Two prominent Catholic cardinals have expressed their profound concern and sorrow over a recently announced decision by the Society of St Pius X — which rejects the authority of the Second Vatican Council — to ordain bishops this summer without papal approval. “The only solution possible in conscience before God is for the Society of…
It is not enough to love the young, they must know that they are loved,” St John Bosco once famously said. Christine O’Hara, a secondary school teacher at Coláiste Chríost Rí in Cork has applied the saint’s advice in her work as a Catholic educator, providing a safe and reflective space for her students in…
The Vatican on February 25 announced a busy and lengthy foreign travel schedule for Pope Leo XIV in the first half of 2026, confirming the pontiff will visit Monaco, Spain and four African nations — Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea. The announcement sets the stage for one of the busiest papal travel schedules in…
Two Dublin city centre churches are opening their doors to the tens of thousands of people baptised there as part of a collaborative Lent initiative with the Archdiocese of Dublin. St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral and St Andrew’s, Westland Row are the sites of countless infant baptisms, and starting on March 7, anyone baptised at these two…
Today’s persecution of Christians is one of the most prevalent crises in the world today, a Vatican official has told the United Nations. “This unfortunate situation has deteriorated further in 2025 due to the exacerbating factors of conflict and extremism,” Msgr Daniel Pacho told the UN Human Rights Council on February 25. The priest is…
A pro-abortion professor at the University of Notre Dame is turning down a leadership appointment there after weeks of backlash that included more than a dozen US bishops criticising the school for its decision. Mary Gallagher, the dean of the university’s Keough School of Global Affairs, wrote in an email on February 26 that Prof.…
United States Ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch, in an exclusive sit-down interview with Crux Now, said he sees the potential for a “Catholic moment” in the US given the high-profile Catholics in the current administration, with history’s first US-born pope. According to Ambassador Brian Burch, there is a new kind of conservativism in…
The Archdiocese of Dublin is hosting a weekly event for young people to gather and reflect during the Lenten season. ‘5 Thursdays in Lent’ will take place each Thursday from February 26 to March 26, and will focus on the Sunday Gospels of Lent as well as the new Synod resource ‘Baptised and Sent in…
For the first time in eight centuries, the mortal remains of St Francis of Assisi are being exposed for an extended period of public veneration, drawing hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the world to pray before “the Little Poor Man of Assisi.” The bones of the beloved saint were unveiled for public display…
A Polish bishop went on trial on February 18, accused of not informing authorities immediately about alleged sexual abuse of children by two priests in his diocese. It is the first time a Polish bishop is on trial over sexual abuse allegedly committed by priests under his authority. According to the Polish Press Agency, prosecutors…