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Pope Francis speaks to religious leaders on the grounds of Indonesia's national mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept 5, 2024.

Pope Francis and grand imam sign joint declaration at Indonesia mosque

Sep 5, 2024

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis signs interfaith declaration at Indonesia’s largest mosque, promoting religious harmony and condemning violence. Read more

The Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Jakarta, Indonesia.

What it’s like to be a Catholic in the world’s largest Muslim country

Sep 3, 2024

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis’ visit to Indonesia spotlights the unique experience of the country’s 8.3 million Catholics who navigate daily life in... Read more

Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald, pictured after receiving the red hat at the Vatican on Oct. 5, 2019.

English cardinal grateful to be honored by queen in annual New Year’s list

Jan 4, 2022

By Luke Coppen

Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald received the award for interfaith work. Read more

Pope Francis attends the concluding ceremony of the Prayer for Peace Meeting organized by the Sant’Egidio Community at Rome’s Colosseum, Oct. 7, 2021.

Pope Francis: All religious traditions must resist ‘temptation to fundamentalism’

Oct 7, 2021

By Courtney Mares

He was speaking at an interreligious gathering in front of the Colosseum. Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square, Sept. 7, 2016.

Is unity the most important thing to Pope Francis?

Jan 9, 2017

By Elise Harris

Pope Francis has decided to begin 2017 in much the same way as he did last year: praying for Christian... Read more

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Supreme Court will hear case on Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries for minors

Bishop Dominique Rey (left), and Coadjutor Bishop François Touvet of Fréjus-Toulon, France.

French diocese to hold ordinations after two-year halt by Vatican

In an Aug. 2, 2024, interview, Father Marcelo Pérez revealed that a “price” had been put on his life. The priest died Oct. 20, 2024, after being shot by two men after celebrating Mass.

Murdered priest in Mexico remembered as ‘tireless apostle of peace’

The Vatican on Oct. 22, 2024, announced it had accepted the request of Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur, OFM, of Bogor, Indonesia (seen here in 2017), to not be made a cardinal at the Dec. 7 consistory as had been previously announced. The bishop’s request “was motivated by his desire to continue growing in priestly life and in service to the Church and the people of God,” the Holy See Press Office said.

Indonesian bishop declines cardinal appointment to ‘grow in priestly life’

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.

Live updates: The Synod on Synodality debates the Catholic Church’s future

The Human Exploration Rover Challenge team at St. Mary’s Catholic School in the Diocese of Richmond.

Virginia Catholic school among 2 middle schools in world picked for NASA rover challenge

Father Gustavo Gutierrez Merino, OP, who is regarded as the father of liberation theology.

Gustavo Gutiérrez, ‘father of liberation theology,’ dies at 96

St. John Capistrano and St. Bernardine of Siena. Museum of Fine Arts of Granada. Painting, oil on canvas, by Alonso Cano (1653-1657) for an altarpiece of the disappeared Franciscan convent of San Antonio and San Diego, Granada.

St. John of Capistrano: Franciscan priest and missionary who achieved military victory

The archbishop of Valencia and president of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference, Jesús González de Zárate, and the apostolic nuncio in Venezuela, Archbishop Alberto Ortega Martín.

Church in Venezuela demands release of minors jailed in election protests

Doctors announce the Women’s Health Declaration at a press conference on Oct. 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Pro-life doctors call for dignified ‘life-affirming’ pregnancy care for women, children

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