PHOTOS: Holy Thursday chrism Mass at the Vatican
Pope Leo XIV celebrated a chrism Mass at the Vatican on April 2, his first as pope after being elected as supreme pontiff in May 2025. The Mass included the…
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…
New CEO of Catholic AI group hopes members will be Pope Leo’s ‘soldiers’
Builders AI Forum (BAIF), an organization bringing together some of the world’s most consequential voices in artificial intelligence (AI) with visionary leaders of the Catholic Church, has announced the appointment…
Pope says Christian mission counters ‘imperialist occupation of the world’
Pope Leo XIV on Holy Thursday proposed Christian mission as an antidote to what he called the “imperialist occupation of the world,” saying it is now a priority to remember…
Catholics allege bias after public Islamic prayer praised, silent Christian prayer punished
Catholic activists have complained of “persecution” and “a clear bias against Christianity” in a controversy over public prayer in the U.K. following a recent outdoor Islamic prayer service in London.…
‘God may clothe my heart with humility’: Monsignor marks 40 years as a priest
DHAKA, Bangladesh — As the Catholic Church marks Holy Thursday — known in some traditions as Maundy Thursday — a senior priest in Bangladesh says the day remains a deeply…