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Gaza’s Only Catholic School Reopens After 3-Year Closure

Some children and teenagers from Gaza participate in a lesson on the veranda of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word house, inside the compound of the Holy Family parish in Gaza. “Engaging in studies helps to avoid thinking and talking only about the war, to not focus solely on the conflict. It is a small seed of hope,” Father Gabriel Romanelli explained to EWTN News.

Father Gabriel Romanelli told a visiting delegation he hopes the reopening of the parish school “will bring some sense of normality” to the students and their families.

German Bishop Backs Married Priests Ahead of Bishops’ Assembly

The Regensburg Cathedral and Stone Bridge are seen along the Danube River in Regensburg, Germany, in an undated photo.

Auxiliary Bishop Josef Graf of Regensburg said the Church could ordain married men of proven faith while affirming the value of celibacy and rejecting women's ordination.

Pope Calls for Respect and Love Toward Those Who Think Differently

Daniel Ibañez
Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims while riding in his popemobile at the end of his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 16, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News

According to Pope Leo, the message of Gaudium et Spes on “the growing interdependence of men” is especially urgent today.

The Vatican and Russia

Igor Ivanko
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Vatican envoy and Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations of the Holy See, leads a mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary in Moscow on August 27, 2026.

COMMENTARY: Today’s world is desperate for serious moral leadership. That power of moral witness is the only real power the Holy See has in world politics.

Catholics Process in Washington, Head to Congress in Solidarity With Migrants

Catholics gather for a procession in Washington, D.C., to show solidarity with migrants on Sept. 15, 2026, organized by the Dorothea Project.

The Mass, procession, and rally brought out more than 100 Catholics. Following the events, some attendees met with congressional staffers about the dignity of migrants.

If Hope Is Gone, Slow Extinction Looms for Middle East Christians

Mohammad Nazal
A church stands in Taybeh on Sept. 8, 2026. Taybeh is a historic Palestinian Christian village east of Ramallah, known for its churches and centuries-old Christian heritage. Residents have reported growing pressure from settler violence, land disputes and movement restrictions, while local churches continue to serve as important centers of worship and community life.

COMMENTARY: The faith remains strong, but confidence in a secure future is fading as Christians increasingly leave their ancestral homelands.

Cardinal Pizzaballa Calls Christians in the Holy Land to Make the Cross a Way of Life

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa presides over Mass on the eve of the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Sept. 13, 2026, at Christ the Redeemer Church in Taybeh, West Bank.

The Latin patrarch presided over Mass on the eve of the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Taybeh, calling on Christians to live the “logic of the cross” through love and self-giving.