Archive for May 31, 2025

An attendee prays the rosary during a demonstration called by the association “La Marche pour la vie” against abortion and euthanasia in Versailles, southwest of Paris, on March 4, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Solène Tadié

French bishops condemn passage of euthanasia bill, call for compassionate alternatives

The amended version of the law was passed on May 27 with 305 votes in favor and 199 against. Read more

The garden created at Mepkin Abbey is a way to honor and recognize the enslaved who lived and died on the property for 100 years.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

Trappist monks honor enslaved buried in unmarked graves with garden and Christ sculpture

The monks of Mepkin Abbey have unveiled a garden space honoring enslaved buried in unmarked graves on their South Carolina... Read more

The dome of the Cathedral of St. Bavo in Haarlem, the Netherlands.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Catholic ‘creative minority’ revitalizing Church in the Netherlands, Dutch cardinal says

The Church in the Netherlands is gaining momentum thanks to the “creative minority” of young people rediscovering the Catholic faith,... Read more

Just a mention of Lough Derg summons tales of sleep deprivation, discomfort, and hunger, but it’s a deeply spiritual place of renewal and hope, from which faithful pilgrims often emerge reborn through the rituals of self-purification.?w=200&h=150

By Patrick J. Passmore

Barefoot and hungry pilgrims keep returning to Ireland’s most grueling pilgrimage

Lough Derg is renowned among the faithful for its physically grueling but spiritually uplifting three-day pilgrimage.  Read more

Pope Leo XIV delivers his homily during the ordination of 11 new priests for the Diocese of Rome at St. Peter’s Basilica on May 31, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

Pope Leo XIV ordains 11 new priests for Rome, urges transparent priesthood

Pope Leo XIV ordained 11 new priests for the Diocese of Rome during Saturday Mass, calling for priestly lives that... Read more

El Salvador's massive Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT, by its Spanish acronym).?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Colín

Bishops of El Salvador oppose country being used as ‘international prison’

El Salvador’s Catholic bishops have published a pastoral letter warning of the risk of turning the Central American nation into... Read more

Antonia Salzano Acutis speaks to the faithful in New York City on Thursday, May 29, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Sabrina Ferrisi

In New York City, Antonia Acutis speaks of her son’s holy witness

“We are here to speak about Carlo. As you know, the canonization was delayed. But it was a beautiful surprise... Read more

In the morning, the Holy Blood is venerated in St. Salvator Cathedral during a Eucharistic celebration, with archbishop of Tehran Cardinal Dominique Mathieu concelebrating. Then during the procession, he carries the reliquary for part of the route on May 29, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Thomas Philipp Reiter

PHOTOS: 45,000 attend Bruges’ Holy Blood Procession honoring Christ’s relic

The Medieval city of Bruges, Belgium, marked a centuries-old tradition with veneration of the UNESCO-honored Holy Blood Procession on the... Read more

A shanty town in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in November 2013.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Sierra Leone limits physical contact at Mass amid mpox outbreak

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week. Read more

The faithful march in the Drexel Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, Tulsa, Friday, May 30, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Eucharistic revival urges pilgrims to meet anti-Catholic protests with peace, prayer

The Diocese of Tulsa this week was host to the Drexel Route of the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, which launched... Read more

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful in St. Peter's Basilica, May 31, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

‘Never its master’: Why Pope Leo says science must serve humanity

Pope Leo XIV praised a major bioethics summit in Rome for promoting science rooted in truth and respect for human... Read more

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An attack on Mar Elias Church in Al-Duwaileh, Damascus, by a suicide bomber reportedly killed 22 and injured 59 people on June 22, 2025.

Church leaders react to deadly attack on Mar Elias church in Damascus

St. Paul’s Hospital, operated by Providence Health Care, has a MAID facility on its campus, operated by the British Columbia government’s Vancouver Coastal Health.

Euthanasia facility quietly opens at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver

Auxiliary Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera is secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

Vatican secretary for protection of minors: ‘Harming a victim is harming the image of God’

Smoke from incense drifts in the air at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, California, where the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage concluded on June 22, 2025.

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage concludes with Corpus Christi Mass in LA

Pope Leo XIV leads a Eucharistic procession in Rome on June 22, 2025, for the feast of Corpus Christi.

Christ is God’s answer to humanity’s hunger, Pope Leo XIV affirms on Corpus Christi

Pope Leo XIV speaks to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus on June 22, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV after U.S. bombings in Iran: ‘Humanity cries out and pleads for peace’

Despite being Yazidi, a religious minority that has suffered persecution in Iraq, Wael Jejo Khdeida, along with his wife, tends to Mar Odisho Church in northern Iraq without pay and treats it as sacred.

‘The church comes first’: A Yazidi family’s promise to protect a Christian sacred site

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From heartache to hope: One woman’s mission to match Catholics for marriage

A life-sized statue of Christ is displayed at the site of the Stations of the Cross garden in Maysville, Kentucky, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

Kentucky political leader builds life-sized Stations of the Cross garden

Pope Leo XIV tells political leaders that “natural law, which is universally valid apart from and above other more debatable beliefs, constitutes the compass by which to take our bearings in legislating and acting” at the Jubilee of Governments on June 21, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV tells politicians that AI should serve human beings, not replace them

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