Acceptance of changing tides was a major theme at the recent Conference of Major Superiors of Men National Assembly.
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Pope Leo to Catholic influencers: Create encounters—not just content
On Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV addressed a crowd of digital missionaries and Catholic influencers about the responsibilities and challenges of their ministry.
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Cardinal Dolan responds to NYC mass shooting: ‘Never get used to violence’
“We should never get used to violence or lose our respect for the sacredness of human life,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, following a deadly mass shooting that claimed four lives, including that of a New York City police officer.
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Meet the 88-year-old scooter-riding catechist from Singapore who has brought 2,000 people into church
For the past 34 years, Andrew Goh has ridden his scooter around Singapore to bring the Catholic faith to the elderly and housebound.
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Faith leaders hope bill will stop the loss of thousands of foreign-born clergy serving US communities
“Unless there is a change to current practice, our community is slowly being strangled,” said the Rev. Aaron Wessman, vicar general and director of formation for the Glenmary Home Missioners, a small Catholic order ministering in rural America.
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Archbishop Gomez and LA business leaders start fund to help families affected by ICE raids
Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez was one of several community leaders who joined to open the Family Assistance Program, aiding those affected by recent ICE raids.
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Pope Leo: Catholic migrants are ‘a true divine blessing’ to the churches that receive them
On Friday, Pope Leo XIV issued a statement on the theme “Migrants, missionaries of hope.”
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Archbishop Pérez, son of migrants, tells migrants: ‘You are not alone’
The archbishop assured migrants in a pastoral letter that “the Church is a community of faith, and the divine person of Christ, who was forced to flee his homeland as a child, holds you in his compassionate arms.”
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Relics of soon-to-be saints Carlo Acutis and Giorgio Frassati will be in Rome for Jubilee of Youth
The relics of Blesseds Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis, who are set to be canonized later this year, will be displayed in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth.
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Ireland’s abortion rates reach record high; Catholic advocates call it ‘a tragedy’
The Irish government “has done nothing to reduce the numbers of abortions…and seems not to care why women choose abortion, or what happens to them afterwards,” Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin and Achonry said.