Rest for a priest not a luxury but a necessity for mental health, Nigerian Vatican official says

As part of a formation program, the secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization urged priests to take time away from ministry to sustain their physical and mental health.

Hope for broken marriages: One couple's story

Starting out their marriage without God at the center, the couple became estranged and the husband left, but things began to change when their daughter asked her mom, "Teach me to pray."

Spanish regional government spotlights sainthood cause of Queen Isabella

A regional government's minister of culture highlighted the cause for beatification of Queen Isabella during a meeting with Archbishop Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Bishops' Conference.

Pope Leo XIV appeals for release of Haiti hostages, prays for flood victims in Nepal and Tibet

The pontiff said believers should speak honestly to God in moments of confusion while humbly accepting his ways.

How the movie 'Top Gun: Maverick' inspired a camp for Catholic fathers and sons

The annual camping event welcomes dads and sons for a mission to grow closer, strengthen their relationships through challenges and reflections, and partake in faith-filled adventures.

EWTN News explains: Why does the Catholic Church oppose surrogacy?

The practice of using women to gestate babies for other parents is contrary to the dignity of both marriage and the human person, the Catholic Church says.

Department of Justice says government can't restrict funding based on religious status

Such restrictions on federal funding are made "without any compelling government interest," the Justice Department said in a memorandum opinion.

Pope Leo XIV says Eastern synods can remove patriarchs for serious reasons

The pope made the declaration in an apostolic letter issued motu proprio titled Mutua Concordia.

Senate GOP report finds dangerous lack of guardrails for abortion pill prescribing

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

How one Lithuanian cardinal resisted Soviet persecution from a KGB prison cell

A new biography traces Cardinal Sigitas Tamkevicius' imprisonment by the KGB and his decades leading Lithuania's underground Catholic resistance to Soviet persecution.