Catholic News – Pope
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Iraqi woman wins final ruling to restore Christian identity in government records
The issue of Iraqi children being legally registered as Muslim when one of their parents converts to Islam has returned…
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Pope Leo XIV: The musical heritage of the Church must be preserved
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV has highlighted the importance of sacred music in the liturgy, calling for the Church’s…
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Archbishop Moth urges UN to act against global persecution of believers
Archbishop Richard Moth of Westminster in England issued “a vital call to action in support of people around the world…
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15,000 faithful and pope’s representative commemorate centenary of 4 Mexican martyrs
Around 15,000 faithful gathered on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Holy Places of Chalchihuites in the Mexican state of Zacatecas…
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Last Chinese Trappist monk to survive Maoist persecution dies at 108
Father Benedict Chao, the worldʼs oldest Trappist monk and the last survivor of the community that suffered communist persecution in…
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Christians across the Middle East and North Africa celebrate the Assumption despite challenges
Across the Middle East and North Africa, Christians celebrated the solemnity of the Assumption according to their own traditions and…
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Poland inaugurates Europe’s tallest statue of the Virgin Mary
On Saturday, Aug. 15, the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Catholic Church in Poland dedicated…
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Indian Catholics released after 104 days in jail under anti-conversion law
Ten Catholics who were arrested after they chased a group of Hindu activists out of a village church during Mass…
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Australian former bishop Christopher Saunders convicted on multiple counts of sexual abuse
Christopher Saunders, the former bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Broome, Australia, was convicted on Aug. 13 of sexually abusing…
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