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EWTN+ docuseries ‘Seeking Beauty’ aims to point viewers to the divine through beauty

The first season of “Seeking Beauty” takes viewers to cities in Italy including Milan, Rome, Florence, Venice, and Vatican City. [...]

What motivated 70,000 young Mexicans to make a pilgrimage to Christ the King?

Motivated by their faith, 70,000 Mexican young people made the pilgrimage to the shrine of Christ the King, which commemorates the martyrs of the Cristero War period. [...]

Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria officials condemn mass killings, demands action

“Nigeria cannot afford to normalize bloodshed,” Catholic officials at the Secretariat of Nigeria said. [...]

California Franciscans announce $20 million abuse settlement

The Franciscan Friars of California announced a bankruptcy filing in 2024 “to address 94 child sexual abuse claims.” [...]

Pope Leo sends 80 generators, medicine, food to Ukraine

Vatican aid is headed to hard-hit areas including Fastiv and Kyiv, with distribution organized through parish networks. [...]

U.S., Hungarian thought leaders share ethical concerns over mass migration

A Hungarian think tank’s new paper “Migration and Ethics: The Axioms of a Christian Migration Policy” prompts a meeting of the minds. [...]

Pope recognizes unsung heroes who keep Vatican City running

A week after receiving the staff of the Pontifical Household ahead of their upcoming move to the Apostolic Palace, Pope Leo XIV granted another Sunday audience on February 8, 2026, this time to technical staff of Vatican City. As was the case last week, he received them at the Apostolic Palace before the Angelus prayer. Read More…

Pope recognizes unsung heroes who keep Vatican City running

Pope Leo XIV urges ‘Samaritan’ care for the sick

In a message that blends pastoral concern with social urgency, Pope Leo XIV has called Catholics to rediscover compassion as a concrete, shared responsibility, ahead of the 34th World Day of the Sick, celebrated on February 11, 2026, feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Particular celebrations are occurring in the Pope’s former diocese in Peru, Read More…

Pope Leo XIV urges ‘Samaritan’ care for the sick

What exactly is going on in the Book of Revelation?

If there’s one book of the Bible that people struggle to understand, it’s the Book of Revelation. The Book of Revelation is notoriously challenging — thanks to its heavy use of apocalyptic, symbolic language, and non-linear, dramatic imagery.  Written to encourage persecuted Christians, the book promises that Christ will ultimately triumph over evil. But it’s Read More…

What exactly is going on in the Book of Revelation?

Mediterranean shipwreck kills two babies, dozens more

The deaths of two babies are among the latest grim reminders of the human cost of irregular migration across the Mediterranean, after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized off the coast of Libya. At least 53 migrants drowned. Only two survivors — both Nigerian women — were rescued. According to reporting by Vatican News Read More…

Mediterranean shipwreck kills two babies, dozens more