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In reparation for the blasphemy, Bishop Donald Hying of Madison, Wisconsin, called on Catholics to “fast and pray, renew our devotion to the Eucharist, the Sacred Heart and the Virgin Mary.” / Credit: "EWTN News Nightly" / Screenshot

Catholics, Others Respond to Mockery of Last Supper at Paris Olympics

Jul 27, 2024

A drag queen-led parody of the Last Supper featured during Friday’s opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympics has sparked a wave of incensed reactions and denunciations.

“The Olympic Games are, by their very nature, about peace, not war,” Pope Francis emphasized, noting that “the five intertwined rings represent the spirit of fraternity that should characterize the Olympic event and sporting competition in general.” / Credit: Ibex73, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pope Francis’ Desire for Olympics is to Foster World Peace, Which is "seriously threatened"

Jul 19, 2024

In a message addressed to Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris, Pope Francis expressed his fervent desire that the Olympic Games would foster world peace.

Luis de la Fuente, Spanish national soccer coach. / Credit: Royal Spanish Football Federation

Euro 2024: Bishops Highlight Catholic Faith of Coach of Spain’s Victorious Soccer Team

Jul 15, 2024

Several Spanish bishops have congratulated the country's national soccer team and highlighted the Catholic faith of their coach, Luis de la Fuente.

Pope Francis travels between the conference center and Unità d’Italia Square in Trieste, Italy, with a golf cart during his pastoral visit to the northern Italian city on July 7, 2024. In Trieste, the pope addressed around 1,200 participants in a Catholic conference on democracy for the annual Social Week of Catholics. / Credit: Vatican Media

Gun Found in Abandoned Suitcase before Papal Visit to Trieste, Italy

Jul 12, 2024

According to Italian press, less than 24 hours after the pope’s arrival, the police discovered a Czech-made semiautomatic pistol inside a suitcase.

"Without God, nothing in life has meaning," says Spanish national soccer team coach Luis de la Fuente Castillo. / Credit: Junta de Andalucía (CC BY-SA 2.0)

"Is not superstition, it’s faith": Spanish Coach on Making Sign of the Cross before Game

Jul 12, 2024

“I have faith,” said Luis de la Fuente Castillo, coach of the team that will play in the Euro Cup final on Sunday after having defeated France earlier this week.

Firefighters Quell Blaze at French Cathedral

Jul 11, 2024

Rouen Mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol confirmed the incident on social media, sharing an image showing smoke rising from the cathedral’s spire.

Our Lady of Christendom is an annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Covadonga (Asturias) that takes place around the feast of St. James the Apostle (July 25), patron saint of Spain. / Credit: Our Lady of Christendom Pilgrimage

Vatican Prohibits Customary Traditional Latin Mass for Pilgrims in Spain 

Jul 9, 2024

The organizers of the fourth edition of the pilgrimage announced the prohibition in a July 6 post on X.

The Catholic Cathedral of Limburg in Hesse, Germany. / Credit: Mylius via Wikimedia (GFDL 1.2)

400,000 Germans Quit Catholic Church as Talks between Vatican, Synodal Way Continue

Jul 1, 2024

The meeting on Friday resulted in Rome demanding the Germans change the name of the body and agree it cannot have authority over the bishops’ conference.

In reparation for the blasphemy, Bishop Donald Hying of Madison, Wisconsin, called on Catholics to “fast and pray, renew our devotion to the Eucharist, the Sacred Heart and the Virgin Mary.” / Credit: "EWTN News Nightly" / Screenshot

Catholics, others respond to mockery of Last Supper at Paris Olympics

Jun 30, 2024

A drag queen-led parody of the Last Supper featured during Friday’s opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympics has sparked a wave of incensed reactions and denunciations.

Court fines Belgian Cardinal, Archbishop for Denying Woman Admission to Diaconate

Jun 27, 2024

The two prelates will have to pay 1,500 euro (about $1,605) each, the court ordered.

Father David Waller will become the first bishop ordinary of the Walsingham Ordinariate. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales

Former Anglican Priest Ordained a Catholic Bishop for Newly Created Ordinariate in Great Britain

Jun 25, 2024

Bishop David Waller received his episcopal ordination in Westminster Cathedral in London on June 22, the feast of English saints John Fisher and Thomas More.

Venerable Matt Talbot, an Irishman whose journey from alcoholism to the heights of holiness has inspired many who struggle with addiction, is being considered for sainthood in the Catholic Church.  / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA

From Alcoholic to Future Saint: The Inspiring Conversion of Ireland’s Matt Talbot 

Jun 19, 2024

Venerable Matt Talbot has inspired many who struggle with addiction and is being considered for sainthood in the Catholic Church. 

Panelists speak at the event "Towards the Abolition of Surrogacy: Preventing the Exploitation and Commodification of Women and Children,” held by the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. / Credit: Permanent Mission of the Holy See

Vatican Convenes UN Panel Urging Global Abolition of Surrogacy

Jun 19, 2024

Panelists called for “increased awareness and concrete steps at the U.N. level to abolish surrogacy and uphold human dignity.”

The cross of the German “Synodal Way.” / Credit: Maximilian von Lachner / Synodaler Weg

German Catholics Write Letter to Rome Over Synodal Way, Warn of "serious scandal"

Jun 13, 2024

A Catholic committee has turned to the Vatican in an attempt to avoid a permanent Synodal Council to oversee the Church in Germany.

Pope Francis speaks to priests of the Diocese of Rome at the Pontifical Salesian University on June 11, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

“If a young man wants to enter the seminary and has a homosexual tendency: stop him”: Pope Francis Quoted again

Jun 12, 2024

The pope said there was “an air of faggotry” at the Vatican, according to reports.

Pope Francis gazes over the ancient ruins of the Roman Forum with Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri during a visit to Rome’s historic Capitoline Hill on June 10, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Reflects on Roman Empire in Visit to Ancient Capitoline Hill

Jun 10, 2024

The pope made the trip to the Capitoline Hill to speak to local government officials on June 10 in the Senatorial Palace, home to Rome’s city hall.

The 10th successor of St. Don Bosco to the Salesians, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, along with young people from the Salesians. | / Credit: ANS-Salesians

Salesian Youth Synod to Discern their Future and that of the Church

Jun 7, 2024

The Salesian News Agency (ANS) announced in an article that the event will begin Aug. 11 and will conclude on Aug. 16 —St. John Bosco’s birthday.

Lost Masterpiece of Christ Now on Display: "One of the greatest discoveries in the history of art"

May 29, 2024

The lost painting by Caravaggio was recently rediscovered and is now on display at the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain.

The tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis in Assisi, Italy. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

First Millennial to Be Canonized, Blessed Carlo Acutis: What did he die of and where is he buried

May 28, 2024

The news of the upcoming canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis has people wanting to know about the circumstances of his death and where his body rests.

Blessed Carlo Acutis. / Credit: Diocese of Assisi

10 Things You Should Know about Blessed Carlo Acutis

May 23, 2024

Who was Carlo Acutis? Was his body found incorrupt? Was he really a gamer? What did he play? Here are 10 things you should know about the millennial generation's first saint.