The Vatican released a letter on May 4, but dated November 2024, in which the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) categorically rejected a proposal from the German episcopate to introduce ritualized blessings for couples in same-sex...
One year ago today, on May 8, 2025, white smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the College of Cardinals had elected the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church: American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who took the name Leo...
The organizing committee for World Youth Day in Seoul, Korea, chose the following five saints to be patrons for the event because they convey the themes of truth, love, and peace. The saints selected are Pope St. John Paul II, founder of World...
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging compliance with nondiscrimination policies for preschools that received public funds. The case, St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, challenges a nondiscrimination agreement that Colorado...
“Vocations are a sign of God’s free gift of merciful love to a world in need of salvation,” said Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations, in...
In light of recent public comments regarding the Catholic Church’s teaching on war and peace, Bishop James Massa, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, issued the following statement to the faithful in order to...
On August 15, 2026, the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau will celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the founding of its diocese (Aug. 24, 1956) during the first-ever Diocesan Eucharistic Congress to be held at the West Plains Civic Center. The day...
During Pope Leo XIV’s “urbi et orbi” (“to the city and the world”) message on Easter Sunday, he called for a prayer vigil for peace to be held Saturday, April 11, at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. The pontiff encouraged the faithful to join...
This Easter, dioceses and archdioceses across the nation welcomed thousands of people into the Church, with some noting elevated numbers of conversions compared with recent years. The growth of people joining the Catholic Church is widespread,...
For over 125 years, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, New York, have provided comfort and nursing care to impoverished patients who suffer from incurable cancer for free. Now, they face fines, loss of licensing, and even jail time if they fail to...