Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and Ending Clergy Abuse Hold First Structured Dialogue in Rome

Justice and Peace, Vatican Diplomacy

Results of Vatican diplomacy: Amid conflict with the U.S., Cuba will release prisoners

Local Church, Persecuted Christians

Nicaraguan dictatorship bans priestly and diaconal ordinations in four dioceses across the country

Analysis Opinion

Pew Research Center: Why Buddhism is in decline in East Asia

Cardinals and Bishops, Local Church

The (unusual) reshuffling of bishops in Pakistan: a (strange) episcopal exchange orchestrated by Leo XIV

Rome

The Global Alliance is launched: an international platform for research and action on integral ecology, spearheaded by the Catholic Church

Analysis Opinion

China: Xi Jinping Walks Into Your Home—and Tells You to Have Babies

Vocations, Young People

Pornography: one of the causes of the decline in vocations, according to expert

Documents

A Final Theological Testament: Unpublished Benedict XVI Letter Reflects on Prayer, the Eucharist, and the Uncertain Future of Faith

Pope Leo XIV, Rome, Vocations

Pope Leo XIV assumes his role as Bishop of Rome for the second time and will ordain new priests for his diocese

Cardinals and Bishops, Dicasteries

Another (important) change by Leo XIV in the Roman Curia: this is the Pope’s new almoner (and prefect of the Dicastery for Charity)

Holy Land, Persecuted Christians, Testimonies

This was the funeral of the Lebanese Catholic priest who died in Israeli army bombings

Cardinals and Bishops, Pope Leo XIV, Vatican Diplomacy

Cardinal of Iran arrives at the Vatican and meets with Pope Leo XIV after the bombing of the country and days without news of him