Two years after “the worst episode of violence against Christians” in Pakistan’s history, according to the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Bishop Indrias Rehmat of Faisalabad said the community of the faithful is outraged by the apparent failure of justice. In August 2023, Muslims in the village of Jaranwala in the…
Archaeologists working on a small island in the Persian Gulf have discovered an artifact attesting a Christian monastic presence on the island some 1400 years ago. The site is located on Sir Bani Yas, an island some 110 miles southwest of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and has been known to…
EWTN Global Catholic Network announced it will serve as the exclusive media partner providing news coverage, broadcast, and digital streaming of Pope Leo XIV’s first-ever digital visit with American Catholic youth during the 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) hosted by the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM) on November 21, 2025. The historic…
The Vatican issued an update to its public procurement regulations to streamline steps in the Holy See’s contracting processes while maintaining integrity and transparency. The new general executive decree was signed on August 5 by the prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, Maximino Caballero Ledo, and took effect on August 10. The decree contains…
In a message issued for the Festivity of St Cajetan the Bishops’ Conference affirmed on August 5 that no economic policy can be considered successful if it implies unemployment, in a direct reference to President Javier Milei’s continuous measures of austerity. Since Milei took office in December of 2023, he approved numerous policies in order…
Maksym Ryabukha, the Greek Catholic bishop of the Exarchate of Donetsk in Ukraine, describes himself as a “bishop on wheels” because he frequently travels to visit parishes and accompany his faithful in the midst of war. “This allows me to see the depths of human life,” he said. One of the youngest bishops in the…
The papal secretary travelled to Peru at the weekend and delivered a special gift. In his luggage he also had personal words from Leo XIV and an announcement. An unusual gift from the Vatican has attracted attention in the northern Peruvian city of Chiclayo. As the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference announced on Monday (local time), Pope…
German bishops are divided sharply over implementing blessing guidelines for same-sex couples, with a comprehensive survey by katholisch.de revealing stark divisions across the country’s 27 dioceses, three months after the publication of the controversial pastoral handout. Five dioceses — Cologne, Augsburg, Eichstätt, Passau, and Regensburg — have explicitly refused to implement the handout, all referencing the Vatican’s…
As officials carry out mass deportations across the United States, Bishop Mark Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, is criticising the Trump administration’s policy of deporting “as many immigrants as possible” without “distinguishing between true criminals and law-abiding persons”. In a recent statement addressing Catholics in his diocese, Bishop Brennan said “some of you have told me that…
Pop icon Madonna asks the Pope to travel to Gaza. He is the only one who cannot be refused entry. The appeal is also read in the Vatican – but probably has no chance of success. The US-American singer Madonna (66) has made an unusual appeal to her fellow generation member and compatriot Pope Leo…