Catholic News – General
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Cardinal Parolin tells UN: Self-defense does not justify an arms race
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said that nations have the right to self-defense but urged them not…
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Cardinal Zuppi visits Russia to urge release of Ukrainian prisoners
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, archbishop of Bologna and president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, has again been appointed as a papal…
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Pope Leo, Hungarian prime minister discuss Ukraine, Middle East, and AI
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV and Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar discussed the wars in Ukraine and the Middle…
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Pope Leo: Europe must return to its Christian roots and be open to migrants
METZ, France — Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged Europe to return to its roots, including its Christian heritage, while…
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Pope Leo meets French abuse victims in Lourdes
LOURDES, France — Pope Leo XIV met seven French victims of clerical sexual abuse on Sunday, making a gesture of…
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In Metz, Pope Leo steps into Europe’s deepening divide over immigration
METZ, France — The hot-button issue of immigration has invited itself into Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic journey to France,…
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Killing the sick is ‘false compassion,’ pope says in Lourdes
LOURDES, France — Killing the sick is neither compassionate nor normal, and being legal does not make it moral, Pope…
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Pope Leo XIV in Paris: No one ‘is merely a number’
PARIS — Pope Leo XIV told his congregation at an open-air Mass in Paris on Saturday that “none of us…
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Pope addresses ‘surprising’ Catholic growth in secular France
PARIS — Pope Leo XIV met new and prospective Catholics and their leaders on Saturday as he encouraged the Catholic…
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Pope Leo hears testimony of migrants in Paris: God opened ‘a new path for me’
PARIS — Pope Leo XIV listened to the stories of faith and hope of two migrants to France at an…
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