Catholic book clubs: Tips for building community and growing in faith
More and more young people are looking for opportunities to deepen their faith and build community. In this context, Catholic book clubs are becoming a way to combine a shared…
Research shows Catholic youth ministers are experiencing more complex roles
Catholic youth and young adult pastoral leaders are juggling more responsibilities and facing new challenges as they accompany young people in the evolving Church ministry, according to research from Ministry…
Pope Leo XIV urges halt to Mideast attacks, return to diplomacy
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday urged parties across the Middle East to suspend their attacks and reopen diplomatic negotiations, warning that escalating military operations were endangering civilians and worsening shortages…
Major restoration in Minneapolis aims to renew ‘every square inch’ of country’s oldest basilica
If you want to clean more-than-century-old marble statues of the apostles, you don’t simply use soap and water. Rather, you must spray the figures with a “specialized conservation material” that…
Hidden for 200 years, vast Baroque murals rediscovered in Vilnius’ St. John’s Church
Hidden beneath layers of paint for more than 200 years, one of the largest surviving Baroque Christian painting programs in the Baltic region has emerged inside St. John’s Church at…
Sedevacantist Scottish monks perform illicit consecration of bishop in spite of warnings of schism
A sedevacantist group of monks in Scotland hosted an illicit consecration of a “bishop” on July 25 in spite of repeated warnings that doing so would constitute a schismatic act…
Pope Leo XIV appoints Lebanese-born archbishop as permanent observer to United Nations
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Lebanese-born Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia El-Kassis to serve as the Holy See’s permanent observer at the United Nations in New York, the Vatican announced on July 25.…
New bill would protect mothers with surrogacy contracts from forced abortions
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, on July 21 introduced a bill designed to protect pregnant mothers who are surrogates from being forced to have abortions. The Preventing Forced Abortions Act of…
Catholic professor discusses Pope Leo’s peace efforts after Vatican’s nuclear weapon, AI conference
A Vatican-hosted summit on nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence (AI) highlighted Pope Leo XIV’s continued focus on peace-building efforts, according to a Catholic professor who participated in the event. Maryann…
Catholic parents of Texas flood victims share witness to faith amid grief
The parents of Blair and Brooke Harber, the Catholic sisters who died in the 2025 Texas Hill Country flash floods, shared how their faith has sustained them through the tremendous…
Why monks outlive other men: Inside a 30-year study of European monasteries
The lifespan gap between monks and nuns almost disappears inside the cloister, and community life with a rule of life, scheduled prayer, and purpose contributes to successful aging. These are…
‘Historic moment’: Maronite Church prepares for Patriarch Hoyek’s beatification
The Maronite Church is entering a week of prayer, celebration, and preparation ahead of the beatification of Patriarch Elias Hoyek, a defining figure in both Maronite and Lebanese history. Celebrations…