Festival of digital missionaries celebrates faithful witness in the digital age
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service ROME — Rome’s historic Risorgimento Square, built in the 19th century in honor of the unification of…
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World will hear young people’s joy, shouting for peace on earth, pope says
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The enthusiastic joy of young people, who love Jesus and want all wars to stop,…
Pope Leo meets with top Russian Orthodox cleric amid war, strained relations
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal…
Report on alleged conditions at ICE’s Florida detention sites prompts Catholic leaders’ call for change
byBy Kimberley Heatherington, OSV News A new report alleges that three Florida immigration detention sites deny timely medical care, potentially resulting in deaths, and…
‘Never get used to violence,’ says NY cardinal after mass shooting in building near St. Patrick’s
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News “We should never get used to violence or lose our respect for the sacredness of human life,” said Cardinal…
US prelates head to Japan on ‘Pilgrimage of Peace’ amid nuclear fears old and new
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — and as renewed…
Pope to youth: Share Christ’s Good News, not just photos, memories from Jubilee
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Let the Jubilee of Youth be more than an event for making memories and sharing…
Pope welcomes young people to Rome for jubilee, thanks media for promoting truth
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY – Greeting tens of thousands of visitors crowded in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV welcomed…
Body of Blessed Frassati, relic of Blessed Acutis will be in Rome for Jubilee
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The relics of two saints-to-be — Blesseds Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis — will…
Archbishop Pérez, son of migrants, tells migrants: ‘You are not alone’
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News “You are not alone,” said Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia — the son of Cuban exiles — addressing…