Pope Leo XIV will have surgery at Rome’s Gemelli on Oct. 13 for a small lung nodule; canon law leaves the See intact and routine Curia work continues.

Their plea follows a failed Sept. 30 execution and urges life without parole as a just response that honors human dignity.

Nearly every Catholic health institution in Illinois wins temporary protection as conscience claims move forward statewide.

South Sudan's first general elections since 2011 independence fall on Dec. 22; the Tombura-Yambio prelate warns rivalry must not deepen divisions.

On World Day Against the Death Penalty, he ties the Church’s stance to U.S. plans for a military firing‑squad execution.

Hours after an audience with Pope Leo XIV, the military archbishop called the planned livestream a 'barbaric spectacle' and urged reconsideration.

The film adaptation of the stage play about America’s first Black priest opens in select theaters after successful stage runs.

The former Dicastery for Divine Worship secretary becomes Vicar General for Vatican City; Bishop Aurelio García Macías succeeds him as secretary.

Produced in Brazil, it traces his costly conversion and the unity of faith and reason; Formed streams it in English.

Lawyers keep face-to-face visits at a site housing about 150 detainees; priests cannot, and Communion via plastic bag was rejected as inadequate.

A closed-door Vatican meeting marking a decade of Amoris laetitia expects no new document; Pope Leo XIV urged learning from families in difficulty.

Rev. Milad Yaghi, of the Maronite Lebanese Missionaries, has served Houston’s Maronite and Hispanic Catholics; no installation date was announced.

The Holy Father announced after the Angelus that doctors found a small lung nodule; the procedure is scheduled at Rome's Gemelli Hospital.