DNA research sheds new light on the Shroud of Turin’s complex history
A new study found that the Shroud of Turin — the cloth believed to have been used to bury Jesus Christ after his crucifixion — contains traces from multiple geographic…
Built to mirror Jerusalem, this Lithuanian Calvary has 35 stations of the cross
VILNIUS, Lithuania — On the northern edge of Lithuania’s capital, pilgrims walk a 7-kilometer (4.3-mile) route known as Vilnius Calvary, a landscape of chapels, gates, hills, and a small bridge…
Philippines Church mobilizes support for migrant workers hit by war, oil crisis
MANILA, Philippines — Three Filipino bishops have urged the Catholic dioceses in the Philippines to support overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), migrants, and their families back home amid the economic crisis…
Bishop Barron, Father Mike Schmitz to speak at Trump event rededicating U.S. to God
A few prominent Catholics are scheduled to speak at a May 17 event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where President Donald Trump will rededicate the United States to…
Teens sidestep parental notification through telehealth abortion, study shows
Teenagers and young adults are obtaining abortion pills through telehealth at high rates, a recent report found. The report, published in the journal JAMA Health Forum, looked at telehealth abortion…
California to pay $4.5 million to Catholic law firm after losing lawsuit over gender secrecy rules
California will pay $4.5 million to a Catholic legal advocacy firm after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state could not continue to hide student transgender identities from parents.…
Quebec secularism law is ‘anti-religious ideology,’ bishops tell Canada Supreme Court
Canada’s bishops told the Supreme Court of Canada that Quebec’s secularism legislation Bill 21 “denies the divine” going well beyond provincial jurisdiction by imposing an anti-religious ideology on the province.…
Indian court reaffirms Dalit Christians have no right to lower-caste protections
NEW DELHI, India — The Catholic Church in India has described as “misleading” a Supreme Court ruling that reaffirmed Dalit Christians have no right to the constitutional protections and government…
German cardinal tells priests: Communion services cannot replace Sunday Mass
COLOGNE, Germany — Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki used his Holy Week homily to call priests back to the heart of their vocation: the daily celebration of the Eucharist. Preaching at…
Miami archbishop, top U.S. diplomat decry persecution of Church in Nicaragua during Holy Week
During Holy Week, the archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, and the second-in-command at the U.S. State Department, Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau, both expressed their concern for the persecution the Church…
NASA’s Artemis II begins Easter week mission around the moon
More than half a century after humans last traveled beyond Earth’s orbit, a new National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) project for lunar exploration has begun, marking a historic day…
Irish soccer legend Roy Keane pays tribute to late mother and upbringing at funeral Mass
Delivering a eulogy at the beginning of his mother’s funeral Mass this week, international soccer star Roy Keane spoke lovingly of his parents and his Catholic upbringing in Ireland. After…