The Bible and Young People: 7 Striking Findings from New Global Research

May 13, 2026 21:57

Jorge Enrique Mújica

a surprising spiritual curiosity is emerging among young people — especially around the Bible itself.

Controversies•Dicasteries•Gender Ideology

Courage, a Catholic-Orthodox ministry that supports gay people, has filed a complaint against the Vatican Synod for slander and defamation

Courage International, a ministry founded more than four decades ago to accompany men and women seeking to live according to the Catholic Church’s teaching on chastity, issued an unusually forceful statement on May 8 accusing the Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod of publishing what it called a “false and unjust” portrayal of its work

May 11, 2026 17:10

Valentina di Giorgio

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Cloths on Altars

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

May 10, 2026 12:07

Fr. Edward McNamara

Analysis Opinion

Study Reveals Increase in Church Attendance (and Donations): The Surprising (and Encouraging) Findings You Should Know

Digital giving expanded dramatically during and after the pandemic. In 2020, only 58 percent of congregations offered online giving options. By 2025, that number had climbed to 76 percent. Researchers estimate that roughly 40 percent of church income now arrives through online donations.

May 10, 2026 11:24

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion

This is what the religious landscape will look like in 2075: the Muslim population is growing, while Catholics remain the largest Christian group

Christianity Remains the World’s Largest Faith, but Islam’s Rapid Growth Is Redrawing the Religious Map

May 10, 2026 11:02

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Testimonies

Ten Popes and Ninety Years as a Religious Sister: This Is the World’s Longest-Living Nun

Sister Francis Piscatella told Fox News: «I’ve stopped counting my years. I never thought I’d reach this age.»

May 09, 2026 12:17

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

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The Bible and Young People: 7 Striking Findings from New Global Research

Vienna’s Silent Transformation: Nearly 50% of students in schools are already Muslim. Only 17% are Catholic

Over 100 dead, 98,000 displaced, 217 churches destroyed in the diocese of Wukari

4 Issues with the Vatican Synod Document, According to the Priest Who Heads Courage, a Catholic Apostolate for Gay Men

Israel expels (from Palestine!) a young Catholic priest: the most influential figure in Palestine’s Christian community

What Will Happen to the Historic Stained Glass Windows of Notre Dame de Paris?

128,750 Christians in Nigeria killed over 17 years: the $10 million cover-up of the genocide in Nigeria

Courage, a Catholic-Orthodox ministry that supports gay people, has filed a complaint against the Vatican Synod for slander and defamation

Questions about liturgy: Cloths on Altars

Study Reveals Increase in Church Attendance (and Donations): The Surprising (and Encouraging) Findings You Should Know

This is what the religious landscape will look like in 2075: the Muslim population is growing, while Catholics remain the largest Christian group

Ten Popes and Ninety Years as a Religious Sister: This Is the World’s Longest-Living Nun