humble and riding on a donkey. He will remove the chariots of war from the land of Ephraim, and the war horses from Jerusalem. He will break the warrior’s bow and proclaim peace to the nations. His ...

Anglicans in Canada have approved a document authorizing their ministers to offer pastoral accompaniment and, with the corresponding bishop’s authorization, to impart blessings to persons who have ...

and all the nations that bear my name”. The Lord declares this, and he will do it. “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the ...

The two documents published on 2 July by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith—a Decree and an Explanatory Note (Prot. N. 99/2009), both signed by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández and the ...

The Archbishop of New York, Ronald Hicks, states that the archdiocese is experiencing a growing return of young adults to religious practice, a phenomenon he attributes to disillusionment with a ...

The response from Rome has not been long in coming, and it is the harshest in nearly forty years. Less than twenty-four hours after the episcopal consecrations celebrated yesterday in Écône by the ...

The Prefecture of the Pontifical Household has made public Pope Leo XIV’s summer schedule, confirming that on the afternoon of July 6 he will move to the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo to begin ...

1. I thank the Holy Father for having reaffirmed the fundamental role of the College of Cardinals for the universal Church. From Irenaeus of Lyons to the First Vatican Council, the primacy of the Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV has confirmed the appointment of Sister Alessandra Smerilli as the new prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, confirming the rumors circulating in Vatican ...

The highest Buddhist authorities in Cambodia have awarded the Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh, Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, one of the highest distinctions granted by Buddhism in the country, in ...

The Archdiocese of San Francisco has reached an agreement to pay 395 million dollars to settle more than 500 lawsuits related to sexual abuse committed by members of the clergy. The settlement, which ...

The former convent of the Cistercian nuns of Boadilla del Monte has begun a new chapter as a monastery of contemplative life. The Bishop of Getafe, Ginés García Beltrán, blessed the facilities on 28 ...