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15,000 Faithful and Pope’s Representative Commemorate Centenary of 4 Cristero Martyrs in Mexico

An image of the five martyrs of the Archdiocese of Durango — Sts. Luis Bátis, Manuel Morales, Salvador Lara, David Roldán and Mateo Correa — hangs behind the altar at the Mass marking the centenary of the martyrdom of the first four, celebrated Aug. 15, 2026, in Puerto de Santa Teresa, Zacatecas.

A special Mass was held commemorating Sts. Luis Bátis Sáinz, Manuel Morales, Salvador Lara Puente and David Roldán Lara, who were martyred during the persecution of the Church in late 1920s.

Archbishop Moth Urges UN to Act Against Global Persecution of Believers

Edward Pentin
Archbishop Richard Moth walks through Westminster Cathedral at his installation Mass in London, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.

The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales urged world leaders to enforce religious freedom standards in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Is 30 Minutes Too Long for Confession?

WOJTEK DRUSZCZ
Striking Solidarity workers of the Gdansk, Poland, shipyards line up for confession during a open-air Mass at the Lenin shipyard on Aug. 28, 1988.

A viral social-media exchange raises questions about what happens when a confession takes more than a few minutes.

The Catholic Church Must Prepare for the Coming Battle of Despair

Guy Smallman
Flowers are laid at the plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square during an Aug. 17 vigil for Jason Arday, a former University of Cambridge professor who was found dead at his London home Aug. 14. Arday, 41, had resigned days earlier amid accusations of plagiarism, which he denied.

COMMENTARY: In the years to come, the Church may find itself poorer than ever before — and yet needed more than ever before.

St. Bernadette’s Relics to Tour the United States

A reliquary created by Maison Granda in Spain houses relics of of St. Bernadette Soubirous.

After an opening celebration Sept. 18 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Washington, D.C., the yearlong tour’s schedule will be announced in the coming months.