National Catholic Register, by Tessa Gervasini: In celebration of the United States of America’s 250th anniversary, the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s theme is “One Nation Under God.” Pilgrims will journey on the St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Route to honor the…

Church of Bologna, by Andrea Caniato: The path that will lead to the establishment of an Ecumenical Council of Churches in Bologna has formally begun. At the vesper that concludes the week of prayer for the unity of Christians on…

The Blaze, by Joseph Mackinnon: The years-long trend of American de-Christianization recently came to an end, with the Christian share of the U.S. population stabilizing at roughly six in ten Americans, according to Pew Research Center data. Of the 62%…

National Catholic Register, by American college campuses are cloaked in the annual splendor of fall colors, and students are buckling down in a new semester. Amid the many diversions of campus life, Catholic chaplains say unexpectedly large numbers of students…

USA Today, by Francesca Chambers: JD Vance lowered himself to kneel on a crimson cushion. Head bowed and eyes closed, he raised his right hand to his forehead, chest and left shoulder, before placing his palm on the red-hued slab…

BBC, by Sean Coughlan: King Charles and Pope Leo made history in the Sistine Chapel by praying side by side – a first for the leaders of the Church of England and Catholic Church. Under the scrutinising eyes of Michelangelo’s…

The Catholic Herald: Brian Burch has been sworn in as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See following a narrow Senate confirmation earlier this month. Burch, the co-founder of CatholicVote, was nominated by President Donald Trump on 20 December,…

CNN, by B Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Ivana Kottasová: Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of…

Vatican News, by Joseph Tulloch: Eighty-eight “public-facing Catholics”, including five cardinals, came together in New York late last week for a three-day conference hosted by Fordham University. The ‘ecclesial gathering’, which was dedicated to Pope Francis’ 2020 encyclical Fratelli tutti,…

USA Today, by Marc Ramirez: “Who am I to judge?” With those five words, Pope Francis signaled that his papacy was going to be different from his predecessors’, especially when it came to LGBTQ issues. In 2013, the pope was…

Politico, by Ben Munster: Pope Francis is seriously worried about his health after being hospitalized with severe bronchitis, and is rushing to tie up loose ends ahead of the battle to succeed him. The pope was admitted to a special…

America Magazine, by Meg Giordano: I teach philosophy at a Jesuit liberal arts college. I am an ecumenical chaplain at that same Jesuit school, where I have also been a mentor in the Manresa program, an undergraduate community inspired by…