BONOTTO
Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi (3L) walks with Iranian Ambassador to the Vatican Mohammad Hossein Mokhtari (2L) as they arrive ahead of late Pope Francis' funeral in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 26, 2025.

ANALYSIS: Behind a recent controversial honor for Tehran’s envoy lies a history of back‑channel diplomacy, shared U.N. battles and carefully tended lines to the ayatollahs.

From Budapest to Princeton, Catholic Scholars Mobilize to Reconnect Faith and Political Life

CatholicPOST, the Association for the Renewal of Catholic Political and Social Thought, held its first conference titled “The Renaissance of Catholic Social Teaching,” on March 9–10, 2026, at the Ludovika University of Public Service in Budapest.

CatholicPOST seeks to restore Catholic social doctrine to its rightful place in intellectual life and academic discussion.

Nigeria Catholic Hospital Fire Leaves Marian Statue Untouched, Draws Non-Catholics to Prayer

A statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary remained untouched after a fire severely damaged sections of Mother of Christ Specialist Hospital in Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Enugu on May 10, 2026, according to Sister Maria Chinaemerem Igwe, the administrator at the facility.

A fire at the Mother of Christ Specialist Hospital in the Diocese of Enugu broke out on May 12, causing vast damage — but a Marian statue was left untouched amid the flames.

Your Vocation Is Christ’s Call to Your Heart

Federico Barocci, “The Calling of St. Peter and Andrew,” 1586, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

COMMENTARY: Every vocation is ultimately a summons into communion with Christ.

Top US Leadership Rededicate Country as ‘One Nation, Under God’

Freedom 250
The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, led several thousand attendees in a prayer to "rededicate the United States of America as one nation, under God."

Catholic participants at the event included U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Bishop Robert Barron and actor Jonathan Roumie.