Head of French charity warns of existential challenges facing Eastern Christians

L'Œuvre d'Orient marks 170 years with an appeal for solidarity with Christians in the East and highlights three major challenges threatening the future of Christians there.

Inquest finds priest and 4 Catholic civilians shot by British troops 'unlawfully killed'

Father Noel Fitzpatrick was shot and killed along with four others including three youth in Belfast on July 9, 1972.

Mental health crisis in Europe: Church calls for strengthening families and spiritual support

A new study emphasizes the importance of a comprehensive vision of mental health care that treats the whole person and includes spiritual support as well as medical and clinical.

Thousands of pilgrims gather at Fátima to commemorate the apparitions of Our Lady

In his homily, the patriarch of Lisbon, Portugal, said the devotion must transform lives.

Legislation would ensure parents can arrange burial or cremation after pregnancy loss

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, who practiced as an obstetrician-gynecologist for more than 25 years, said he is naming the bill the "Bereaved Parents Rights Act."

FDA Acting Commissioner Kyle Diamantas promises pro-life agenda, calls advocates

Diamantas was elevated after Commissioner Marty Makary resigned.

U.S. Embassy debunks claim Vatican honored Iran with top diplomatic award

"Contrary to news reports, Pope Leo has not bestowed an exclusive special honor on the Iranian ambassador to the Holy See," the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See said.

From seminarian in Nicaragua to priest in Miami: 'I carry my people and my homeland in my heart'

The Ortega regime's repression of the Catholic Church could not silence God's call to Cristhian Mendieta. Having fled Nicaragua as a seminarian, the young man was ordained to the priesthood in Miami.

Vatican says SSPX faces excommunications for 'schismatic' bishop consecrations

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández said Pope Leo XIV is praying for the leaders of the Society of St. Pius X to "reconsider the very grave decision they have made."

President of Costa Rica entrusts her term to Our Lady of the Angels

The bishop of Limón prayed for the new president at Mass, that she would have "wisdom in making decisions, prudence to listen, and clarity to act, always with the well-being of our people in mind."