The Pledge Against AI Catholic Content and Text (PAACCT), a statement signed by a number of Catholic institutions, ...

CWN Editor's Note: The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross discussed respect for international humanitarian law during an October 9 audience with Pope Leo XIV. “More war, ...

CWN Editor's Note: Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, condemned the federal government’s decision to livestream an execution ...

A leading Vatican diplomat called for a 'fairer and more inclusive international financial architecture' so that 'no nation is merely a recipient of decisions m ...

Pope Leo XIV encouraged members of the Association of Lay Vatican Employees to engage in dialogue rather than foment conflict. The Pope’s words, delivered during an October 5 audience, came nine ...

Someday another generation will look back upon us with the same moral clarity with which we ponder the slaveholders of the 19th century. What will they see?

Three speakers at a Vatican press conference (video) discussed the upcoming extraordinary meeting on the tenth anniversary of Amoris Laetitia. At the meeting—entitled “Ten years after Amoris Laetitia: ...

Pope Leo XIV urged belligerents in strife-torn Ethiopian regions to seek peace through dialogue and called on the international community to offer assistance. The Pontiff’s appeal came amid an ...

Pope Leo XIV encouraged Korean priests and religious who reside in Rome to live the “hidden martyrdom” of daily love. “Preserving the memory of the martyrs means allowing their faith to continue to ...

CWN Editor's Note: Addressing a UN session on social development, a Vatican diplomat said yesterday that the “core of sustainable development” is found in Pope Leo’s statement in Magnifica Humanitas ...

Pope Leo XIV told a gathering of artists and curators that “the Church looks upon you with esteem, gratitude and hope; that she needs you, and that she wishes to walk alongside you, so that together ...

This devotion originated in the heart of St. Teresa of Avila (+1582) and of St. John of the Cross (+1591) who handed it over to the Carmelite Order as a spiritual treasure. In 1624 this devotion was ...