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Pope Francis at his general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 17, 2023.

Pope Francis offers condolences after 9 die in northern Italy floods

May 18, 2023

By Courtney Mares

Thousands have been evacuated from the worst-hit areas, which include Ravenna, a city famous for its churches’ sixth-century Byzantine mosaics. Read more

Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, emeritus Archbishop of Bologna, who died July 11, 2015. Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Bologna.

Catholics in Bologna mourn Cardinal Biffi, a humorous, plain-spoken preacher

Jul 15, 2015

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Humour, realism and culture characterized the life of Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, who died July 11 at the age of 87.... Read more

Journalist blasted for lying in confessional, recording priests' answers

Mar 13, 2015

By Andrea Gagliarducci

The confessional is one of the most private and privileged places in the world. So when an Italian journalist violated... Read more

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Bishops Rudolf Voderholzer and Stefan Oster

‘Never again second-class people:’ German bishops defend life amid high court controversy

Blessed Anacleto González Flores, martyr of the religious persecution that Mexico experienced in the 1920s.

San Antonio Archdiocese to commemorate martyr who fought for religious freedom in Mexico

The Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan, announced on June 29, 2025, a restructuring plan that will merge parishes in the face of a priest shortage.

Crippling priest shortage leads to restructuring of Grand Rapids Diocese

Diogo Jota of the Liverpool soccer team.

Funeral of soccer star Diogo Jota: Tributes, mourning, and final farewell 

Canterbury Anglican Cathedral.

Historic Mass celebrated by papal nuncio at Anglican cathedral in rare event

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Catholic bishops: Church will not endorse political candidates despite IRS shift

The Vatican recognizes the pastoral value of the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary on Mount Zvir near the village of Litmanová in northwestern Slovakia from 1990 to 1995 and authorizes public worship, without commenting on the supernatural authenticity of the apparitions.

Vatican approves Marian devotion in Slovakia but doesn’t recognize apparitions

Thousands of young people at the opening Mass for JEMJ 2025 on July 4, 2025, at the shrine in Covadonga located in the Asturias province of Spain.

Youth event in Spain draws thousands who are embracing holiness

Pope Leo XIV greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Castel Gandolfo on July 9, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV receives Ukrainian president Zelenskyy at Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Care of Creation at Castel Gandolfo on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for creation with Latin prayers in Castel Gandolfo gardens

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