Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, was announced Friday as Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leader of the Church of England. https://bit.ly/3VLit5V

Pope Leo XIV said prayers for victims of a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the central part of the Philippines that killed at least 72 people late Sept. 30, according to Archbishop Alberto Uy of Cebu.

Our research shows that nonreligious Americans report being significantly less spiritual than people who identify with established traditions such as Christianity, Judaism or Islam.

Pope Leo XIV expressed concern about rhetoric used by President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shortly after their Sept. 30 meeting with top U.S. military officials.

Nazrul Islam, a Muslim who lives in the Sunamganj district in Bangladesh, says Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home inspired him to cultivate various vegetables and fruit trees on the empty land next to his house.

Synodality, understood as a pilgrim journey, has helped me integrate my nursing service with faith in Jesus, the wounded healer.

The Sisters of St. Joseph's Mirabeau Water Garden in New Orleans is under construction, creating an opportunity to utilize the city's excess rainwater.

Roughly half the state's pollinators are at risk of going extinct. Women religious in the Hudson Valley and on Long Island are securing safe spaces for them.

Conservative Catholics must reckon with the fact that it is they, not the pope or Cardinal Cupich, who need a course correction. -Michael Sean Winters

Pope Leo XIV is not going to reject the reforms of Pope Francis, but neither is he going to quickly move beyond them.

Migrants and refugees often are "privileged witnesses of hope through their resilience and trust in God," Pope Leo XIV said.

A Catholic school educator in NJ has been pulled from her classroom, after she advised a school official her pregnancy was a surrogacy — a practice contrary to Church teaching — while the church engages her in a pastoral conversation over the matter.

Five years after the release of Pope Francis' encyclical on fraternal love, and amid a rise in political violence, the leader of the U.S. Catholic bishops is pleading for a rediscovery of — and respect for — a common humanity.

The blessing of combining parishes is the wealth of experience that people share in new ways. At our combined parish, that has reenergized initiatives to restore our common home, Earth, and to act on climate change.

Rapid economic growth has driven new migration patterns in Asia, and a report published in 2024 highlights how Catholic sisters are meeting the challenges and opportunities in their work with migrants and refugees.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, addressed controversy over Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich's decision to honor longtime Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, again signaling his attentiveness to debates in his native country and a willingness to comment on them. https://bit.ly/4mM5prR

Sen. Dick Durbin will not accept a Catholic award recognizing his immigration work, Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich said Sept. 30. The announcement follows objections from some bishops over Durbin's support for abortion rights.

As the popemobile rolled through St. Peter's Square Sept. 24, the choir from New York's Church of St. Paul the Apostle performed an original hymn for Pope Leo XIV. Its words were drawn from the pope's inaugural homily.

Reflecting on Pope Leo's recent comment in an interview, Daniel Horan suggests we look to history for the ways in which changing attitudes did eventually result in changing doctrine.

A government shutdown jeopardizes the health and stability of millions of families across the United States, especially the poor, Catholic organizations warned as the federal government shuttered Oct. 1 in a high-stakes standoff between congressional Republicans and Democrats.

Catholics and all people committed to protecting the planet must keep climate action from slipping into trends or tribalism, Pope Leo XIV said as he opened a global church summit on climate change aimed at advancing his predecessor's advocacy on environmental issues.

A new statement from the National Association of Black Catholic Administrators is calling for introspection and truth-telling amid the national fallout after the shooting death of Republican activist Charlie Kirk.

As the world grapples with "mounting challenges," the global community must "recommit to the foundational pillars" of peace, justice and truth, learning from history and building a more equitable future, a top Vatican diplomat told the United Nations.

Luna believes Catholics, especially young people, need to take action to help those immigrants in need.

Leo continued: "Someone who says, 'I'm against abortion but I'm in favor of the death penalty,' is not really pro-life. Someone who says, 'I'm against abortion, but I'm in favor of the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States,' I don't know if that's pro-life."

McElroy's message to reject indifference toward indiscriminate, violent deportation arrives with a desperately needed clarity amid the unfortunate clutter of voices on the issue, even within the church.

"Our hope was to be with the Hudson River and experience it as a living being, with its own right to exist, flourish and thrive," said Charity Sr. Carol De Angelo.

Several Catholic bishops are expressing their sorrow over a deadly attack at a Michigan house of worship, which took place just weeks after a mass shooting at a Minnesota Catholic church.

Speaking at a recent worship service at the Pentagon, Hegseth said the US needs to be 'in prayer, on bended knee, recognizing the providence of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.'

Among the estimated 20,000 pilgrims in Rome for the Jubilee of Catechists, a group of three dozen from the United States had their own private audience with Pope Leo XIV.

Arnold Schwarzenegger told reporters he knows that people get "pumped up" spiritually at Mass, but he wishes he could go to Mass at least once and hear a homily on what Catholics can and should do to reduce pollution.

Cardinal Robert McElroy wasted no time pointing out that this year's World Day for Migrants and Refugees is not like the others — at least not in the U.S.

A group of Catholic sisters criticized Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan for his recent comments about the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, suggesting the cardinal is "confusing the true witness of the Gospel" by likening Kirk to a biblical saint.

Pope Leo XIV announced he will proclaim St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church Nov. 1 during the Jubilee of the World of Education.

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla are set to make a state visit to the Vatican in late October, six months after the trip was postponed due to the illness of the late Pope Francis.

A Catholic high school boys' choir from Chicago made it to the top five on the season finale of "America's Got Talent" Sept. 24, prompting a message of pride and encouragement from Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich.

Over a century in the making, the Tower of Jesus Christ, designed by famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí, will soon crown the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, making it the tallest Catholic church in the world.

Universities, often perceived as bastions of progressive thought, are increasingly reflecting the broader political polarization gripping the nation.

A lawyer seemed to have a conflict of interest when he represented sisters who claimed the future pope covered up their abuse allegations against two priests. Now, one sister says her lawyer "didn't really want to help us."

Pope Leo XIV made his first big Vatican appointment Friday, naming an Italian legal expert to replace him as head of the Holy See's office that vets bishop nominations around the world.

The Vatican City State Court of Appeals handed a major victory to Cardinal Angelo Becciu and eight other defendants convicted in late 2023 of crimes related to the Vatican's huge financial loss on an investment property in London. https://bit.ly/48BWGoG

Diocesan bishops and vocations directors are largely satisfied with their seminaries' formation programs but some gaps remain between clergy and mental health professionals as to the role of ongoing psychological services in assessing candidates' readiness for ordination, according to a new report.

The first research study into the sexual abuse of women religious in German-speaking countries has shown a common pattern of spiritual abuse with global cases and highlighted that the majority of abuse is perpetrated by men, although some sisters were abused also by women superiors.

The bishops attacking Cardinal Blase Cupich for honoring Durbin need to be as consistently Catholic as the politicians they criticize.

One detainee was killed and two others were in serious condition after a shooting Sept. 24 at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, the Department of Homeland Security said.

Thirty years after a landmark international document safeguarding women's dignity, much remains to be done to ensure the well-being of women and girls worldwide, said a top Vatican diplomat.

As fall begins, Catholics are watching closely for Pope Leo XIV's first major Vatican appointments. One of the most urgent vacancies to fill is his own former role — prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.

Now retired, Sr. Winifred Doherty of Ireland and Sr. Teresa Kotturan of India remain passionate advocates for the causes they championed while in New York.

A recent immigration enforcement raid involving Korean workers in Georgia has rattled the Savannah area's Korean Catholics, according to one spokesman for the community.

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday named a successor to embattled New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond, two weeks after the archdiocese agreed to a $230 million proposed settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse.