Tradition holds that after her mother’s death, St. Dymphna's father’s mental health declined dramatically, leading to her martyrdom.

With graduation season underway, here is a roundup of individuals who will receive honorary degrees from Catholic colleges at commencement ceremonies across the country.

The Vatican said on May 13 that the Society of St. Pius X's plan to consecrate new bishops without papal mandate will be a schismatic act resulting in excommunication.

Legal observers say the Polish government's administrative approach may exceed its authority under Article 18 of the constitution.

The prelates called on lawmakers to fulfill their constitutional duty after the House voted overwhelmingly to impeach Duterte a second time.

Today, on the 135th anniversary of the release of Rerum Novarum, EWTN News takes a look at the significance of this historic encyclical.

The pope addressed parliamentarians and representatives from across Europe, Central Asia and North America participating in a conference on illicit drugs hosted by the Italian Parliament.

Josefina Ramón Berna’s “Undivided Heart – Mission and Virginity in Carmen Hernández” is released in English and French. A release symbolically linked to May 8th, the day of the Supplication of Pompeii and the commemoration of the origins of the Neocatechumenal Way.

Read all

 

At the funeral Mass for Cardinal Paul Emil Tscherrig in St Peter’s Basilica on Friday, 15 May 2026, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the late Cardinal’s decades of diplomatic and pastoral service to the Holy See and upholds his witness of Christian hope.

Read all

 

The friendship between the Catholic and Coptic churches began over 50 years ago with the meeting of St. Pope Paul VI and Shenouda III.