As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — and as renewed nuclear threats emerge in current conflicts — several U.S. Catholic bishops will travel to Japan on a “Pilgrimage of Peace.”
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World will hear young people’s joy, shouting for peace on earth, pope says
The enthusiastic joy of young people, who love Jesus and want all wars to stop, will be heard to the ends of the earth, Pope Leo XIV said, welcoming tens of thousands of cheering young men and women to Rome for their Jubilee.
Report on alleged conditions at ICE’s Florida detention sites prompts Catholic leaders’ call for change
A new report alleges that three Florida immigration detention sites deny timely medical care, potentially resulting in deaths, and have freezing and overcrowded cells with no bedding or hygiene access.
Pope Leo meets with top Russian Orthodox cleric amid war, strained relations
Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that comes amid strained relations with Rome due to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
‘Never get used to violence,’ says NY cardinal after mass shooting in building near St. Patrick’s
“We should never get used to violence or lose our respect for the sacredness of human life,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, following a deadly mass shooting in that city that claimed four lives, including that of a New York City police officer.
Men’s religious leaders confront change with fraternity and faith
The question was simple and familiar to many in religious life: How does one deal with a curmudgeon – someone who is set in his ways, resistant to change and vocal about it?
Sister Rose Sylvia Lindner, S.S.N.D., dies at 91
A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Rose Sylvia Lindner was offered July 2 at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore. Sister Rose Sylvia died June 18. She was 91.
Radio Interview: The true story of ‘Xavier Rynne’
During the Second Vatican Council, a mysterious voice began reporting from inside the closed-door sessions — exposing tensions and calling for reform. That voice belonged to Xavier Rynne, the pseudonym of Father Francis Xavier Murphy, a Redemptorist priest who risked everything to write anonymously about the council’s inner workings.
Massacre ‘of faithful in the house of God’ in Congolese Catholic church leaves 43 dead
At least 43 people, including children, were killed July 27 in a brutal overnight attack on a Catholic church in Komanda in eastern Congo.
Pope welcomes young people to Rome for jubilee, thanks media for promoting truth
Greeting tens of thousands of visitors crowded in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV welcomed all the young people who arrived in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth.
Warsaw archbishop ‘devastated, crushed’ by priest’s arrest in brutal murder of homeless man
The Catholic Church in Poland is grappling with a shocking tragedy: A diocesan priest has confessed to the brutal murder of a homeless man.
Jubilee of Youth chance to celebrate hope, fraternity in world at war, panel says
More than half a million young people from 146 countries are set to arrive July 28 for the start of the weeklong Jubilee of Youth, which will include a special Jubilee dedicated to Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers.