Protests, criticism from Church leaders force Indian government to delay bill on foreign donations
Though the Indian Hindu nationalist government was prepared to discuss a controversial amendment on foreign donations in the Indian Parliament on April 1, vociferous opposition protests inside the legislature, along…
PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV carries the cross at the Via Crucis in the Colosseum
Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful to “live our lives as a journey” and prayed for the Church to “follow in the footprints” of Christ as he walked the Via…
At the Colosseum, Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful to ‘live our lives as a journey’ in Christ’s love
Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful to “live our lives as a journey” and prayed for the Church to “follow in the footprints” of Christ as he walked the Via…
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica
VATICAN — Pope Leo XIV presided over the Celebration of the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday during which the preacher of the papal household exhorted Christians…
Catholic garment workers in Bangladesh stage Good Friday Passion play near Dhaka
DHAKA, Bangladesh — In an industrial district 20 miles from Bangladesh’s capital, Catholic migrant workers who cannot travel home for Easter are keeping the faith alive — staging a living…
Hundreds of adults to be baptized in Paris at Easter as part of national surge
The Catholic revival that Paris has been experiencing over the past five years continues unabated, even amid the city’s long-running status as a symbol of European secularization. On the night…
Pope speaks with Israeli and Ukrainian presidents amid conflicts in Holy Land, Ukraine
Pope Leo XIV spoke by phone with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Good Friday. The Vatican said the pope spoke separately with both presidents on…
EWTN News explains: What are the Good Friday Reproaches?
The Good Friday Reproaches are a series of antiphons, known also as the “Improperia” or “Popule Meus” (“My People”), coming from the opening lines of the Latin text of the…
Release date for Season 6 of ‘The Chosen’ announced
Prime Video and 5&2 Studios announced April 3 that the sixth season of “The Chosen” will be released in the U.S. and internationally exclusively on Prime Video on Nov. 15.…
Ukraine bishop: War could spread to countries that ‘never imagined it reaching them’
Ahead of Easter, Bishop Vitalii Kryvytski, SDB, of Kyiv-Zhytomyr in Ukraine warned against conflicts spreading to unexpected places around the world as the war in the Middle East continues unabated.…
PHOTOS: Pilgrims keep watch with Eucharist at altars of repose in Rome
ROME — Hundreds of pilgrims in Rome visited churches to pray before special side altars containing the blessed sacrament, called altars of repose, on Holy Thursday. The altars of repose…
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…