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Pope Leo XIV waves from the popemobile at the crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square for Mass on Pentecost Sunday on June 8, 2025.

Jubilee of Seminarians, Bishops, and Priests gets underway in Rome

Jun 23, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

More than 6,000 seminarians, bishops, and priests from five continents are in Rome this week to celebrate their jubilee as... Read more

Thousands took to the streets in Cork, Ireland, on Sunday June 22, 2025, to participate in the city’s 99th consecutive annual Eucharistic procession in Ireland’s second-largest city.

Thousands gather in Cork, Ireland, for 99th consecutive Eucharistic procession

Jun 23, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

The procession was led by the Butter Exchange Band and Bishop Fintan Gavin, bishop of Cork and Ross, beginning from... Read more

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Vatican backs report calling for financial reforms to alleviate global debt crisis

Jun 23, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

The document was presented at the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on June 20 as one of the main... Read more

Director Dallas Jenkins (left) and Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus in the wildly successful TV series “The Chosen,” speak with journalists during a press conference on June 23, 2025, at the Vatican.

‘The Chosen’ cast visits Vatican after filming Crucifixion scenes in Italy

Jun 23, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Jonathan Roumie, castmates from “The Chosen,” and director Dallas Jenkins are at the Vatican this week after wrapping up three... Read more

SENT founder John Cannon speaks at the September 2024 SENT Summit.

Turn your Catholic idea into a thriving venture at SENT Summit

Jun 23, 2025

By Andrew Likoudis

The SENT Summit is part of SENT Ventures’ broader vision to foster Catholic entrepreneurship in the secular world — fostering... Read more

In Knock, Ireland, on Sunday June 22, 2025, Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh urged the people of Ireland to “feel inspired and courageous” by the renewed consecration to the Sacred Heart.

Ireland reconsecrated to the Sacred Heart on feast of Corpus Christi

Jun 23, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh urged the people of Ireland to “feel inspired and courageous” by the renewed consecration to... Read more

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

Jun 23, 2025

By Souheil Lawand

In Syria, church leaders condemned Sunday’s terrorist act against worshippers in Damascus that resulted in 22 dead and almost 60... Read more

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

Jun 23, 2025

By Terry O’Neill

A government-ordered euthanasia facility on the downtown campus of the Catholic-run St. Paul’s Hospital is now fully operational. Read more

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’

Jun 23, 2025

By Diego López Marina

Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera contends that instead of a single reparative action, victims of abuse require “an in-depth process... Read more

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

Jun 22, 2025

By Jim Graves

The 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage completed its 3,300-mile journey across the western United States on Sunday, having traversed 10 states. Read more

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

Jun 22, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called on the faithful to “multiply hope and to proclaim the coming of God’s kingdom”... Read more

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’

Jun 22, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

“Today more than ever, humanity cries out and pleads for peace,” Pope Leo XIV said in remarks following his Angelus... Read more

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

Jun 22, 2025

By Georgena Habbaba

Thanks to the devotion of a local Yazidi family, the doors of Mar Odisho Church remain open in the northern... Read more

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

Jun 22, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The founder of Cana Connections describes the new dating service as “more old-school, traditional matchmaking.” Read more

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

Jun 22, 2025

By Daniel Payne

Catholics in northeastern Kentucky will soon be able to follow the passion of Christ in life-sized form thanks to the... Read more

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

Jun 21, 2025

By Francis X. Rocca

Pope Leo XIV urged political leaders from around the world to promote the common good, warning especially of the threat... Read more

Venerable Enrique Shaw.

Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw one step closer to beatification

Jun 21, 2025

By Julieta Villar

The cause for canonization of Venerable Enrique Shaw, an Argentine husband, father, and businessman, took another step forward at the... Read more

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New study reveals the rosary rivals modern meditation for mental health benefits 

Jun 21, 2025

By Thomas Philipp Reiter

A new study suggests that the ancient Catholic practice of praying the rosary may offer comparable mental health benefits to... Read more

The outside of Guaranteed Rate Field, where the Chicago White Sox baseball team plays.

‘He’s one of us’: New short film chronicles Pope Leo XIV’s Chicago life before papacy

Jun 21, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

CEO and President of Spirit Juice Rob Kaczmark takes viewers on a tour of Pope Leo XIV’s childhood life on... Read more

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Sport on June 15, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

Leo XIV to celebrate his first solemnity of Corpus Christi as pope this Sunday

Jun 21, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

As is the tradition, Pope Leo XIV will celebrate Mass in St. John Lateran Basilica, the pope’s cathedral as bishop... Read more