France's Confession Debate: Bishops Win a Battle but Not the War

Few questions unsettle the relationship between the French state and the Catholic Church as reliably as confessional secrecy. A bi…

Pope Leo XIV Enters a Deeply Divided Spain

Pope Leo XIV will travel to Spain and address the country’s Parliament at a moment of extreme political and social tension. His ar…

The hug that stopped Mass and went around the world

It was only a brief moment, but it captured the attention of millions of people. A video from a Brazilian church shows an elderly …

Josef Grünwidl becomes the new Archbishop of Vienna – a pastor with his feet firmly on the ground

The Archdiocese of Vienna has a new archbishop. Due to the concordat procedure, the government must also be informed before the na…

Further desecration in St. Peter's Basilica and the Pope's reaction

During morning Mass, as thousands of pilgrims passed through the Holy Door, a man climbed onto the main altar beneath Bernini's ca…