Xavier Ruiz Arregui

Editor-in-Chief, Church Gazette

Xavier Ruiz Arregui is a young journalist committed to truth, faith, and service to the community. He reports for Church Gazette.

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Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke in choir dress, seated during an interview

Cardinal Burke says demonic attacks end only at death

September 10, 2026

Promotional graphic for the Spanish Bishops' Conference catechesis campaign

Spanish bishops urge catechists not to grow tired of sowing

September 10, 2026

Pope Leo XIV addressing the crowd at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square

Pope Leo XIV urges young people to commit to a love that lasts a lifetime

September 9, 2026

Cardinal Walter Brandmüller in a black cassock with red trim and a red zucchetto

Cardinal Brandmüller says synodality is partly inspired by Protestantism

September 9, 2026

The dome of St. Peter's Basilica seen above Vatican City

Vatican publishes new synod proposals on lay people and bishops

September 9, 2026

Promotional graphic for the Domund centenary website reading "100 años de historia"

Pontifical Mission Societies launches interactive website marking 100 years of World Mission Sunday

September 9, 2026

Basque missionary priest in Ecuador

Ecuador marks 75 years since death of Basque missionary Father Guisasola

September 8, 2026

Bishop Erik Varden, who preached at the funeral of Ulrik Sverdrup-Thygeson

Bishop Varden says facing death in peace means looking it in the eye

September 8, 2026

Promotional graphic for the Archdiocese of Madrid's course to train new catechists, including deaf participants

Madrid archdiocese offers free catechist training, now in sign language

September 8, 2026

A German church building beside a tax form, illustrating the debate over church funding in Germany

AfD challenges church funding in Germany after 44 percent win in Saxony-Anhalt

September 7, 2026

Bishop Ángel Pérez Pueyo with pilgrims during the pilgrimage festival at the Torreciudad shrine

Bishop of Barbastro calls for unity with Opus Dei at Torreciudad shrine

September 7, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking to families gathered in the Vatican Gardens during the Family Feast

Pope Leo XIV tells Vatican employees' families they are 'a great miracle'

September 7, 2026

Pope Leo XIV, dressed in white, during an audience at the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV calls bishops' conference presidents to Rome to review Amoris laetitia

September 7, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking during an audience in the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace

Pope Leo XIV urges Oxford's Oriel College to renew its Catholic identity

September 4, 2026

The Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes, France, with a large banner bearing the image of Pope Leo XIV ahead of his visit

Lourdes prepares for first papal visit in 18 years with hotels fully booked

September 4, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking to seminarians during an audience in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV tells seminarians to serve struggling families, jobless youth and the marginalized

September 4, 2026

Handwritten letters from Pope Francis to the bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, as published by El País

Pope Francis told bishop of Barbastro not to give in over Torreciudad, letters show

September 3, 2026

Cardinal Marc Ouellet during the court proceedings in his defamation case

Quebec court rejects abuse allegations against Cardinal Ouellet, orders C$100,000 payment

September 2, 2026

French police officers on patrol during security preparations ahead of the pope's visit

France to deploy 850 extra officers for Pope Leo XIV's visit amid jihadist threat

September 2, 2026

Bishops and lay delegates seated at an assembly of the German Synodal Way

German Synodal Conference postpones first meeting without Vatican approval of statutes

September 2, 2026