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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV
Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

Young Catholics want doctrinal clarity, not adaptability, Irish bishop says

by Junno Arocho Esteves

The next generation of young Catholics are less interested in a Church that adapts to modern culture and more drawn to one with a solid doctrinal foundation that …

Church can teach what’s at stake when nations choose war, not peace, cardinal says
Lebanese archbishop: Innocents are ‘paying the price’ of Middle East war
Honolulu Diocese expands footprint in city’s downtown with purchase of historic building
Experts: Debates about Zionism, even by Catholics, often at odds with Catholic understanding
From Algeria to Angola, Africans hope message of peace, dialogue will resonate during papal trip

U.S. Church

Grassroots Dorothea Project urges Catholic women to speak against immigration-related injustice

by Kimberley Heatherington

(OSV News) — Katie Holler, a Catholic mother of two, had for months been following news of the Trump administration’s increasingly hardline immigration policies, but she still remembers when she felt compelled to do something more. It was …

Catholic clergy call for prayer, peace after US-Israel attacks on Iran, retaliatory strikes

UPDATE: Sorrow, shock, prayer for Catholics in Middle East as US and Israel strike Iran; region now at war

Diocese of Syracuse wraps $176 million bankruptcy settlement in ‘journey of reparation’

Church leaders call for healing, reconciliation at Mass of solidarity with migrants in Minneapolis

US bishops among supporters of lawsuit against Trump birthright citizenship executive order

Augustinian shares how Pope Leo fought evil in Peru as new bust unveiled in Chicago

World

Bill to allow assisted dying in UK expected to fail in Parliament, but local measures advance

by Junno Arocho Esteves

While the general legislation may not pass in the British Parliament, local measures supporting the bill move on across Great Britain.

Inviting pilgrims back is more than business, it’s family history, Holy Land shop owners say
Pope Leo’s visit to Spain could spark a much-needed ‘spiritual revival’
Our Lady of Guadalupe is the model of ‘perfect inculturation,’ Pope Leo says
Sydney Archdiocese welcomes record numbers at Rite of Election
Spanish bishops clarify Pope Leo XIV’s remarks following media reports

Pope Leo XIV says he considered a vocation with the Salesians as a boy

German bishops’ conference elects proponent of controversial Synodal Way as president

The Epstein files and the desecration of the sacred — what they reveal and how to read them

Vatican

In the face of the mystery of evil, Christians must be signs of hope, pope says

by Carol Glatz

Opinion

5 saintly role models we need to help us overcome today’s problems

by Michael R. Heinlein

A new heart this Lent

by Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

The ‘winter flower’ and her shower of Olympic blessings

by Lauretta Brown

Reviews

Historical novel pitches Christian compassion against ideologies of hatred

by Madelyn Reichert
Crime 101
Meditating on Christ’s passion with St. Thomas More
Hamnet
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