8+ hour, 2+ min ago   (935+ words) As the Ukrainian Catholic Church continues to form Catholics more than four years after the country was first invaded by Russia, there are signs that Pope Leo may be considering a long-awaited change of status for the second-largest Eastern Catholic…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (340+ words) The Vatican’s popular prayer app, “Click to Pray,” has been leaving user information exposed for months, the most recent in a years-long string of vulnerabilities and hacks for Vatican websites. The app, which is available on both iOS and Android, suffers…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1059+ words) Archbishop Hubertus van Megen formally took up the role of apostolic nuncio in Germany Thursday, when he presented his credentials to President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin. Among the Dutch archbishop’s most important responsibilities will be advising Pope Leo XIV on…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (37+ words) The Pillar Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter. I’m Luke Coppen and I aim to guide you each weekday morning to the most interesting Catholic news and commentary....

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (943+ words) The U.S. Department of Justice has filed to revoke the citizenship of a Capuchin priest from Mexico who was convicted of sexually abusing minors while working in a parish in Washington, D.C. If the federal government’s case against 53-year-old Fr. Urbano Vazquez…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (954+ words) Twenty-six priests in Germany’s Archdiocese of Munich and Freising have reportedly written to Cardinal Reinhard Marx, saying that his request that they follow national guidelines on blessings has presented them with a loyalty conflict, because the Vatican has criticized the…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (37+ words) The Pillar Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter. I’m Luke Coppen and I seek to guide you each weekday morning to the most interesting Catholic news and commentary....

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (690+ words) The criminal trial of 76-year-old Australian Bishop Christopher Saunders on historic sexual abuse charges began this week, with the bishop facing the prospect of lengthy incarceration if convicted. Saunders, who served as Bishop of Broome, Western Australia, from 1996 until his…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1018+ words) The Vatican said Wednesday that the canonical trial of Fr. Marko Rupnik is still in process, after rumors emerged this week that the disgraced former Jesuit had been acquitted. Two online publications reported on Monday that Rupnik had been acquitted…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (798+ words) India’s bishops have condemned alleged police brutality during a march in Delhi by supporters of the country’s youth-led Cockroach movement, a satirical political party in the country that has become at the center of a now serious political and social…...