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Pope Leo XIV: ‘The Church Is the Rightful Home of Sacred Scripture’

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Might Does Not Always Make Right, or Even Sense

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BREAKING: U.S. Religious Liberty commissioner booted from post

Former Miss California Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission. [...]

Bishop Rhoades expresses ‘strong opposition’ to professor’s appointment at Notre Dame

Notre Dame has been at the center of controversy since early January when it named global affairs Professor Susan Ostermann as director of the school’s Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies. [...]

India’s bishops elect first Dalit president, demand end to conversion laws

Cardinal Anthony Poola has become the first Dalit to lead India’s Catholic bishops as the conference calls for repeal of anti-conversion laws violating religious freedom. [...]

Diocese of Pittsburgh: 7 churches to close next month

Parishioners learned that seven churches will be closed in March due to financial constraints and lower Mass attendance. [...]

Christian churches in Italy sign ecumenical pact

The pact emphasizes mutual respect, social cohesion, common witness, prayer, and shared work. [...]

Archbishop Checchio takes helm in New Orleans as pope accepts Archbishop Aymond’s resignation

Pope Leo XIV appointed Archbishop James Checchio coadjutor archbishop of New Orleans in September 2025 to automatically succeed the 76-year-old Archbishop Gregory Aymond upon his retirement. [...]

Canada school shooting leaves 10 dead, many injured

Ten people, including the suspected shooter, were killed and more than two dozen others injured after a mass shooting at a high school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia on Tuesday, authorities said. The violence unfolded at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, a small school serving grades 7–12 in the remote northern community, and in a nearby Read More…

Canada school shooting leaves 10 dead, many injured

Pope lights candle for the sick before Our Lady of Lourdes

After releasing his first message for the World Day of the Sick, Pope Leo noted today’s feast day, which also commemorates the World Day, lighting a candle in prayer at today’s general audience. He said that he would also pray in the Vatican Gardens for this intention: At the end of the Audience, I will Read More…

Pope lights candle for the sick before Our Lady of Lourdes