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Gaza in need of ‘miracles,’ papal agency says

Catholics and other Christians can “first of all, pray,” Michael La Civita of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association said. Prayer "works miracles, and we need miracles.”

New York Catholic university files federal lawsuit over forced collective bargaining rule

St. John's University said the state's mandatory bargaining requirement "impermissibly entangles" the government in its religious mission.

Pope Leo XIV accompanied him through his cancer battle. Now they will meet again in Madrid

After surviving cancer, a Spanish teen prepares to reunite with the pope who accompanied him through his illness.

Miami Catholic schools receive $15 million in state security funding after ‘months of advocacy’

The Florida bishops had petitioned the state Legislature for the funding, though a broader statewide measure failed to pass.

Pope calls on Catholic universities to be authentic, instill ‘passion for the truth’

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday addressed presidents and senior administrators from Catholic institutions belonging to the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities.

Bangladesh church bombing: 25 years on, Catholic victims still await justice

A bomb tore through Sunday Mass at Most Holy Redeemer Church in Gopalganj on June 3, 2001; a quarter-century later, police have yet to file a single charge sheet in the case.

Former Louisiana priest receives 99 years in prison after sex abuse conviction

Father Anthony Odiong was arrested in Florida on child pornography charges in July 2024 while facing several other charges related to sex crimes.

India tribunal urges end to ‘impunity’ as anti-Christian violence climbs

Christian, Hindu, and Muslim groups joined a People's Tribunal in New Delhi that documented a sharp rise in attacks on Christians and demanded the government curb “impunity.”

Pope Leo XIV: We must rediscover signs and symbols of the sacred liturgy

The pontiff continued his catechesis on the Second Vatican Council's teaching on the liturgy during his weekly general audience.

Archbishop Coakley: Encyclical urges keeping human dignity central in judging tech

Coakley spoke at a virtual panel held by Georgetown University's Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life that explored what the encyclical is asking.