St. Callistus Roman Catholic Church

As a Pakistani court prepares to hear Maria Shahbaz’s appeal, European lawmakers are pressing the EU’s religious freedom envoy to make forced conversions a priority.

The Holy See’s foreign minister said it is evaluating the timing and conditions for a possible visit to the country by Pope Leo XIV.

A Nicaraguan priest shares his trials of persecution and exile, and his hope for a free Nicaragua delivered from the oppression of the Ortega regime.

The bishops addressed departures from acceptable Church norms regarding the handling of cremated remains and the time and place of eulogies, among other 'liturgical anomalies' during funerals.

The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Archdiocese of Mombasa set up a medical camp to offer screenings and care to underserved patients.

The Saint Sharbel Spiritual Life Center is home to the first-class relic associated with the healing of a Phoenix woman in 2016 by the intercession of St. Sharbel, whose feast day is July 24.

Burch said his recent comments to the New York Times were not meant to imply that Pope Leo’s statements about the Iran war should be seen as simply diplomatic — rather than spiritual — guidance.

Pope Leo XIV’s recent visit to Spain was well received by attendees and volunteers, with 97% reporting a positive or very positive view.

Vance Boelter was sentenced for the murder of Rep. Melissa Hortman, a Catholic lawmaker who once taught Sunday school and volunteered in her parish’s children’s faith formation program.

The priest said “the human heart is made to worship” and warned that if it “does not worship God, it will worship something else: success, the body, money, or a soccer team.”