As the world watches, Australia stands up for childhood

Who could fail to be moved? The handful of corporations that profit from the trade, each of which has a market capitalisation of a trillion US dollars or more, of course. Loading Communications Minister Anika Wells is exasperated with their...

King To Pray Alongside Pope

King Charles III is set to become the first British monarch in more than five centuries to pray alongside a pope, in what Buckingham Palace has described as a moment of “historic reconciliation” between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic...

Pope Leo XIV asks every parish worldwide to take part in World Mission Sunday

Pope Leo XIV is asking all parishes across the globe to participate in World Mission Sunday this weekend to help spread the Gospel. On World Mission Sunday, the Pope explained in an Oct. 13 video message, “the whole Church prays, united,...

JOYCE: In Homecoming game, Gaels face Lancers with possible rematch in playoffs looming

Breadcrumb Trail Links Sports Local Sports In advance of his team's Homecoming game against the University of Windsor Lancers, Queen's Gaels football coach Steve Snyder meets with the media at the team's Richardson Stadium offices in Kingston on...

Jerusalem Church leaders welcome Gaza ceasefire

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 17, 2025 / 06:00 am Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: Jerusalem church leaders welcome Gaza ceasefire The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem has...

Pope expresses closeness to Cebu quake victims

Posted by ReyFort Media VATICAN— Pope Leo XIV on Sunday again expressed his closeness and concern for people affected by the deadly earthquake that recently struck Cebu and nearby provinces. Speaking in Italian during his Sunday Angelus in St....

King to be first British monarch to pray with Pope in at least 500 years

Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent ShareSave King Charles and Pope Leo are to become the first British monarch and pontiff to pray together at a church service since the Reformation in the 16th Century. This historic moment will be in the Sistine...

The National Guard is still blocked

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: A federal appeals court unanimously upheld the block on President Donald Trump’s efforts to deploy the National Guard in Illinois. 🗞️ Plus: ICE arrests a suburban cop, Mayor Brandon Johnson pitches a tax on social...

May I Walk with You? Lots of Churches

While perusing the latest “Great Lakes Bay Catholic”, the magazine of the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw, I noticed that there are 24,466 registered families in the Diocese of Saginaw, along with 56 parishes. I remembered that a long time ago I spoke...

50 years of dialogue brings Christians, Jews together

For 50 years, the Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Toronto (CJDT) has been on the forefront in strengthening interfaith relations through unity and ongoing discussion. Since 1975, the Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Toronto has joined representatives...

Confidential APSA audit led to 2022 order repealed by Leo

A 2021 audit of the Holy See’s sovereign asset manager said it was an “urgent” issue that APSA lacked basic risk management controls, had no long term planning function, and operated on opaque investment policies. The report, delivered by the Holy...

British peers pushing to overturn abortion up to birth clause

A significant attempt to undo a controversial clause allowing abortion up to birth was mounted in the UK Parliament this week. Pro-life peers Baroness Monckton and Baroness Stroud pressed their case in the House of Lords by tabling amendments –...

Buckingham Palace releases key details ahead of King Charles and Queen Camilla's meeting with Pope Leo

Buckingham Palace has released key details of King Charles and Queen Camilla's upcoming meeting with Pope Leo XIV. The King and Queen will undertake an historic State Visit to the Holy See from October 22nd to 23rd. The royal couple will join Pope...

I might have to kill someone to give up cigarettes - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she can't quit smoking

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt – October 15, 2025 – Amid the weighty business of forging a lasting peace in Gaza, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni emerged as the unexpected star of the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit, delivering a killer line about her...

As COP30 nears, Maasai evictions expose the dark side of carbon markets

At dawn in northern Tanzania, sunlight spills across Ngorongoro's highlands, where zebras graze on plains once filled with Maasai cattle. The circular bomas — traditional Maasai homesteads — are gone, replaced by scorched earth and silence. "This...

Pope Leo to visit Turkiye, Lebanon in November in first trip abroad

VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo will travel to Turkiye and Lebanon in late November, the Vatican announced on Tuesday, in the first visit outside Italy by the new leader of the 1.4-billion-member global Catholic Church. Leo, the first US pope, will visit...

Pope’s charity worker: Helping the poor cancels out sins

The Polish cardinal in charge of the Pope's charitable works explains some of what the Vatican does to care for neighbors in need, and how Pope Francis directed his work. The presentation of the exhortation Dilexi te on love for the poor,...

A saint to be for a nation: Peter To Rot’s witness shapes Papua New Guinea

Pope St. John Paul II declared Peter To Rot Blessed, in 1995, as the first Martyr of Papua New Guinea, as a new figure of holiness is a layman a husband, father, teacher, and catechist. Pope Francis approved his canonization on March 31, 2025, and...

Should we rejoice or mourn in Shanghai

A local Catholic offers their thoughts about yesterday's ordination of Auxiliary Bishop Wu Jianlin. The unresolved situation of Bishop Ma Daqin, who is still barred from exercising his ministry, is a source of sorrow that encourages “those members...

Venezuelans Jose Gregorio Hernandez and Carmen Rendiles to Be Canonized

On Sunday, Latin American Catholic believers will witness the canonization of Venezuelans Jose Gregorio Hernandez and Carmen Rendiles. RELATED: Venezuela Thanks Pope Francis for the Canonization of José Gregorio Hernández “To the pride of our...