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The Archdiocese of Cologne faces a court ruling on compensation for a victim of clergy abuse

German court says Cologne archdiocese may owe up to 600,000 euros for abuse

Jane Morales|October 16, 2026

Jesuit priest James Martin in a black clerical shirt and Roman collar

Applicant says Jesuits rejected him after he criticized Father James Martin

Luke Alonso|October 16, 2026

Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaking at a lectern as he addresses university students on building peace

Cardinal Parolin urges students at Italian Parliament to help build peace

Almudena Buenadicha|October 15, 2026

Clergy of the Society of St. Pius X, the traditionalist group appealing the excommunications issued by the Vatican

Society of St. Pius X appeals four bishops' excommunications to the Vatican

Luke Alonso|October 15, 2026

The WYD 2027 mobile app for World Youth Day in Seoul displayed on a smartphone screen

World Youth Day organizers launch Seoul app with maps, schedules and travel tips

Laura Claveria|October 14, 2026

Cardinal José Cobo, archbishop of Madrid, speaking at the Vatican summit on Amoris Laetitia

Cardinal Cobo asks at Vatican whether the Church prepares couples for weddings or for marriage

Luke Alonso|October 13, 2026

Members of the Institute of the Incarnate Word in religious habits

Vatican delegates ask Incarnate Word institutes to change their approach to abuse victims

Luke Alonso|October 13, 2026

Cardinal Kevin Farrell speaking at the Vatican meeting on the family

Cardinal Farrell says catechesis alone cannot pass on the faith to the young

Laura Claveria|October 9, 2026

Sister Mary Teresa Barron, newly appointed president of the Pontifical Mission Societies

Pope Leo XIV names Sister Mary Teresa Barron to lead Pontifical Mission Societies

Joseph Garcia|October 9, 2026

Children at the Wassa camp for internally displaced people in Abuja, Nigeria

Priest says seven children died in a month at Nigerian displacement camp

Joseph Garcia|October 9, 2026

Pope Francis seated among participants at a synod assembly in the Vatican

Synodality turns five as Pope Leo XIV's office reviews synod proposals

Luke Alonso|October 9, 2026

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations

Vatican foreign minister Gallagher to visit Pakistan for 75th anniversary of ties

Joseph Garcia|October 8, 2026

Pope Leo XIV

Cardinal Schönborn says Germany's synodal path ignored Pope Leo XIV's letter

Luke Alonso|October 8, 2026

The medieval breviaries of St. Francis and St. Clare displayed in a case at the Porziuncola Museum in Assisi

Breviaries of St. Francis and St. Clare go on display together for the first time in Assisi

Joseph Garcia|October 7, 2026

Bishop Robert Mutsaerts speaking during an interview

Dutch bishop tells Catholics to leave parishes with irreverent Masses

Luke Alonso|October 7, 2026

A celebration in honor of St. Carlo Acutis

Brazil's bishops move the memorial of St. Carlo Acutis to October 13

Xavier Ruiz Arregui|October 7, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking, with a Palestinian flag visible behind him

Pope Leo XIV writes to Gaza parish after airstrikes kill five civilians

Almudena Rodrigo|October 7, 2026

Former Australian bishop Christopher Alan Saunders, convicted of abusing two Indigenous youths

Former Australian bishop sentenced to six and a half years for abusing Indigenous youths

Luke Alonso|October 7, 2026

Bishop Iyad Twal, Latin patriarchal vicar for Jordan, at the baptism site on the Jordan River

Jordan forms national committee to prepare for 2030 baptism anniversary

Luke Alonso|October 6, 2026

St. Augustine of Hippo, author of De civitate Dei, shown in a traditional depiction as a bishop

For St. Augustine, just war perpetuates sin and power, analysis says

Joseph Garcia|October 6, 2026