Earthquake survivor in Venezuela: ‘The Miraculous Medal saved me’
In Playa Grande, a neighborhood in the city of La Guaira, Venezuela, Kamar Galíndez was on the top floor of Chipi’s Beach Hotel, preparing to start his daily workout in…
U.S. House speaker welcomes apostolic nuncio in formal letter
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson extended greetings to Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia in a letter marking his appointment as apostolic nuncio to the United States. Johnson sent a formal letter…
Thousands of errors found in British Columbia euthanasia cases, internal report shows
An internal British Columbia, Canada, government document obtained by Canadian Catholic News (CCN) through a freedom of information request shows doctors, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists in the province made thousands…
3 new bishops installed in Washington Archdiocese, Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
Two U.S. dioceses welcomed three new bishops this month with ordinations and installations in both the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., and the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. In Washington, D.C., Cardinal Robert…
After SSPX excommunications, Oslo bishop offers wider Latin Mass access
One of the first concrete diocesan responses in Europe to the fallout from the recent Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) excommunications has come from Norway. Bishop Fredrik Hansen of…
Diocese of Oslo to open canonization cause for Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset
Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo, Norway, has announced that he will open a canonization cause for Sigrid Undset, setting one of Scandinaviaʼs most celebrated literary figures on the path toward…
Catholic entrepreneur launches free library of hand-designed Christian internet icons
Catholic digital entrepreneur Dimitri Conejo launched Christicons.com, a free library offering over 60 icons featuring “professional and consistent iconography” for use by Christian faith-based initiatives. The available icons include fundamental…
Lebanon’s Christians fear sovereignty will be traded in regional diplomacy
Maronite patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, who met with Pope Leo XIV last week, said the pope’s visit to Lebanon last December, held under the motto “Blessed are the peacemakers,”…
Netanyahu claims unnamed Lebanese Christian villages sought annexation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said unidentified Lebanese Christian villages asked Israel to annex them. “Christian villages in Lebanon, some of them have actually asked to be annexed to Israel,…
Various U.S. bishops ‘invite home’ SSPX attendees after excommunications of leadership
A growing number of Catholic bishops are instructing the faithful to avoid illicit sacraments celebrated by the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) after the traditionalist group’s bishops incurred the…
U.S. solicitor general urges Supreme Court to stop Colorado’s exclusion of Catholic preschools
A broad coalition including the U.S. solicitor general has lined up behind Colorado Catholic families and two Catholic preschools as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether Colorado violated the First…
Under a scorching sun, 500 pilgrims mark St. Thomas feast in Pakistan
Despite a summer heat wave, about 500 Catholics from Pakistan’s Punjab province traveled to the ancient city of Taxila to mark the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle at a…