1+ day, 44+ 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…...

6+ day, 6+ 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…...

1+ week, 1+ 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…...

1+ week, 2+ 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, 3+ 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…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (758+ words) Iglesia del Santuario de Torreciudad. Credit: José Luis Filpo Cabana/Wikimedia. A Spanish bishop has reignited a longstanding dispute with Opus Dei over a Marian image, saying that he will resign if the revered icon is not returned to its…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (157+ words) Father John Ubel, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, celebrates the eucharistic prayer facing the altar, in the traditional custom, during one of the Catholic parish’s Latin Masses in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Credit: Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP.) Pope…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (123+ words) SÃO PAULO – The Cardinal Archbishop of Manaus has decried a startling increase in violence against indigenous persons in Brazil, as Indigenous communities face various attempts to drive them off what little they still hold of their ancient lands and further…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (721+ words) Rescue workers try to put out a fire at the Dormition Cathedral of thousand-year-old Monastery of Caves, also known as Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, following a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (Credit: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP.) Two of Ukraine’s foremost…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1590+ words) After a deadly accident in an off-limits mine in South Africa earlier this month, one leading Catholic bishop is calling for accountability. Tens of thousands of so-called “artisanal” miners work illegally in disused gold and platinum mines formerly operated by…...