As the Church celebrates the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Jenny Kraska offers her thoughts on the day's liturgical readings, reflecting on the theme, "From Messina with Love: When shepherds meet the Good Shepherd”.

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Meeting with Italian Catholic religion teachers, Pope Leo XIV upholds their efforts to help young people learn to listen to their restless hearts, saying Catholic teaching holds great didactic value even in secular education.

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Pope Leo XIV urges European People’s Party lawmakers to reject ideology, rebuild trust with citizens, and pursue a form of politics rooted in the common good by seeking unity over conflict.

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The humanitarian agency stressed the need to protect international food assistance amid growing global hunger and domestic policy debates.

Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, even for physically healthy people.

The federal government says it is moving to “strengthen” the federal death penalty while the pope is calling for an end to capital punishment.

"Itʼs very easy to stand back and say, turn the other cheek, or take an absolutist position ‘you shouldnʼt be violent,’” Barr said. “But that begs the question, that doesnʼt really solve the problem."

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

The meeting, held in Santo Domingo April 19–22, was aimed at strengthening the Church’s prevention of abuse and care for victims in the Caribbean region.

The Diocese of Bridgeport rolled out the new tool to a select number of donors ahead of a larger release.