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U.S. bishops back Oklahoma Catholic charter school at Supreme Court

Mar 15, 2025

By Daniel Payne

St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School has been battling since 2023 to receive official status as a charter school... Read more

Pope Francis addresses bishops gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican for the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024.

Vatican announces plans for 2028 Church postsynodal assembly

Mar 15, 2025

By AC Wimmer

Pope Francis has approved a three-year synodal process ending with a postsynodal ecclesial assembly in 2028, which will foster dialogue,... Read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks about a toll highway relief program during a press conference held at the Greater Miami Expressway Agency on April 1, 2024, in Miami.

Florida bishops urge DeSantis to commute death sentence of convicted killer Edward James

Mar 15, 2025

By Daniel Payne

Edward James pleaded guilty in 1995 to the killings of Betty Dick and her 8-year-old granddaughter Toni Neuner in Casselberry,... Read more

Hallow’s Lent Pray40 Challenge: “The Way.”

St. Josemaría Escrivá’s ‘The Way’ tops Amazon charts thanks to Hallow’s Lent challenge

Mar 15, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The book consists of 999 points that aim to help the faithful pray and encourage them to love God, live... Read more

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople during an audience at the Patriarchal headquarters in Istanbul with the German Association of the Holy Land, March 12, 2025.

Patriarch Bartholomew says 1054 church division ‘not insurmountable’ as Nicaea anniversary nears

Mar 15, 2025

By AC Wimmer

While Pope Francis previously announced plans to travel to Turkey, one possible obstacle to a universal agreement could be tensions... Read more

Bishop Evelio Menjivar speaks with “EWTN News in Depth” on Friday, March 14, 2025.

Salvadoran-born Bishop Evelio Menjivar: Migrants ‘make the United States a great nation’

Mar 15, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

In an interview with EWTN’s “News in Depth,” Bishop Evelio Menjivar shared his conviction that immigrants “make the United States... Read more

An Easter Vigil procession at St. Dominic Parish in San Francisco.

Five years later: How some parishes are thriving after weathering COVID lockdowns

Mar 15, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

Five years ago this week, public health orders issued amid the uncertainty of the novel coronavirus turned Mass schedules across... Read more

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3 Christian converts in Iran sentenced to over 40 years in prison

Mar 14, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Here are some of the major stories about the Church around the world that you may have missed this week. Read more

Entrance to the Izaguirre ranch.

Death camp in Mexico: Church denounces ‘cruelty and human wretchedness’

Mar 14, 2025

By Diego López Colín

The Catholic Church in Mexico expressed its “profound indignation and grief” following the discovery of an organized crime training and... Read more

Cubans in Havana protest and cry for freedom on July 11, 2021.

Cuba releases hundreds more prisoners under Vatican-mediated deal

Mar 14, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Cuba completed this week the agreed-upon release of 553 prisoners. However, it did not report how many were linked to... Read more

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin during a meeting at the Vatican on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024.

Zelenskyy delivers list of POWs in Russia to the Vatican to mediate their release

Mar 14, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

“The Holy See has received a list of Ukrainians being held in Russian prisons and camps. We are counting on... Read more

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (right) welcomies Sovereign Order of Malta Grand Chancellor Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo and the delegation at Baabda's presidential palace on March 14, 2025.

Order of Malta reaffirms commitment to Lebanon’s stability and reconstruction

Mar 14, 2025

By ACI MENA

A delegation from the Sovereign Order of Malta is meeting government officials in Lebanon to discuss ways to support the... Read more

Archbishop Jean-Abdo Arbach.

‘No future for Syria without Christians’: Archbishop calls for justice for massacre victims

Mar 14, 2025

By Andrés Henríquez

The Greek-Catholic archbishop of Homs, Jean-Abdo Arbach, condemned the massacres of civilians that occurred in Syria last weekend, which left... Read more

Mailman on the job in Salt Lake City.

Democrats push bill to protect mailing of abortion pills

Mar 14, 2025

By Matt McDonald

The “Stop the Comstock Act” bill, filed Wednesday, would remove language in federal law that prohibits sending items that cause... Read more

Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, Oregon, processes out of the Church of Our Lady of Providence after Mass during a Rise Up Encounter of World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, on Aug. 4, 2023.

Archbishop Sample rebukes ‘celebration of death’ as Oregon governor honors abortionists

Mar 14, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

“There are moments when words fail,” Portland Archbishop Alexander Sample wrote in a letter that also offered a pastoral teaching... Read more

Activists display a long list of atrocities against minorities on the first 300 days of the Narendra Modi government on March 19, 2015.

Christians decry plan in India for death penalty for conversions

Mar 14, 2025

By Anto Akkara

“A provision for capital punishment will be made in the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act for religious conversion,” declared... Read more

Participants gather at a previous Rome Marathon.

Rome marathon runners to hold 42-second silence for Pope Francis

Mar 14, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Over 30,000 runners will hold 42 seconds of silence for Pope Francis before the start of the Rome marathon on... Read more

Bishop Isaac Martínez Chuquizana leads the diocese of Cajamarca, Peru.

Peruvian bishop denounces ‘direct attack’ on Church’s freedom of speech

Mar 14, 2025

By Walter Sánchez Silva

A Peruvian bishop has denounced an attack on the Church’s freedom of speech by LGBTQ+ activists who accuse the Church... Read more

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How hundreds of religious sisters contributed to ‘groundbreaking’ 30-year Alzheimer’s study

Mar 14, 2025

By Daniel Payne

Launched in 1986 by neurologist David Snowdon, the “Nun Study” produced “seminal findings” on “cognitive impairment and related neuropathologies,” researchers... Read more

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Catholic bishop warns against ‘culture of death’ as Idaho backs firing squad executions

Mar 13, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Executions by firing squad are permitted in five states, but the new law will make Idaho the only state in... Read more