Articles by Tessa Gervasini
Catholics with disabilities reflect ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Dec 3, 2025 / 07:00 amCatholic adults with disabilities talked about how faith guides their lives and how dioceses and individuals can better accommodate and understand them.
Newman Guide adds Catholic elementary, secondary, graduate school sections
Nov 24, 2025 / 15:08 pmThe 2025-2026 Newman Guide will help parents and students find reliable Catholic elementary, secondary, college, international, and graduate education programs.
16,000 teens attend Mass together to conclude NCYC
Nov 24, 2025 / 10:35 amThe 2025 National Catholic Youth Conferences (NCYC) concluded with a nighttime Mass drawing around 16,000 teenagers.
10 takeaways from Pope Leo XIV’s address to youth at NCYC
Nov 21, 2025 / 17:50 pmPope Leo XIV spoke to teenagers during a digital encounter at Lucas Oil Stadium on Friday in Indianapolis during the 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference.
Teens who spoke with Pope Leo XIV reflect on the conversation
Nov 21, 2025 / 15:20 pmPope Leo XIV answered questions from five teenagers at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis during a live digital encounter Friday morning.
Teens at NCYC 2025 excited for faith, fun, sacraments, friends
Nov 21, 2025 / 08:00 amYoung Catholics from across the country have traveled to Indianapolis to take part in NCYC for three days of prayer, community, evangelization, catechesis, and service.
How to watch Pope Leo XIV’s historic live digital encounter with American youth
Nov 20, 2025 / 15:30 pmThe Holy Father will hold the digital discussion with young Catholics amid the Nov. 20–22 NCYC, hosted by the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry.
What attendees can expect at the 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference
Nov 20, 2025 / 11:34 amThe National Catholic Youth Conference meets in Indianapolis for three days of prayer, community, evangelization, catechesis, and service for Catholic teenagers.
Teen anticipates speaking to Pope Leo XIV at upcoming National Catholic Youth Conference
Nov 19, 2025 / 07:00 amMia Smothers said she is looking forward to the “opportunity of a lifetime”: speaking with Pope Leo XIV at the upcoming National Catholic Youth Conference.
Cardinal Pizzaballa to visit Detroit to support humanitarian efforts in the Holy Land
Nov 17, 2025 / 13:03 pmThe Archdiocese of Detroit plans to welcome Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa for a pastoral visit in December to help fundraise for efforts in the Holy Land.
Bishops discuss faith formation before National Catholic Youth Conference
Nov 17, 2025 / 07:00 amBishops discussed young Catholics’ place in the Church ahead of the National Catholic Youth Conference.
Respecting human dignity can align with safeguarding nation, Bishop Burbidge says
Nov 15, 2025 / 08:00 amBishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, said the country can simultaneously protect its borders and treat immigrants with respect.
Border czar Homan says ‘Catholic Church is wrong’ on immigration
Nov 14, 2025 / 15:13 pmBorder czar Tom Homan strongly opposed the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) “special message” on immigration.
U.S. bishops receive briefing on artificial intelligence
Nov 13, 2025 / 13:50 pmThe U.S. bishops received a briefing on the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence (AI) from Notre Dame theology professor Paul Scherz.
Bishops approve beatification cause of priest who ministered in U.S.-Mexico border region
Nov 12, 2025 / 15:24 pmThe United States Conference of Catholic Bishops voted in favor of advancing the beatification and canonization cause of the late Jesuit Father Richard Thomas.
Meet the teens speaking to Pope Leo XIV at upcoming National Catholic Youth Conference
Nov 12, 2025 / 14:24 pmA group of teens will speak with the Holy Father during a digital encounter at the upcoming National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis.
U.S. bishops to consecrate nation to Sacred Heart of Jesus
Nov 11, 2025 / 17:16 pmU.S. bishops approved the consecration of the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 2026 to accompany the country’s 250th anniversary.
Immigration is a ‘personal one because we’re pastors,’ U.S. bishops say
Nov 11, 2025 / 16:04 pmU.S. bishops said immigration enforcement in the United States is a “crisis situation” affecting human dignity and religious liberty in the nation.
Apostolic nuncio to USCCB assembly: ‘Where have we been and where are we going?’
Nov 11, 2025 / 14:26 pmApostolic Nuncio Cardinal Christophe Pierre told bishops that the Second Vatican Council is “the key to understanding what Church we are called to be today.”
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to same-sex marriage decision
Nov 10, 2025 / 18:12 pmKim Davis, a Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk from 2015 through 2019, petitioned the Supreme Court in July to reconsider the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.