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Hong Kong’s Father Benedict Chao, world’s oldest Trappist monk, dead at 108

SCHEDULE CHANGE: This will not run Aug. 10. The Diocese of Hong Kong announced the death of Trappist...

Pro-life groups urge follow through from Blanche on policy permitting mifepristone by mail

Pro-life organizations urge Attorney General Todd Blanche to follow through on comments he made suggesting the Department of...

Vatican announces ‘disarming technology’ will be theme of next World Day of Peace

Vatican announces Aug. 11 that Pope Leo XIV's message for the 2027 World Day of Peace will focus...

Massachusetts bishops: Eliminating ‘any legal restraint’ on late-term abortion ‘gravely immoral’

Massachusetts becomes latest state with no abortion limits as Gov. Healey signs bill; now 10 states plus the...

Pope Leo XIV offers prayers, condolences as bishops urge solidarity following Colombia earthquake

Catholic bishops in Colombia are calling for national unity and urgent aid after a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake...

Who was St. Francis’ kindred spirit, St. Clare of Assisi?

Clare and Francis mutually inspired each other. Francis was the visionary, and Clare was a loyal disciple in...

Pope Leo to offer Mass at Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel for Nativity of Mary feast

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate Mass in the Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel on the...

Pope appeals for peace in Sudan, prays for victims in Ukraine-Russia conflict

Pope Leo XIV delivered remarks in English regarding situation in South Sudan. Also about deaths of young people...

Pro-life activist Paul Vaughn shares his journey from evangelical to Catholic at Easter

Paul Vaughn shares his story of coming into full communion with the Catholic Church from evangelical Christianity....

Security issues show AI needs greater human oversight, say Catholic experts

Anthropic, which partnered with the Vatican in the release of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas," announced July...