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EWTN names Ursula Murua to succeed Montse Alvarado as head of EWTN News

A Catholic journalist for more than 30 years, Murua covered a talk by EWTN’s foundress, Mother Angelica, as a 20-year-old reporter in Peru.

Pope Leo XIV to open international congress on infertility in Rome

The three-day gathering will bring together experts to examine the scientific, anthropological, and ethical challenges surrounding fertility, infertility, sexuality, and human reproduction.

Cardinal Tagle elected new dean of the College of Cardinals

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, who leads the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization, succeeded Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re on Oct. 9.

The lifesaving miracle that led to St. John Henry Newman’s canonization

St. John Henry Newman, who was declared a doctor of the Church on Nov. 1, 2025, was canonized after two miracles were attributed to his intercession.

U.S. bishops to elect secretary, committee chairs at November meeting

The bishops will serve one year as chair-elect and assume the positions in the fall of 2027.

Archbishop of Dijon, France, asks for prayers for priest who died by suicide

“Let us entrust him to the merciful love of the Lord,” the archbishop wrote in a letter to the faithful. “Let us pray for his parishioners, shocked by this unexpected news.”

Exorcists discuss cases, emphasize essential role of sacred music and the Virgin Mary in exorcisms

The exorcists discussed the importance of sacred music and the “essential” place of the Virgin Mary’s intercession in exorcisms.

‘Nearly every Catholic health care institution’ in Illinois shielded from suicide law in court order

Multiple religious objectors are suing the state over its newly instituted assisted suicide regime.

Holy See calls for abolition of death penalty at UN

“The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person,” the Holy See’s permanent observer to the U.N. said during the 81st General Assembly.

Martyrs or rebels?: Rome conference debates 100-year legacy of Cristero movement

A century after the Cristero War began in 1926, scholars gathered to discuss the church-state relationship in Mexico and Latin America.