Franciscan Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw has been named the vicar apostolic of Quetta in Pakistan's Balochistan province, more than a year after he was removed as archbishop of Lahore amid ...

By OSV News Pope Leo XIV has bestowed the title of "monsignor" on Father Michael J.K. Fuller, general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, with the distinction of ...

By Gina Christian, OSV News Two Maronite bishops in the U.S. are calling for prayer, dialogue and solidarity after a Maronite priest was killed in Lebanon amid the U.S.-Israel war ...

Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, whose resignation as the Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad has been accepted by Pope Leo XIV, issues a letter reflecting on his years of his ministry in Iraq, saying he led ...

“As violence escalates in Iran and across the Middle East, we watch with deep concern,” the sisters said. “Civilians — especially girls, women, and children — are paying the highest price,” they added ...

“As a baptized Catholic, as a woman, we have [a particular] role to play, especially when it comes to women’s issues and children’s issues,” Mugo stressed. For girls and women coming from difficult ...

Behind the great care given to the people affected by leprosy in this century are the religious nuns, who have devoted their lives to restoring dignity, hope, and community to those who have been ...

The report published was that of Study Group No. 5 on Women’s participation in the life and leadership of the Church. The Final Report in Italian and English, together with a brief summary in five ...

ROME: The Holy See Press Office released a statement on Monday reporting that Pope Leo XIV is praying for the cessation of hostilities in the Middle East. The Pope expressed his sorrow for the many ...

As a teenager, Sachini Dilshani Weerakoon struggled with a persistent skin condition that caused bleeding wounds on both her legs. But at 20, she now speaks about it not with pain or shame but with ...

It asked dioceses to treat the Implementation Phase of the Synod on Synodality (June 2025–December 2026) not as another program, but as a time of “spiritual renewal, shared responsibility, and deeper ...

Father Pierre el-Rahi died from his wounds. A few days ago, an Israeli drone also killed Sami Ghafari, 70, while he was in the garden of his home. He was the brother of Father Maroun Ghafari, parish ...