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Father Kevin Lenius, a priest from the Diocese of San Angelo, Texas, takes part in the “Concert for Life” playing the electric violin.

Catholic priests form band to raise money for Texas pregnancy centers

Aug 5, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The band is comprised of Fathers David Michael Moses, Victor Perez, Kevin Lenius, Max Carson, Mike Elsner, and Armando Alejandro. Read more

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U.S. State Department acknowledges possible misuse of funds to promote atheism

Aug 5, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul is demanding the State Department disclose how much it knew about a pro-atheist... Read more

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Pope Francis: Reading literature can enrich the Christian life, aid in priestly formation

Aug 4, 2024

By Kristina Millare

Reading, the pope insists, should not be approached with an arduous or rigid “sense of duty” but rather with a... Read more

Opposition supporters attend the “Ganó Venezuela” opposition protest on Aug. 3, 2024, in Caracas, Venezuela. President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election over his rival, Edmundo Gonzalez. The result has been questioned by the opposition and internationally.

Pope Francis urges prayers for victims of crises in Venezuela, Myanmar, and Middle East

Aug 4, 2024

By Kristina Millare

Pope Francis on Sunday urged prayers for those suffering in the world due to political conflict, violence, and natural disasters. Read more

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for his Angelus address on Aug. 4, 2024.

Pope at Angelus: ‘Material things do not give fullness to life’

Aug 4, 2024

By Kristina Millare

“Material things do not give fullness to life,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Sunday. “They are important but... Read more

Sister Pia Maria, third from left, and her fellow nuns of the Sisters of Mary Morning Star, a contemplative order near Waco, Texas.

Texas religious sisters care for their ‘sisters in Christ’ on death row 

Aug 4, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The Sisters of Mary Morning Star regularly visit a group of women on death row, the majority of whom have... Read more

Will Heller is a 21-year-old weightlifting phenom from Toledo, Ohio who now has his sights on becoming a Catholic priest.

Weightlifting champion puts barbell to the side for a new journey — the priesthood 

Aug 4, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Will Heller, a 21-year-old from Toledo, Ohio, is a two-time Junior National Medalist and All American and a state record... Read more

A banner bears the signs of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and the Olympic Rings at the Trocadero in Paris on July 14, 2024.

Vatican deplores Olympic ‘offense done to many Christians’

Aug 3, 2024

By Tina Dennelly

In a brief statement emailed to journalists in French, the Holy See said it “was saddened by certain scenes at... Read more

Pope Francis prays during his general audience on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican.

Pope Francis: What would happen if we prayed more and complained less?

Pope Francis invited the faithful to ask the Lord for “the grace to know how to pray for one another.” Read more

Sister Josephine Garrett gives a keynote talk at the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, which took place July 17–21, 2024.

Religious sister speaks to 6,000 at National Eucharistic Congress about mental health

Aug 3, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Sister Josephine Garrett’s breakout session on mental health attracted en estimated 6,000 people at the National Eucharistic Congress. Read more

Christian singer and songwriter John Michael Talbot.

John Michael Talbot’s latest album ‘Late Have I Loved You’ inspired by near-death experience

Aug 3, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

The singer-songwriter says a powerful near-death experience in 2017 changed his life and inspired his new album. Read more

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia (left) and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro show their ballots as they vote during the presidential election on July 28, 2024.

Venezuela election crisis prompts outcry by Church leaders, governments around the world

Aug 2, 2024

By Gigi Duncan

The Venezuelan government is facing increasing pressure to conduct a transparent recount of its July 28 presidential election. Read more

California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

Pregnancy center sues California attorney general for ‘attack’ on free exercise of religion

Aug 2, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

Here’s a roundup of pro-life-related developments in the U.S. this week.  Read more

Georgetown University.

Pope Francis acknowledges conference for ‘LGBT Catholics’

Aug 2, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Pope Francis this week said he is “united in prayer” with those participating in a conference for Catholics who identify... Read more

Sudiksha Thirumalesh died in September 2023 after a legal fight to circumvent a ruling in the U.K. that she was not competent to make decisions about her care.

British appeals court overturns lower court that forbade lifesaving care to teen

Aug 2, 2024

By Martin Barillas

Britain’s Court of Appeal overturned an earlier court ruling that declared Sudiksha Thirumalesh, 19, lacked the mental capacity to make... Read more

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All-boys, scholarship-funded Jesuit Catholic school to open in Cincinnati

Aug 2, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

With the help of state scholarships and private donors, Xavier Jesuit Academy will open this August, reviving a building that... Read more

“It‘s very sad that the Olympics, created to unite people, are now used to divide them,” says Jacopo Coghe of Italy’s Pro Vita & Famiglia (Pro Life and Family) association.

‘Faith is not a game’: Pro-life association denounces indoctrination at Olympics

In the wake of the July 26 parody of the Last Supper led by a drag queen, an Italian pro-life... Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in the spin room following the CNN presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.

California bishops urge officials to place homeless in mental health, housing programs

Aug 2, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

“The greatest travesty would be for those whose camps are removed to be then left in this hot climate without... Read more

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, arrives for a news conference following weekly party policy luncheons at the Capitol on July 30, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Bill to expand child tax credit to $2,000 fails in Senate

Aug 2, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

The measure would increase the IRS child tax credit from the current amount of $1,600 to $2,000 per child in... Read more

Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, at a penance service in St. Peter's Basilica on March 29, 2019.

Cardinal Müller rejects ‘financial improprieties’ allegation

Aug 2, 2024

By AC Wimmer

Cardinal Gerhard Müller dismissed claims of mishandled funds and improper cash holdings as “cheap tabloid literature.” Read more