Day: September 25, 2025

Christopher Furlong Protesters wave the Union Jack and St. George’s Cross flags during the “Unite the Kingdom” rally on Westminster Bridge by the Houses of Parliament on Sept. 13, 2025, in London. The statement comes after a recent ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally in England, organized by anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson, reportedly drew an estimated 110,000 … Read moreCardinal Vincent Nichols Condemns Words and Symbols ‘Co-Opting Christianity’

Courtesy photoBishop Ciro Quispe López, bishop emeritus of Juli, Peru. The Prelature of Juli was established in 1957. Read More

Courtesy photoEucharistic edoration at the Holy Family Parish in Gaza, led by the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli, in December 2024. The priest from the Institute of the Incarnate Word, who first came to Gaza in 2005, said he sometimes no longer knows what to say to those who have lost their loved ones. Read … Read moreGaza’s Only Catholic Priest: ‘For Mercy’s Sake Stop This War and Stop Killing People’

Daniel Ibáñez/Gage Skidmore Pope Leo XIV and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The conference’s third day will explore practical ways to implement Laudato Si’. Read More

Marko OrlovicThe chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing, defended his country’s controversial guidelines on same-sex blessings this week, asserting that there was no contradiction with Vatican teaching, despite Pope Leo XIV’s recent criticism. Even before Leo’s warning words, five German dioceses refused to implement the German guidelines, citing conflicts with Vatican teaching. … Read moreBishop Bätzing: German Bishops Not On ‘Confrontational Course With Rome’

Mary RomanelloRichmond Bishop Barry Knestout (center) joins community leaders including U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia (fifth from left), at a groundbreaking ceremony for Greenway Village at St. Elizabeth Parish in Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. The Richmond project is one of numerous efforts by Catholic Church leaders and local Catholic communities to help … Read moreApartments Built at Virginia Parish Highlight Faith-Led Efforts to Address Housing Crisis

Andrew HarnikRanking Member Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) speaks at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Sept. 16, in Washington, D.C. COMMENTARY: By honoring a senator who once won with pro-life support but later scored 100% with NARAL, Cardinal Cupich undermines the Catholic politicians who still fight … Read moreCardinal Cupich’s Award for Pro-Abortion Senator Durbin Sows Confusion

Win McNameeErika Kirk speaks during the memorial service for her husband, political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. EDITORIAL: The grief-stricken widow’s words offer a turning point for all of us. Read More

U.S. Supreme Court in autumn COMMENTARY: Each case in the Supreme Court’s fall session involves efforts by government to restrict or compel speech in error or suppress ministries and individuals from acting consistent with religious conviction. Read More