Smartphones and Fertility: Studies Suggest a Link — and Complex Implications
The rise of smartphone culture has had a negative effect on most kinds of in-person socialization, Catholic social scientists say, exacerbating loneliness and serving as a barrier to fruitful, holy relationships.
Northern Ireland City Leads First Coordinated Worldwide Marian Eucharistic Procession
The Northern Ireland city kicked off a worldwide Eucharistic procession honoring the Blessed Mother, coordinated at the same time across six continents.
US Vice President, Second Lady Share Family Mass Attendance Practices
Having priests come to celebrate Mass at home is ‘one of the rare privileges of this life,’ Vice President JD Vance said.
The Priesthood Enters the World Through the Diaconate
COMMENTARY: An Open Letter to Those Entering the Transitional Diaconate
Catholic-Backed Religious Liberty Lawsuit Asks Supreme Court to Address ‘Finality’ Rule
The U.S. Catholic bishops have backed the lawsuit brought by Jewish resident Daniel Grand against the city of University Heights, Ohio, in a dispute over a planned prayer group.
Human Dignity and Human Frailty at the Heart of ‘Magnifica Humanitas’
COMMENTARY: We can’t understand how Pope Leo urges us to address the challenges of technology without understanding what he is teaching us about the meaning and the demands of human dignity.
Pope Leo XIV Comforts Elderly Suffering From Loneliness: God’s Love ‘Forgets No One’
In 2026, the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly will be celebrated on the Feast of Saints Anne and Joachim, the grandparents of Jesus.
Pakistan Government Takes Over Historic Christian College Building in Lahore
Punjab authorities have seized Ewing Hall, a century-old building tied to Lahore's Forman Christian College, as Christian leaders and rights groups warn it could be lost for good.
Norway’s March for Life Returns After 40 Years, Uniting Christians for the Unborn
Catholics, Lutherans, Pentecostals, and evangelicals marched together for the unborn through a rainy Oslo in Norway’s first major March for Life in some 40 years.
Pope Leo XIV: Catholics and Jews Must Work Together to Fight Antisemtism
The pontiff addressed representatives of the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York on June 15.