Catholic World Report

Readings: • Isa 45:1, 4-6 • Psa 96:1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10 • 1 Thess 1:1-5b • Mt 22:15-21 “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” That [...]

The Catholic Church has 407,421 priests, 425 more than the previous year. Africa and Asia are driving this growth, while Europe recorded another decline. [...]

The new trailer already has over 1 million views on YouTube in the 24 hours since its release. [...]

The Department of Homeland Security insisted ICE officers are “heroes,” enforcing the law. [...]

Catholic leaders urged Congress to defend disability rights, warning a new Department of Justice opinion could threaten community-based care. [...]

Despite threats of violence and restrictions placed on some Christian communities, the national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Nigeria is encouragging missionaries to be unafraid. [...]

The USCCB president called on Catholics to exercise their “right and responsibility” to vote while advocacy organization CatholicVote issued state voter guides. [...]

The execution of the convicted mass shooter by firing squad is set for Dec. 3. [...]

Editor’s note: This homily was on the liturgical memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, October 15, 2026, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. Today, the Church keeps the liturgical memorial of [...]

The Vatican has not yet announced whether the pope will lead the public Angelus prayer from Gemelli Hospital on Sunday. [...]

The pontiff said this week he would offer his reflections on the Amoris Laetitia gathering “in due course.” [...]

One hundred years after the start of the Catholic resistance that led to the Cristero War, the Church in Mexico proposes re-examining this period “objectively.” [...]

She would have laughed if she had been told that she would someday be named a Doctor of the Church. Teresa de Ahumada y Cepeda (1515-1582), better known as Saint Teresa of Ávila, received the [...]

“It is the most common cause of lung cancer in smokers and nonsmokers,” said Jeff McGovern, a pulmonologist, about Pope Leo’s diagnosis. [...]

“I ask you please to pray for me, as I pray for you,” Pope Leo XIV wrote. [...]

In Book 12 of Homer’s Odyssey, the goddess Circe prepares Odysseus for his trip between Scylla and Charybdis, two monsters dwelling on opposite sides of the Strait of Messina, dividing Sicily and Italy. The former, [...]

The University of Dayton announced its first woman president, while Catholic high schools in Cleveland and Omaha launched career development programs in this week’s roundup of Catholic education news. [...]

According to the online Encyclopedia Britannica, Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) was “an Italian-born businessman who was noted for his philanthropy and support of Jewish rights.” In the England to which he was brought as a [...]

Michael D. O’Brien is a remarkably prolific author, iconographer, and painter, endlessly creating staggering works of art that break the reader’s heart (in the best way). O’Brien is the author of many tremendous novels, including [...]

This past Wednesday, Secretary Rubio gave a widely viewed speech atop the Acropolis in Athens, largely focusing on the ancient Greeks’ contributions to Western civilization, then applying their lessons to the current geopolitical scene. Pundits, [...]

Carlo went on pilgrimage to see John Paul II, offered up his suffering from cancer for Benedict XVI, was beatified during the pontificate of Pope Francis, and was canonized by Pope Leo XIV. [...]

On October 12, 1954, Caryll Houselander died, a British laywoman with an unusual name and an unusual story. When writer and publisher Maisie Ward wrote Caryll’s biography, Ward subtitled the book “Divine Eccentric,” an apt [...]

Bishop Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun of Ethiopia’s Eparchy of Bahir Dar-Dessie has called for a return to peace in the troubled eparchy, emphasizing that “to seek peace does not mean ignoring injustice or remaining silent before [...]

A survey of nearly 2,000 Australian Catholics found many still pray and value their faith, while priorities, faith crises, and problems with clergy keep them from Mass. [...]

I was delighted to recently learn that Pope Leo had just authorized the publication of a substantial new study by the International Theological Commission (ITC) on a subject close to my own heart: Caring for [...]

On the Readings for Sunday, October 15, 2017 [...]

“Nobody wants a return to the past,” MP Chris Bryant said in ruling against the planned march down Garvaghy Road. [...]

It is clear that John Steinbeck wrote East of Eden to make readers confront biblical evil. Not the softened, therapeutic version that our culture craves and is being portrayed in the new Netflix miniseries, but [...]

Bishop Michael J. Sis has served as Bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo, Texas, since 2014. He grew up in Bryan, Texas. He was the fourth of five children; his father, Raymond Sis, was [...]

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, who leads the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization, succeeded Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re on Oct. 9. [...]