7+ hour, 55+ min ago   (184+ words) » Continue to this story on Catholic Herald CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne, Germany, said in an interview that “a major challenge lies in defining for the universal Church what synodality is.” “There will be no ‘German…...

8+ hour, 55+ min ago   (238+ words) Pope Leo XIV named 12 new consultors to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, including two professors at the University of Notre Dame and the CEO of a California asset management company. Father Emmanuel Katongole, a Ugandan priest, is professor…...

8+ hour, 55+ min ago   (195+ words) The number of baptisms in Ireland fell by 29.9% between 2015 and 2025. The number of births fell by 18.8% over the ten-year period. The decline in the number of baptisms was steepest in the Diocese of Meath (-40.8%) and the Archdiocese of Dublin (-39.9%), according…...

7+ hour, 55+ min ago   (145+ words) The relics of St. Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879), to whom Our Lady appeared in Lourdes, will tour the United States in 2026-27. The tour will begin on September 18 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. » Continue to…...

8+ hour, 55+ min ago   (176+ words) The Vatican City State announced that the vegetable garden adjacent to Mater Ecclesiae Monastery is now 100% organic. In 1994, Pope St. John Paul II established the monastery for contemplative nuns within the Vatican City State; the monastery became Pope Benedict XVI’s…...

7+ hour, 55+ min ago   (140+ words) » Continue to this story on Australian Broadcasting Corporation CWN Editor's Note: A parliamentary inquiry in the Australian state of Tasmania issued a 225-page report on discrimination and bullying in Tasmanian schools. Brian Mitchell, the member of parliament who chaired the…...

9+ hour, 55+ min ago   (230+ words) Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, wrote a telegram in the Holy Father’s name following a ferry accident in Zimbabwe that left over 90 people dead. Cardinal Parolin said that Pope Leo was “deeply saddened” to learn…...

8+ hour, 55+ min ago   (295+ words) Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, paid tribute to St. Agatha during an August 17 Mass marking the 900th anniversary of the return of her relics to Catania. “Celebrating this anniversary, means recognizing that the Lord has been…...

13+ hour, 3+ min ago   (379+ words) Other Commemorations: St. Louis of Toulouse, Bishop (RM) August 19, 2026 (Readings on USCCB website) Mass Propers for Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time: Entrance Antiphon, Ps 84(83):10-11: Turn your eyes, O God, our shield; and look on the face of…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (293+ words) The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops responded to Attorney General James Uthmeier’s warning that a refusal by Catholic schools to grant religious exemptions to vaccine mandates is “troubling and may disqualify them from state scholarships and vouchers.” In a letter…...