A judge in Montreal has found sexual misconduct accusations against Quebec’s Cardinal Marc Ouellet to be unfounded and ordered his accuser to pay him $100,000.
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Pope Leo: Catholics cannot be ‘unengaged spectators’ amid ‘injustice, discrimination and violence’
In a new series of reflections on the Second Vatican Council’s pastoral constitution “Gaudium et Spes,” Pope Leo said the faithful are called to leave behind “all passivity and indifference” toward current events.
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Catholic school reopening in Gaza is a reminder that ‘hope is stronger than fear,’ bishop says
As children worldwide head back to classrooms this fall, students in Gaza are returning to a vastly different reality as the school at Holy Family Parish reopens for the first time since the start of Israel’s military campaign.
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Catholic aid worker in Nepal sees ‘long road’ to recovery after ‘unprecedented’ disaster for region
At least 955 people have been killed and over 4,470 remain missing following an Aug. 26 glacial collapse in Nepal’s Langtang National Park.
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They look like religious teachers. But they’re AI — and millions are listening
“AI can help maybe with information and training and insight, but it can’t actually transmit spirituality,” said Swami Sarvapriyananda, a Hindu monk.
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Pope Leo ordered removal of Rupnik’s artwork from Vatican website, Lourdes bishop says
In the interview with Paris Match, Bishop Jean-Marc Micas said that during a private audience in June 2025, the pope made his willingness to resolve the matter regarding the controversial priest’s artwork “very clearly.”
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Pope Leo grants Eastern Synods the faculty to remove patriarchs
In a new motu proprio, Pope Leo XIV grants the Synod of Bishops the power to remove a patriarch from office should their relationship be irreparably compromised for serious reasons.
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Interview: the Catholic Biblical Association’s first Jewish president on Scripture, antisemitism and interfaith relations
“One should always read someone else’s Scriptures with generosity and grace. I see myself in this process as an ally to the Catholic tradition,” says Amy-Jill Levine.
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Pope Leo meets Europe’s richest man, who donated millions to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris
Bernard Arnault, the head of Louis Vuitton and Europe’s richest man, contributed more than $233 million toward the reconstruction of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
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One year after Annunciation Catholic school shooting, Archbishop Hebda calls on faithful to be ‘beacons of light’
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda is encouraging community members to be “beacons of light” ahead of the one-year mark of a fatal shooting during an all-school Mass.