Earthbeat, by Griffin Thompson: To proclaim that the world is struggling is to utter the mundane. Regardless of the crisis — rising authoritarianism, armed conflict, migration, climate change or the specter of a future governed by bots, not people —…

Catholic News Agency, by Matthew Santucci: The Vatican’s latest bid to tackle climate change will bring together politicians and researchers from around the world for a three-day conference next week featuring a series of roundtable discussions and culminating in the…

Reuters, by Philip Pullella: Transgender people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican’s doctrinal office said on Wednesday, responding to questions from a bishop. The department, known as the Dicastery…

AP News, by David Crary: In the United States, the national conference of Catholic bishops rejects the concept of gender transition, leaving many transgender Catholics feeling excluded. On Wednesday, the Vatican made public a sharply contrasting statement, saying it’s permissible,…

Vatican News, by Mario Galgano: This year’s World Economic Forum is once again taking place in Davos, Switzerland, with the global situation completely changed since the last “in person” meeting two years ago. “Everywhere you hear about crises. The world…

Reuters, by Philip Pullella: The Vatican’s top administrators would have been expecting an exchange of pleasantries at their annual Christmas meeting with Pope Francis on Monday. Instead, he chose the occasion to issue a stinging critique, telling the priests, bishops…

France 24: Macron, accompanied by his wife Brigitte, arrived at the Vatican and was greeted with an honour guard of Swiss Guards in the San Damaso courtyard before taking an elevator to the official papal study in the Apostolic Palace….

Religion News Service, by Claire Giangravé: As Pope Francis continued attempts to mediate the conflict in Ukraine, former Vatican envoy and outspoken papal critic Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò released a letter Monday (March 7) blaming “deep state” forces in the…

The Blaze, by Dave Urbanski: A New Hampshire high school football player who was suspended for a game allegedly for saying there are “only two genders” is suing his school district, the Portsmouth Herald reported. What are the details? The…

AP News, by Josh Boak, Zeke Miller, Nicole Winfield: Face to face at the Vatican, President Joe Biden held extended and highly personal talks with Pope Francis on Friday and came away saying the pontiff told him he was a…

CNS News, by Melanie Arter: When White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked at her briefing on Wednesday whether President Joe Biden agrees with Pope Francis that abortion is murder, she responded that Biden “believes in a woman’s right…

LifeSite, by Michael Haynes: The Vatican is celebrating an ecumenical movement designed to promote “ecological conversion” and to respond to Pope Francis’s persistent calls to heed the “cry of the Earth.” Starting September 1, the World Day of Prayer for…