Pilgrimage & Holy Sites

18+ min ago   (510+ words) An Austrian reporter recently asked Cardinal Christoph Schönborn whether it worried him that Islam is now the largest religion among Vienna’s schoolchildren. The retired archbishop of Vienna’s reply was brief: “Whoever has the children, has the future. That’s my simple…...

5+ hour, 52+ min ago   (640+ words) helps your community explore new worlds and ideas through programs that educate, inform and inspire. Your tax-deductible donation helps make it all possible. The Vatican published a papal decree repealing 2021 salary cuts that Pope Francis had imposed on many Vatican…...

32+ min ago   (1214+ words) CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports that record numbers of young people are seeking baptism in France. As Pope Leo arrives to greet 80,000 of them later this month, the country’s diminished Catholic Church is faced with the challenge of…...

57+ min ago   (1635+ words) There are careless phrases, and then there are phrases that tell you how a man sees the Church. This is worth dwelling on because Dorado’s sentence was neither fabricated by a traditionalist blogger nor excavated from some adolescent Facebook post....

8+ hour, 29+ min ago   (196+ words) In 2021, Pope Francis cut the salaries of cardinals by 10 percent and those of senior Vatican officials by eight percent to ease pressure on the Holy See’s finances during the Covid-19 crisis and amid chronic budget deficits. In a papal decree…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (250+ words) Posted By: Kiply Lukan Yaworski September 14, 2026 Media release from Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops The Episcopal Commission for Doctrine of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has released a new document entitled “The Evangelizing Mission of the Church in…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago   (354+ words) LOGAN — Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have announced the opening of the Smithfield Utah Temple, with public tours scheduled to begin early next year, culminating with a dedication in April 2027. Church officials announced the schedule…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (297+ words) by The Catholic Thing | September 15, 2026 The Church offers a different way of understanding correction, a truly Christian ethic grounded in a proper anthropology, in an understanding of human weakness, repentance, forgiveness, and redemption that allows us to overcome mistakes. It…...

6+ hour, 11+ min ago   (337+ words) The pope said it seemed providential to celebrate his 71st birthday at the Vatican Library because his mother was a librarian. On the day of his visit, the pope also issued a decree ordering the construction of a new building in…...

3+ hour, 18+ min ago   (287+ words) Metropolitan Ghattas Hazim of Kuwait and Baghdad of the Antiochian Patriarchate visited Mount Athos together with Catholic Bishop Aldo Berardi, Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia. The trip took place from September 6 to 9, 2026, with the blessing of the Patriarch of Constantinople,…...