Egypt s Ministry of Education s list of top-performing students in the 2025 2026 General Secondary Certificate examinations excludes Coptic Christians, amplifying concern among rights advocates about
“I will do everything that I can,” Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Greek Catholic Ukrainian Church reported Francis as saying during a phone conversation Friday.
For the first time in history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the alliance is mobilizing a military response force as a defense against Russia’s military aggression in Eastern Europe. The...
Pro-life critics voiced disappointment after England’s health authority gave a six-month extension to a temporary policy that allows women to self-administer both doses of abortion drugs at home, without visiting a medical clinic.
Messages from around the world have flooded Twitter as the beloved “Digitalnun,” Sister Catherine Wybourne, died of cancer Feb. 24, at the age of 68.
The pope assured Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of his closeness, support, and prayers for Ukraine.
Casualties are climbing in Ukraine as Russia continues its military invasion of its neighbor. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reports that nearly 150 soldiers and civilians were killed on the first day of fighting and more than 300 wounded.
At the request of the bishops of France and the Order of Carmelites Discalced (OCD), Pope Francis agreed on Feb. 22 to open a special process known in the Catholic Church as “equipollent canonization” to raise the 16 Carmelite martyrs of Compiègne to the altars.
While the U.S. was focused on other parts of the world, Latin America took on a new trading partner: China. The region has also begun to shift in an anti-American direction, creating a big strategic problem for the United States.
The small Cathedral Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus was filled to overflowing.
U.S. bishops, like much of the world, focused on the East European nation Feb. 24. Some condemned the actions of Russia, others expressed worry about the consequences on civilians and what the future brings.
