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PA diocese condemns Catholic school float with Auschwitz 'Arbeit Macht Frei' gate replica

Videos of the parade show St. Joseph Catholic School's float with the 'Arbeit Macht Frei' replica gate on it.

A screenshot from social media showing the replica of the Auschwitz gate used by the St. Joseph Catholic School.
Pope Leo XIV attends an event called 'Walking Together in Hope' to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration Nostra Aetate on the Church’s relations with non-Christian religions in Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, October 28, 2025.

Pope Leo denounces antisemitism at anniversary of declaration on Catholic ties with Jews

A TAPESTRY with the image of Pope John XXIII hangs on the facade of St. Peter’s facade during a beatification ceremony in 2000.

Sixty years since Nostra Aetate: Transforming Catholic-Jewish relations - opinion

Family members hold pictures of victims of the 1972 'Bloody Sunday', as a judge is expected to give a verdict on the trial of the British army veteran known as 'Soldier F', charged with two murders and five attempted murders in relation to Bloody Sunday, in Northern Ireland, October 23, 2025.

Northern Ireland court finds soldier not guilty of murder over 'Bloody Sunday' killings


Pope Leo to visit Turkey, Lebanon in November in first trip abroad

Leo had been expected for months to travel to Turkey for his first trip abroad, but the additional visit to Lebanon only emerged in discussions in recent weeks.

Pope Leo XIV holds a general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 17, 2025.

NYC synagogue hosts Catholic archbishop, Sandy Koufax jersey, marking 60-year US Jewry milestones

Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove surprised his New York congregation on Yom Kippur with Sandy Koufax’s jersey and a visit from Archbishop Timothy Dolan.

Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, left, and Archbishop Timothy Dolan speak during Park Avenue Synagogue's Yom Kippur services in New York City, Oct. 2, 2025.

Nun on the run! Elderly nuns escape retirement home to return to shuttered convent

Former students helped the nuns escape their retirement home and return to the Kloster Goldenstein convent in Elsbethen

Nuns Rita, 81, and Bernadette, 88, talk to villagers, as they along with nun Regina, 86, occupy their old Goldenstein convent in Goldenstein castle, near Salzburg, and refuse to move back to their retirement home, in Elsbethen, Austria, September 12, 2025.

‘God’s influencer’ becomes first millennial saint

Carlo Acutis passed from Leukaemia in 2006 but, ahead of his death, had spread the teachings of Catholicism and set up a website to document reports of miracles. 

Worshippers stand before a relic of Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who became the first millennial Catholic saint, as they attend a Holy Mass celebrating his canonisation, at Parish Saint Carlo Acutis in Sao Paulo, Brazil September 7, 2025.

Italian teen made first millennial Catholic saint at youthful Vatican event

Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who died aged 15, learned computer code to build websites to spread his faith.

Pope Leo XIV leads a Holy Mass for the canonisation of Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who will become the first millennial to be made a Catholic saint, and Pier Giorgio Frassati, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 7, 2025.

Pope Leo to visit Lebanon, cardinal says, in likely first trip abroad

The pope will travel to Lebanon "by December," Cardinal Bechara Rai told the al-Arabiya television channel.

Pope Leo XIV greets people as he attends a festive lunch with the poor of the Diocese of Albano Laziale at Borgo Laudato Si, in the garden of the Pontifical Villas in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, August 17, 2025

St. Thomas More's skull may be exhumed from Canterbury church after nearly 500 years

Sue Palmer stated, "It is unusual to have any relics in an Anglican church, especially those of a Catholic saint, and the PCC views this as an opportunity for ecumenical outreach and cooperation."

A statue of Sir Thomas More, located at Chelsea Old Church in Chelsea, London, UK.

Praying the world halts climate change? There's now a Catholic Mass for that

For centuries, Catholic priests have been able to celebrate special Masses to pray for their country, give thanks after a harvest or ask God to end a natural disaster.

 Pope Leo XIV celebrates the Mass on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles in St Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican June 29, 2025

Pope Leo warns politicians of the challenges posed by AI

The US-born pontiff said attention was needed to protect "healthy, fair and sound lifestyles, especially for the good of younger generations."

 Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025.

Ireland begins excavation at Catholic mother-and-baby home to uncover remains of 796 children

Historian Catherine Corless uncovered 796 death certificates but no burial records for the children who died at the institution.

 Tuam, Ireland.

From 99.7% to 56.7%: The dramatic decline of catholicism in Brazil

Despite the slowdown, Catholics continue to lose followers, with Catholicism falling to 56.7% of the population.

 vangelical event March for Jesus, gather thousands of faithful in the center of the city of Rio de Janeiro.