Friday, May 22, 2026
Sign up for our newsletter
Read more: One year of Pope Leo XIV
Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

Somalia is nearing the brink of humanitarian catastrophe, aid and Church organizations warn

by Fredrick Nzwili

Somalia’s prolonged instability further complicates relief efforts as it continues to face an insurgency by al-Shabab, an al-Qaida-affiliated group.

Pope Leo XIV to publish encyclical on artificial intelligence May 25
What is an encyclical, exactly?
Washington Roundup: War powers resolution advances; reconciliation bill stalls; Castro indicted
Maronite patriarch who championed Lebanese independence among sainthood causes advanced by Pope Leo
The flame of Pentecost is needed today. How will you keep it burning?
First Black bishop to serve as Baltimore auxiliary, Pensacola-Tallahassee bishop dies at 86

U.S. Church

Ascend Eucharistic Revival draws 3,000 Pacific Northwest Catholics of all ages, ethnicities

by Andrew Foster / Northwest Catholic

BELLEVUE, Wash. (OSV News) — More than 3,000 local Catholics joined together in prayer led by Father Nicholas Wichert at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue May 16. The Ascend …

Devotion to Sacred Heart ‘more timely than ever’ as a return to love itself, says archbishop

Vance ‘looking forward to reading’ Pope Leo’s AI encyclical

Safe environment, sainthood causes and Sacred Heart on agenda for US bishops’ meeting

Border bishops have ‘grave concerns’ about $72 billion immigration enforcement funding package

Regular pastoral visits resume at ICE facility near Chicago after judge’s order

World

As Ebola epidemic spreads, Uganda postpones Martyrs Day celebrations

by Fredrick Nzwili

As Ebola spreads, its impact is being felt in the Catholic community in Africa, as it forces the postponement of the Uganda Martyrs Day celebration.

Pope will find a living, growing Church in Madrid, Spanish cardinal says
Chartres pilgrimage grows as organizers warn against renewed traditionalist divisions
Interfaith peace march in Jerusalem counters rising violence and division
Bolivia’s bishops urge ‘humanitarian pauses’ as protests collapse country
AI cannot replace humanity, conscience, truth, Irish archbishop says

Police recover beloved saint’s relic taken in brazen theft that shocked Czech Catholics

Communion and Liberation founder’s sainthood cause heads to Vatican

UK diocese opens Pedro Ballester’s sainthood cause

Vatican

Pope will show an ethical code for AI is not enough, head of papal academy says

by Carol Glatz

Opinion

The reality of the abortion pill

by Katie Yoder

Invitation to joy

by Michael R. Heinlein

Voting rights: A people of hope in the long journey toward justice

by Bishop Daniel E. Garcia

Reviews

Obsession

by John Mulderig
St. Francis of Assisi in film
‘House of David’ star opens up about Catholic conversion as new season premieres
Looking for a Holy Week read? Updated book explores ‘What Christ Suffered’
Facebook Twitter Instagram