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Faced with rising suicide rates among nuns and priests, the Catholic Church in India launches a ministry of healing and mental health

Archbishop Thomas Tharayil, who heads the association, framed the matter with unusual candor. Parish life, he said, cannot be pastoral if it ignores mental well-being. His remarks resonated particularly in Kerala, where several priests in recent years have taken their own lives, leaving dioceses to reckon with a pattern they could no longer chalk up to isolated crises

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Excommunication for traditionalist clergyman “ordained bishop” in the US without the Pope’s authorization

The prelate who performed the rite was Archbishop Telesphore G. Mpundu, the retired head of the Archdiocese of Lusaka

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Nun reveals details of Pope Francis’ will: he left money to buy ambulances for Ukraine

For those familiar with Francis’ pastoral style, the gesture aligns with a pattern: compassion expressed not through grand statements but through precise, sometimes hidden acts of mercy. An ambulance—practical, urgent, unadorned—fits seamlessly within that legacy.

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Pope Francis’ popemobile converted into an ambulance receives permission to enter Gaza

A vehicle built for ceremonial journeys is now poised to navigate the fractured landscape of Gaza, carrying not dignitaries but doctors, not crowds but patients in need

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The gunman who attempted to assassinate John Paul II tried to meet with Leo XIV in Turquí: what happened?

Agca arrived with the unmistakable intention of inserting himself into the story. Speaking to Turkish media, he expressed hope for a brief conversation with the pontiff—a few minutes, nothing more—while insisting that the papal presence in Iznik was “extraordinary.”

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US Democrats and Republicans Approve Resolution Condemning Evils of Socialism

Donald Trump called New York Mayor-elect Zhofran Mamdani a Communist. The Resolution was passed on the same day Mamdani visited the White House.

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From the revocation of anathema in Nicaea, 17 centuries after the first Ecumenical Synod

‘The theological dialogue that the Orthodox Church conducts with the Roman Catholic Church, as well as with the rest of the Christian world, in no way seeks to reach a compromise or to betray Orthodoxy.’

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The homily with which Pope Leo XIV instilled hope in the Lebanese people

Homily of Pope Leo XIV at the concluding Mass of his pastoral visit to Lebanon

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“We cannot forget the most vulnerable”: Pope Leo XIV at a hospital in Lebanon

Words of the Pope during his visit to the workers and patients of the “De La Croix” hospital in Jal ed Dib

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