A former Jesuit, Father Marko Rupnik, 71, is accused of abusing more than two dozen women over several decades.
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40-mile Eucharist procession along Louisiana’s Bayou Teche celebrates Catholic faith and Cajun history
The single-day, 40-mile procession along the Bayou Teche honored both the 250th anniversary of American Independence and the 261st anniversary of Catholicism in the region.
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3 US-based leaders among 12 consultors named to Vatican human development office
Pope Leo XIV has appointed three U.S.-based consultors, all with ties to the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
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West Bank’s last Christian village threatened by extremist Israeli settler attacks
“The situation is getting worse by the day. It is dangerous and unsafe. You are worried about your life and about the lives of your children,” Victor Barakat, a dual U.S.-Palestinian citizen, said.
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San Antonio priest laicized, excommunicated after calling Popes Francis and Leo ‘usurpers’
Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller announced that a tribunal of canon lawyers authorized by the Vatican found John Mary Foster guilty of “a crime against the faith for his refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff.”
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Florida Catholic bishops push back on state AG’s threat to participation in school voucher program
Florida’s bishops issued a staunch defense of their ability to determine policies for Catholic schools after Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent them a letter demanding that Catholic schools adopt religious exemptions to vaccine requirements.
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Pope Leo calls for end to West Bank violence, pursuit of two-state solution
The pope’s appeal came amid reports of violent attacks by Israeli settlers, including in Taybeh, one of the last remaining Christian villages in the West Bank.
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Vatican City mints new coins featuring the face of Pope Leo XIV
It is the first time that the Vatican has issued coins featuring a pope’s portrait in nearly a decade. In 2017, Pope Francis requested that his portrait no longer appear on Vatican coins.
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Australian bishop found guilty of abusing 3 young Aboriginal men
An Australian district court found Bishop Christopher Saunders guilty of committing over a dozen counts of sexual abuse against three young Aboriginal men.
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Pope Leo encourages vocations and synodality in video message to meeting of LCWR sisters
In his message, Pope Leo encouraged the sisters to introduce young people “to your way of life, and help them to hear the voice of the Lord, who speaks to us in the depths of our hearts.”