The Archdiocese of New York has announced staff cuts and a major revamp of its pastoral offices, as it sheds its longtime headquarters building and wrestles in court with its insurer to cover abuse claim payouts.

Pope Francis has named a “cura villero” — one of the priests working in the shantytowns of Buenos Aires — to head the Argentine archdiocese previously led by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Amid controversy over religious-themed tattoos sported by President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth, a U.S. office of a Vatican lay institution for the church in the Holy Land has expressed concern regarding the misuse of its historic insignia beyond strictly religious purposes.

Pope Francis will visit the French island of Corsica Dec. 15, the Diocese of Ajaccio announced, although the trip was not immediately confirmed by the Vatican.

The situation in Ukraine is very “worrisome” and could spiral out of control, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.

This year, the USPS selected as the image for this stamp a painting that has been in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields in Indianapolis since 1938.

President Joe Biden awarded Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president, the Presidential Medal of Freedom Nov. 20 in a private ceremony, the White House said.

In the wake of recent high-profile cases of financial mismanagement at parishes, experts said transparency, accountability and greater involvement of finance councils in parish business operations can head off losses in money — and in pastoral trust.

A true study and understanding of the church’s history and experience are needed to help priests better interpret today’s world, to make the Gospel more relevant and to counter ideologies and distorted narratives about the church, Pope Francis said.

With the final blessing of the final Mass completed, thousands of young people took one last chance to rush the stage and rock out to a few songs to conclude the 2024 National Catholic Youth Conference in Long Beach.