Australian bishop named to top Vatican legal post
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Anthony Randazzo of Broken Bay, Australia, as prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts, granting him the personal title of archbishop, the Vatican announced…
Pope Leo XIV explains why the priesthood is reserved to men
Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday said priestly ministry in the Catholic Church, entrusted only to men, is understood in light of apostolic succession and called for priests who are “ardent…
Luxembourg’s Cardinal Hollerich says women’s ordination essential to Church’s future
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, the former general relator of the Synod on Synodality, has publicly called for the ordination of women, arguing that the Church cannot long endure if half…
Supreme Court hears case on asylum seekers’ rights
The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether asylum starts at a port of entry or only after someone steps onto U.S. soil under the Immigration and Nationality Act. The justices,…
Judicial Watch pushes for transparency in 2023 FBI memo linking extremist risk to some Catholics
The conservative legal group Judicial Watch is continuing to push for more transparency around a memo targeting traditionalist Catholics, which was issued in early 2023 by the Federal Bureau of…
Yad Vashem chief: Holocaust memory is key to fighting antisemitism
Dani Dayan, chairman of Yad Vashem, said that remembering and honoring the Holocaust is essential to combating rising antisemitism worldwide. Dayan, who met with Pope Leo XIV on March 23…
Exorcists urge pope to appoint trained practitioners in every diocese
Representatives of the International Association of Exorcists (AIE) have asked Pope Leo XIV to ensure that every Catholic diocese worldwide has “one or more” trained exorcists, citing what they describe…
Pope Leo XIV warns children should not look to chatbots for friendship
Pope Leo XIV warned that children must not come to see artificial intelligence chatbots as substitutes for real friendship, cautioning that such reliance could harm their intellectual and emotional development.…
From the altar to the track: Marathon-running cardinal highlights spirituality of sport
On March 23, thousands of athletes raced through the streets of Rome in the annual Rome Marathon. One of them, wearing the white habit of a Dominican friar under his…
Kermit Gosnell, ‘America’s biggest serial killer,’ dies in prison
Abortionist and convicted serial killer Kermit Gosnell, believed to have murdered thousands of infants and convicted of involuntary manslaughter of a woman, died in prison at 85. Gosnell died two…
Pope Leo XIV reunites with his eighth grade classmates
On the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Pope Leo XIV met last week with some of his eighth grade classmates from St. Mary of the Assumption lower school…
Does the pope vote in Peru or pay U.S. taxes? Key questions remain unsettled
Questions about whether Pope Leo XIV must vote in Peru or pay taxes in the United States remain unresolved, with one canon law expert arguing that the pope’s unique status…