Officials of the Nashville Diocese called news of a morning mass shooting and loss of life at a private Christian school in the city heartbreaking and “deeply sad and shocking” and urged prayers for the victims and their families.

Bishop Joseph R. Kopacz of the Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi, extended his prayers and encouraged Catholics to support all communities affected by this tragic event. “We join in prayer for all those affected by the storms that crossed our state,” he said in a statement posted on the diocesan website March 25.

The Vatican confirmed the martyrdom of the Ulma family, including their unborn child, on Dec. 17, 2022, clearing the way for all nine members of the Ulma family to be beatified.

In a world where “there is no shortage of hotbeds of hatred and revenge,” Pope Francis told priests and seminarians that “we confessors must multiply the ‘hotbeds of mercy,'” by making it easy for people to access the sacrament of reconciliation.

Following California’s successful lead, legislation in Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia aims to impose on social media giants fines, age-appropriate design codes, and user age restrictions for opening accounts.

The National Eucharistic Revival announced it will release what it called the “first-of-its-kind” mystagogy series of weekly catechetical reflections throughout the Easter season to “invite all Catholics deeper into the mysteries of Christ by reflecting on the truth, goodness and beauty of the Mass,” a news release on the series said.

THE COLONY, Texas (OSV News) — St. Sophia Ukrainian Catholic Church in The Colony, Texas, is thousands of miles from the front lines of the fighting in Ukraine, but the hearts of its faithful are close to the war-torn country. In his flock, Father Pavlo Popov ministers to a broad scope of Catholics. Refugees recently […]

The French Catholic pediatrician and geneticist who co-discovered the link between a chromosome irregularity and Down syndrome is now on the path to sainthood, and the Jerome Lejeune Foundation USA daily advances the rights and wellbeing of those with Down syndrome and their families.

Recognizing how war and political differences can increase Christian divisions, believers must keep their focus on Christ and his Gospel, said members of a delegation of the World Council of Churches that met with Pope Francis.

Clericalization led to the separation of the clergy from the faithful in the church’s liturgy celebrated before the Second Vatican Council, said Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household.