20+ hour, 56+ min ago   (300+ words) Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims and tourists at the Angelus on Sunday, 13 Sept. 2026 in the Vatican. (Image ©Vatican Media) The Chicago-born pope made his first public comments to commemorate the anniversary, speaking in English at the end of his…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (138+ words) A view of the Basilica del Voto Nacional in Quito, Ecuador. (Image credit: By Cayambe – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link ) Catholic pro-life activists are confident a bill aimed at regulating assisted reproduction – and containing several provisions that go against Church…...

21+ hour, 46+ min ago   (144+ words) A CRS aid worker delivers emergency assistance in Nepal. CRS is working with local partners and the US State Dept. (Image courtesy of US Embassy to Nepal) More than two weeks after a glacier collapsed near the China-Nepal border and…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (635+ words) A man prays at a sanctuary dedicated to late Argentine singer Gilda on the 30th anniversary of her death in a bus crash, in Entre Rios, Argentina, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Natacha Pisarenko/AP.) CEIBAS, Argentina — Thirty years ago this Monday, Argentina…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (745+ words) A man touches the cross as Serbian national military servicemen stand around the coffin of the former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide and other atrocities during the war…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (187+ words) TEMASCALCINGO, Mexico — Pyrotechnic material exploded during the festival for a patron saint in a town in Mexico State, collapsing a wall, killing at least 10 people and injuring another 64, Mexican authorities said. The explosion occurred Saturday night next to the Nuestra…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (112+ words) Pope Benedict the XIV early in his pontificate. (Credit: Associated Press.) “A new council proved to be not only meaningful, but necessary,” the pope said. He was speaking about Vatican II, especially in light of the momentous changes in the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (107+ words) The death toll topped 1,300 with 5,600 persons missing Friday, nine days after a disintegrating glacier at the headwaters of a Himalayan river system triggered catastrophic flash flooding along the Nepal-China border. Emergency responders at a hydro-electric facility on the Chinese side…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (895+ words) A golf cart sits near the Colosseum as tourists crowd the surrounding streets in Rome, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, highlighting the growing presence of the vehicles in the capital’s historic center as authorities move to curb an industry blamed by critics for…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (438+ words) Lisbon Patriarch Rui Valério and other officials attend the inauguration of a memorial to the 16 people killed in the derailment and crash of Lisbon’s Glória funicular, an iconic streetcar, on the first anniversary of the accident, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (Credit: Armando…...