A British court backed a Vatican tribunal's ruling that financier Raffaele Mancione defrauded the Holy See of tens of millions of euros related to a London property.

British army veteran Adam Smith-Connor, recently converted to the Catholic faith, said he was “grateful” that Vance raised his case when he warned Europe about retreating from freedom.

Colleen and Gerry discuss Pope Francis’ double pneumonia diagnosis and whether the U.S. and the Vatican can find any common ground on key policy issues.

The Trump administration's recent attacks on the resources and structures that serve the poor and on the religious institutions that serve the most vulnerable are unprecedented in their scale, pace and human impact.

Sam Sawyer, S.J., president and editor in chief of America, announced today the selection of three graduating seniors from three U.S. colleges to serve as the 2025-26 Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Postgraduate Media Fellows.

Doctors say pneumonia in anyone can be serious, but for someone of the pope’s age, it’s potentially life-threatening.

“The conference suddenly finds itself unable to sustain its work to care for the thousands of refugees who were welcomed into our country and assigned to the care of the USCCB by the government after being granted legal status.”

The pope also extended his greetings to the thousands of artists who had come to celebrate their Jubilee in Rome this weekend.

The announcement came as Francis was in his bed in the Gemelli Hospital being treated for an infection of the respiratory tract. A Vatican spokesman said "the Holy Father passed a good night and slept well.”

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, by Zac Davis