Pope Leo XIV told participants in a meeting organized by the Leo XIV International Study Center that 'it is not wars, but the weaving of peace and just balances ...

The bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, announced that the extraordinary form of the Mass will be celebrated on Sundays at a new site beginning tomorr ...

Since the 16th century Catholic piety has assigned entire months to special devotions. Like the Sacred Wounds of Jesus, His Precious Blood deserves special honor because of its close relation to the ...

President Donald Trump nominated three new members of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, including Bishop Robert Barron of Winona- ...

A Nigerian bishop said that over 200 churches have been destroyed in his archdiocese since the beginning of the Boko Haram insurgency in 2009. 'We are survi ...

CWN Editor's Note: The administrative committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) established a Task Force on Preserving Human Dignity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, ...

A Vatican diplomat called on companies and investors to combat slavery and human trafficking. “New forms of slavery are fueled by economic chains and digital infrastructures,” warned Archbishop Ettore ...

World Youth Day exists to help young people encounter Christ on the Cross, Cardinal Kevin Farrell told 300 youth ministry delegates during the second international meeting in preparation for next year ...

“Unfortunately, the principles of economic justice articulated by the bishops in 1986 remain as relevant and necessary today amid persistent poverty, growing inequality, revolutionary technological ...

CWN Editor's Note: Stating that “nobody should be a passive recipient of decisions made by others,” a Vatican diplomat emphasized the importance of subsidiarity in international development decisions.

Pope Leo XIV visited the Vatican Apostolic Library on September 14, his 71st birthday, and said that “if on the one hand a book brings calm, on the other it awakens a restlessness, feeding the desire ...