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Pope Francis meets with other delegates of the Synod on Synodality at a roundtable discussion in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Oct. 17, 2024.

Synod on Synodality study groups discuss progress at Vatican meeting

Feb 18, 2025

Formed in 2024 at Pope Francis’ request, the study groups are intended to deepen the theological, pastoral, and canonical reflections on 10 themes.

The Frauenkirche, the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.

Bishops call for unity after deadly attacks in Germany and Austria

Feb 18, 2025

In Villach, Austria, a 14-year-old Austrian boy was killed Saturday, Feb. 15, by a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker in what authorities have classified as an Islamist attack.

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions.

Vatican doctrine chief warns against ‘claim to omnipotence’ of gender ideology

Feb 18, 2025

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández addressed scholars at the Cologne School of Catholic Theology about gender ideology’s “claim to omnipotence.”

Home of the Legionaries of Christ in Cumming, Georgia, catches on fire after a lightening strike on the morning of Feb. 16, 2025.

Lightning strike sparks fire, destroys Legionaries of Christ home near Atlanta

Feb 17, 2025

The building, which housed four priests and three missionaries, is located on Woodsong Trail in Cumming, Georgia, about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta.

Concert at the Santa Maria dell'Olivo convent in Maciano, Italy, in July 2024.

Pope receives prisoners’ prayers for recovery while hospitalized in Rome

Feb 17, 2025

While hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis has received touching letters from inmates who were set to perform for him at a special concert.

Statues illuminated in ethereal blue light during the special evening access to St. Peter's Basilica for the Jubilee of Artists, Feb. 16, 2025.

At Vatican evening event, historic St. Peter’s bell ‘speaks’ through new sound installation

Feb 17, 2025

The work by American artist Bill Fontana transforms the resonances of the 9-ton bell into an immersive acoustic experience.

Crowds at a town hall meeting on immigration in Los Angeles, January 2014.

New UK immigration bill ‘punishes’ refugees, say Catholic bishops and Jesuit Refugee Service

Feb 17, 2025

The Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill is currently making its way through the U.K. Parliament and passed its second reading on Feb. 10.

Top row from left to right: Niña Ruiz Abad, Marcelo Henrique Câmara, Sister Cecilia María de la Santa Faz. Bottom row from left to right: Víctor Manuel Schiavoni, Chiara Badano, Rebeca Rocamora.

Meet 7 ‘Generation X’ Catholics on their way to sainthood

Feb 17, 2025

Several of these seven members of Generation X — born between 1965 and 1980 — are already beatified, while others are in the process of beatification.

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Marriage researchers Brad Wilcox (right) and Margarite Mooney on the stage of a panel discussion titled "Why Have Children?" on Feb. 15, 2025, at the New York Encounter conference in New York City.

New York Encounter panel: Marriage matters ‘more than ever’ amid falling birth rates

Feb 16, 2025

Forecasts that 1 in 3 young adults in the U.S. today will never marry signify a closing of the “American heart,” a leading marriage researcher said Saturday.

Notorious former international pickpocket Víctor Sono Neira.

From international pickpocket to redemption: Víctor Sono’s story

Feb 16, 2025

Víctor Sono Neira spent years trapped in addiction and crime as an international pickpocket. Today, at the age of 72, he is a living testimony to God’s mercy and forgiveness.

Bishop Kevin Doran.

Irish bishop appointed to shepherd two dioceses

Feb 16, 2025

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Kevin Doran to lead the Diocese of Achonry while continuing as bishop of Elphin.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Catholics hopeful on abortion, health policy after Kennedy’s confirmation as HHS secretary

Feb 16, 2025

Kennedy, himself a professed Catholic, has faced intense scrutiny from both sides of the aisle for his controversial views on vaccines, abortion, and public health policy.

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