Police are investigating acts of vandalism and desecration at Medjugorje, where Marian apparitions are alleged to have occurred since 1981.
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Secret to Long Life is Putting Faith First, Says 110-Year-Old Brooklyn Parishioner
Judith Mends, a parishioner at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, was born in Grenada on June 21, 1916 — more than 10 years before the invention of television. At 110 years old, Mends is a supercentenarian and is believed to be the world’s oldest living Grenadian.
Apostolic Nuncio to UAE and Yemen Named Holy See’s New Permanent Observer to UN
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia el-Kassis, apostolic nuncio to the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, as the Holy See’s new permanent observer to the United Nations in New York.
Mary Louis Academy Grad Sets Sights on Influencing Health Policy
Mary Balid, a rising junior at Princeton University and a 2024 graduate of The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica Estates, is hard at work as an intern at a health policy think tank in Manila, Philippines. She plans to make health policy her career.
Woman Whose Confirmed Miracle as Child Led to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Canonization Dies at 78
Generations of Catholics came to know Ann Teresa O’Neill as the child whose miraculous cure from acute lymphatic leukemia in 1952 helped lead to the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint.
Catholic Relief Services Receives State Department Funds to ‘Significantly Expand’ Humanitarian Aid to Cuba
Catholic Relief Services is welcoming federal support that will help “significantly expand” humanitarian aid to Cuba, as the Caribbean nation battles multiple crises.
Pope Leo XIV Quotes Bob Dylan Song in Book Foreword Calling for Nuclear Disarmament
Pope Leo XIV said the conscience of just one person can “be worth the entire world” when it comes to preventing a nuclear catastrophe, in a new book foreword that also quotes an unpublished Bob Dylan song about the atomic bomb.
New Pope Leo XIV Medal From Villanova Honors Care for the Poor, Creation
Villanova University, Pope Leo XIV’s alma mater, has announced a new award recognizing those who integrate care for the poor and creation.
Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo: God’s Kingdom Grows in the ‘Little Things of Daily Life’
Catholics from every inhabited continent gathered in Castel Gandolfo July 19 as Pope Leo XIV led the Angelus prayer from the papal summer palace in the small Italian hill town,
Billboard Campaign Calls Attention To Anti-Christian Violence in Nigeria
A new billboard campaign in Times Square is raising awareness of anti-Christian violence in Nigeria while supporting ministries serving persecuted communities.