1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (312+ words) The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life announced that it is hosting a study day on April 28 devoted to "The Sacrament of Marriage, Faith and the Munus Docendi" (Office of Teaching). "This initiative stems from the realization that the relationship…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago  (254+ words) Reflecting on Pope Leo's recent apostolic journey to Equatorial Guinea, the president of the nation's episcopal conference said that he was most struck by the Pope's call to personal responsibility. "The Holy Father has called both the Church and Christians…...

3+ hour, 54+ min ago  (307+ words) A Vietnamese bishop told Vatican News that Vietnamese Catholics "are appreciated for our strong faith, but also we face all the challenges like everyone else, in particular now with AI and with mass media." Auxiliary Bishop Dominic Nguy'n Tuan Anh…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (359+ words) Citing Pope Francis's 2018 revision of a paragraph of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV said that "the Church teaches that "the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (201+ words) On April 26, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, the Church commemorates the 63rd World Day of Prayer for Vocations. The message for the day, issued by Pope Leo on March 16, is entitled "The Interior Discovery of God's Gift." Following an introduction, the…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (286+ words) A California jury found the Diocese of Oakland liable for abuse committed by a former priest in the 1970s and awarded $16 million to one of his victims. The former priest, Stephen Kiesle, was first convicted of abuse in 1978 and laicized in…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (279+ words) The Commission of the Bishops" Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) praised the efforts of the EU, under the six-month presidency of Cyprus, to "sustain political, humanitarian and economic support to Ukraine and its people." "We call on the EU…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (176+ words) The Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, announced a series of pilgrimage events leading up to the beatification of Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979). The events will begin in Peoria, Archbishop Sheen's home diocese, on September 15. The beatification Mass will take place on St....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (242+ words) In an April 23 letter to members of Congress, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services called for $26. 9 billion in funding for various international humanitarian assistance programs. Congress appropriated $26. 0 billion for these programs in the current fiscal…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (193+ words) The Pew Research Center published a study analyzing the prevalence of self-described former Catholics in 24 countries. Former Catholics are rare in Poland: 96% of Poles say they were raised Catholic, 92% say they are still Catholic, and 4% describe themselves as former Catholics....