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Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 26, 2024.

Pope Francis: Drug cartels are ‘traffickers of death’ and ‘murderers’

Jun 26, 2024

By Courtney Mares

“We cannot ignore the evil intentions and actions of drug dealers and traffickers. They are murderers!” Pope Francis said in... Read more

Father Justine Dyikuk at the June 1, 2024, launch of his book “Me and my Rosary” in Glasgow, Scotland.

Testimony of conversion is force behind Nigerian priest’s book promoting rosary devotion

Jun 26, 2024

By Agnes Aineah

After witnessing a man’s conversion after rosary prayers, Father Justine John Dyikuk of Nigeria started promoting rosary devotion and wrote... Read more

A group of cello students from the Magnificat Institute of Jerusalem performs on May 30, 2024. Today, the Magnificat Institute welcomes over 200 students each year (as young as 5 years old) and relies on the collaboration of 25 teachers. It has a choir (which also serves the liturgies of the Custody of the Holy Land) and several orchestras.

Jerusalem’s Magnificat Institute: ‘Every day we witness a small but significant miracle’ 

Jun 26, 2024

By Marinella Bandini

The Magnificat Institute brings Jews, Christians, and Muslims together to make music — not an easy feat as the longest... Read more

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage passes southwest of Omaha, Nebraska, on June 21, 2024.

‘Breathtaking’: through the cornfields with Jesus in Nebraska Eucharistic pilgrimage

Jun 26, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The route followed a gravel road, visible from Interstate 80, which crossed through cornfields amid the distant hum of semitrucks... Read more

Father David Waller will become the first bishop ordinary of the Walsingham Ordinariate.

Former Anglican priest ordained a Catholic bishop

Jun 25, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

Bishop David Waller received his episcopal ordination in Westminster Cathedral in London on June 22, the feast of English saints... Read more

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Oklahoma Supreme Court rules against Catholic charter school proposal

Jun 25, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Oklahoma’s two Catholic bishops called the ruling “very disappointing.” Read more

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What are schism and excommunication in the Catholic Church?

Jun 25, 2024

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Just what are schism and excommunication in the Catholic Church? Here’s an explanation. Read more

Monsignor Gilles Wach (center), prior general of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, is received in private audience by Pope Francis on June 24, 2024. He is accompanied by Monsignor Rudolf Michael Schmitz, vicar general of the institute, and Canon Louis Valadier, provincial of France.

Pope Francis meets with leaders of Institute of Christ the King, a Latin Mass group

Jun 25, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Pope Francis on Monday met with three leaders of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, an institute whose... Read more

At his Angelus address June 9, 2024, Pope Francis  asked people to pray for the people who are suffering in Myanmar and in Ukraine, giving a special shoutout to some Ukrainians who were in the crowd waving flags.

EU bishop: Elections show citizens concerned about Ukraine war

Jun 25, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

The bishop also spoke about the importance of pushing the new EU commission and parliament to reinforce diplomatic action toward... Read more

Students and pro-life advocates gather at the Lincoln Memorial for a rally commemorating the second anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 22, 2024.

A father shares the heartache of abortion at rally celebrating overturning of Roe v. Wade

Jun 25, 2024

By Gigi Duncan

Clementine, who was almost five months along, was “subjected to a second-trimester abortion without proper legal and ethical guidelines being... Read more

South Dakota Sen. John Thune speaks about his faith to “EWTN News Nightly” on June 24, 2024.

Top Republican senator says faith is ‘the foundation for pretty much everything I do’

Jun 25, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Sen. John Thune told EWTN News that “at an early age, I made a profession of faith in Christ, and... Read more

Pope Francis meets with Russia’s new ambassador to the Vatican Ivan Soltanovsky on Sept. 18, 2023, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis meets with Russian ambassador to the Vatican

Jun 25, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Pope Francis met with Ivan Soltanovsky, Russia’s ambassador to the Holy See, on June 22. Read more

Pope Francis blesses the ambulance that he donated in June 2024 to to treat the wounded in Ukraine’s Ternopil region.

Pope Francis donates ambulance, opens war trauma center in Ukraine

Jun 25, 2024

By Courtney Mares

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner and prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, is traveling to Ukraine... Read more

Bishop-elect Scott Bullock (left) and Bishop-elect Dennis Walsh.

Pope Francis appoints new bishops of Rapid City, Davenport dioceses

Jun 25, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The Holy See said Father Dennis Walsh would head the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, while Father Scott Bullock would lead... Read more

Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks on stage to deliver the keynote address at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton on June 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Trump pledges, if elected, to get jailed pro-life activists ‘back to their families’

Jun 25, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Former President Donald Trump expressed his support for the pro-life activists who have been aggressively prosecuted and jailed under the... Read more

View of downtown Trenton, New Jersey.

Trenton Catholic Charities apologizes for sponsoring ‘beyond the gender binary’ book reading

Jun 25, 2024

By Joe Bukuras

“It is important to note that this event took place without the knowledge of or approval by [Trenton] Bishop David... Read more

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Groups ramp up election spending on anniversary of overturning of Roe v. Wade

Jun 24, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

A coalition of nine pro-abortion groups calling itself “Abortion Access Now” announced on Monday a campaign to spend $100 million... Read more

Pope Francis meets with the prelate of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, at the Vatican on June 24, 2024.

Pope Francis meets with Opus Dei prelate Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz

“The audience, which lasted about half an hour, took place in an atmosphere of warmth and affection on the part... Read more

The decision was announced by Mario Iceta, archbishop of Burgos.

Catholic authorities in Spain excommunicate, expel renegade nuns

Jun 24, 2024

By Walter Sánchez Silva

The Catholic Church in Spain has decreed the excommunication and expulsion from consecrated life of the Poor Clare nuns of... Read more

Texas Children's Hospital.

Texas investigates Children’s Hospital over alleged secret sex changes on minors

Jun 24, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

The hospital system, which is the largest children’s system in the U.S., is being investigated for potential Medicaid fraud in... Read more