Canada’s Bishops Choose New Leader as Church Faces Digital, Cultural, and Indigenous Challenges

Oct 02, 2025 17:10

Elizabeth Owens

Monsignor Pierre Goudreault, Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière in Quebec Photo: Vatican News

Local Church

The Towers of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Reopen to the Public

The exemplary cooperation between institutions, architects, and artisans gives the restoration all the majesty of the Cathedral’s western massif and recalls the historical page of art and faith that bears witness to the French devotion to the Virgin, Mother of Jesus Christ.

Sep 29, 2025 06:39

Rafael Llanes

Good News•Local Church

World’s Largest Statue Dedicated to the Virgin Mary Is Inaugurated in Brazil

The first pieces crafted by sculptor Ranilson Viana arrived in Crato from the city of Petrolina, Pernambuco. The monument to Our Lady of Fatima, made up of several levels that will be assembled, rises 51 meters. The first pieces will be installed in October.

Sep 29, 2025 06:36

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Local Church

Assisi: Meloni to attend St. Francis’ Day celebrations after it is approved as a national holiday

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, accompanied by Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli, will join pilgrims and church leaders in the Umbrian town for the annual liturgy and civic ceremonies

Sep 28, 2025 19:44

Valentina di Giorgio

Local Church•Vocations

Poland 2025: European leader in number of vocations

This year’s class is made up of 141 diocesan priests and 67 men from religious orders. Tarnów again leads the nation, with 13 ordinations, a figure that in most European dioceses would be unthinkable

Sep 28, 2025 19:42

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Homosexuality•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

On the controversy in the German episcopate regarding Leo XIV’s clear “no” to liturgical blessings for gay couples

The Pope’s remarks on same-sex blessings were characteristically nuanced but left little room for ritual experimentation. He acknowledged that all persons may receive God’s blessing but cautioned against the creation of liturgical formulas for couples, a practice he said runs contrary to the 2023 Vatican declaration «Fiducia Supplicans».

Sep 27, 2025 19:38

Jorge Enrique Mújica

The gunman who attempted to assassinate John Paul II tried to meet with Leo XIV in Turquí: what happened?

Agca arrived with the unmistakable intention of inserting himself into the story. Speaking to Turkish media, he expressed hope for a brief conversation with the pontiff—a few minutes, nothing more—while insisting that the papal presence in Iznik was “extraordinary.”

The homily with which Pope Leo XIV instilled hope in the Lebanese people

Homily of Pope Leo XIV at the concluding Mass of his pastoral visit to Lebanon

Canada’s Bishops Choose New Leader as Church Faces Digital, Cultural, and Indigenous Challenges

Catholic Church in Italy announces funding for new hospital in Gaza

Church proposes to French government recognition of candlelight procession as intangible cultural heritage of the country

Pope Leo XIV comments on Trump’s peace plan for Gaza (and other current topics of general interest)

USA: Pro-abortion politician declines Cardinal Cupich award: Pope Leo intervenes and Archbishop of Chicago issues this statement

Grandmother arrested for praying outside a clinic where babies are killed and carrying a sign

Cardinal Cupich Divides the U.S. Episcopate by Persisting in Awarding a Pro-Abortionist Democratic Senator

The Towers of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Reopen to the Public

World’s Largest Statue Dedicated to the Virgin Mary Is Inaugurated in Brazil

Assisi: Meloni to attend St. Francis’ Day celebrations after it is approved as a national holiday

Poland 2025: European leader in number of vocations

On the controversy in the German episcopate regarding Leo XIV’s clear “no” to liturgical blessings for gay couples