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No Longer ‘Unclaimed’: Hundreds Gather to Give Navy Veteran a Hero’s Farewell

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CatholicVote launches ‘Zeale for America 250’ campaign encouraging prayer, patriotism

The Catholic political advocacy organization hopes Americans will make a “renewed commitment to America’s future” through the initiative. [...]

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Trappists considering abandoning historic abbey after 900 years due to lack of vocations

The potential closing of the abbey is a sign of the times and the state of the Church in some areas of the world. [...]

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Cardinal evacuated from Tehran gives Pope Leo 1st-hand report

On March 11, 2026, Pope Leo XIV received Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, Archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan, Iran, who arrived in Rome after leaving Iran the previous week. After staying in the Iranian capital for nearly a week despite Israeli and American strikes, the Belgian Conventual Franciscan was evacuated alongside Italian embassy staff. In the Vatican, a source Read More…

Cardinal evacuated from Tehran gives Pope Leo 1st-hand report

Nicaragua prohibits priestly and diaconal ordinations

The government of Nicaragua has imposed a new restriction on the Catholic Church, prohibiting priestly and diaconal ordinations in four dioceses whose bishops have been forced into exile. The measure affects the Dioceses of Jinotega, Siuna, Matagalpa, and Estelí and marks another escalation in the ongoing confrontation between the regime and the Church. As read Read More…

Nicaragua prohibits priestly and diaconal ordinations

Iraq: Cardinal Sako retires as Patriarch of the Chaldean Church

On March 10, 2026, Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphaël Sako. According to a message posted on the Chaldean Patriarchate’s website, he stepped down due to his age. Given that this criterion is not mandatory in the tradition of the Eastern Churches, the Iraqi cardinal’s resignation, in the midst of Read More…

Iraq: Cardinal Sako retires as Patriarch of the Chaldean Church

Pakistani bishops demand probe into death of Christian farmworker

Pakistan’s Catholic bishops have called for a transparent investigation into the death of a 22-year-old Christian laborer whose family says shows signs of torture. [...]