How Can We Recognize God’s Presence? Leo XIV Offers a Thoughtful Response Based on a Passage from the Gospel

Analysis Opinion, Religious Freedom

French Laïcité vs. American Secularism

Holy Land

Names of more than 50,000 people killed in Gaza by Israel published

Justice and Peace, Local Church, Protection of vulnerable people

Church calls on legislature to investigate child sexual abuse in state-run facilities and to treat all victims of abuse equally

Good News

Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” sequel to begin filming in August 2025

Pope Francis, Protection of vulnerable people

Pope Francis Calls for a Cultural Shift in Child Protection Within the Church

Local Church

Result of the German Synodal Way? Half a million Catholics leave the Church, official figures show

Cardinals and Bishops, Pope Francis

Cardinal Parolin gives details on Pope in Vatican and raises juncture for new form of government

Cardinals and Bishops, Holy Land

Cardinal of Jerusalem: “I don’t know how we are still standing; the situation is against us”

Justice and Peace

Japanese Court dissolves Unification Church: the Moon sect

Analysis Opinion, Holy Land

Clashes with the Syrians and Israeli reprisals: The fires that kindle Lebanon

Local Church

El Salvador: Pope’s Nuncio condemns presence of Anglican “bishopess” (and not only) during important Mass

Persecuted Christians, Young People

He refused to convert to Islam and was brutally attacked in Pakistan: the case of a young Catholic man