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Vladimir Putin, president of Russia expressed concern about the ongoing internal problem of “falling birth rates” in October 2025.

Putin signals concern for ‘falling birth rates’ in Russia, seeks state solutions

Oct 27, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

President Vladimir Putin is voicing concern about the ongoing internal problem of “falling birth rates” in his own country and... Read more

Pope Leo XIV greets Catholic pilgrims from Russia during an audience in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Oct. 17, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV asks Catholics in Russia to be an example of love, brotherhood, and respect

Oct 17, 2025

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Leo XIV asked a group of Catholic pilgrims from Russia, in Rome on a jubilee pilgrimage, to be an... Read more

President Donald Trump answers questions during a signing ceremony with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (left) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (right) in the State Dining Room of the White House on Aug. 8, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The agreement signed during the ceremony is intended to bring an end to the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijani that has lasted for decades.

Armenian and Azerbaijan presidents sign historic peace deal at White House

Aug 8, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed. Read more

Pope Francis and Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk.

Vatican reassures Ukrainian Catholics that pope did not intend to praise Russian imperialism

Aug 29, 2023

By Alexey Gotovskiy, Courtney Mares

Pope Francis made the comment while speaking off the cuff during a live video conference with Russian youth Aug. 25.  Read more

Young Catholics participating in the 10th edition of the Russian Youth Gathering in St. Petersburg, Russia, watch a livestream of Pope Francis at the Basilica of St. Catherine of Alexandria on Aug. 25, 2023.

Pope Francis encourages young Russian Catholics to be ‘bridge builders’

Aug 26, 2023

By Alexey Gotovskiy

Without referring directly to Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Holy Father called on the youth to pursue peace “in the... Read more

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Spokesman for Russian Catholic bishops: ‘There is no foreseeable solution’ to Ukraine war

Feb 27, 2023

By Ana Paula Morales

Father Kirill Gorbunov said that “the majority of the people are suffering” and that “after a year of war [with... Read more

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow, Russia.

‘Redemption and suffering’: The turbulent history of Moscow’s Immaculate Conception Cathedral

Mar 24, 2022

By Courtney Mares

The cathedral’s first rector was sentenced to death. Read more

Pope Francis talks to young people in St. Peter’s Basilica on March 15, 2022.

Pope Francis invites Catholic bishops worldwide to join him in consecrating Russia, Ukraine

Mar 17, 2022

By Alejandro Bermudez

In a letter sent urgently on Mar. 17 to all U.S. Bishops, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, Archbishop... Read more

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary, Moscow, Russia.

Catholic leader in Moscow welcomes Russia’s consecration to Immaculate Heart of Mary

Mar 16, 2022

By Courtney Mares

Archbishop Paolo Pezzi said he hoped Mary’s intercession would ‘stop the bloodshed.’ Read more

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow, the cathedral of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow.

Russia’s Catholic bishops call on leaders to end conflict with Ukraine

Feb 25, 2022

By Hannah Brockhaus

They said they were ‘deeply shocked’ by the outbreak of full-scale war. Read more

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow.

Pope Francis encourages Catholics in Russia to witness to the Gospel

Oct 11, 2021

By Courtney Mares

As the Soviet Union was disintegrating 30 years ago, St. John Paul II appointed apostolic administrators for the pastoral care... Read more

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Andre Mahanna, a former Maronite Catholic priest.

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

Catholic bishops back Trump’s removal of gender ideology in refugee forms

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools

Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’

Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee.

Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross

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