VATICAN CITY — More than 60,000 pilgrims from 120 countries will be in Rome this weekend to participate in the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly taking place from Friday, May 30, to Sunday, June 1. The event, which is part of the celebrations for the Jubilee 2025, will bring together three generations […]
ROME — Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily as bishop of Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, where he took possession of his cathedra (throne) on Sunday. The pontiff said ecclesial communion is built “on our knees, through prayer and constant commitment to conversion” as he invoked the example of the first […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV has advanced the sainthood causes of two missionaries whose murders in the Amazon jungle in Ecuador led to the protection of remote Indigenous peoples from encroaching extractive industries. Among a series of decrees published by the Vatican May 22, Pope Leo recognized the sacrifice of Spanish Bishop Alejandro […]
WASHINGTON — In a sit-down interview with the New York Times’ Ross Douthat, Vice President J.D. Vance opened up about how his Catholic faith informs his political views and how he squares his religious beliefs with his hard-line views on immigration enforcement. Vance, an outspoken convert to the faith, appeared on Douthat’s “Interesting Times” podcast […]
A new biography of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, will be available May 28 from EWTN and is now available for preorder. “Leo XIV: Portrait of the First American Pope,” written by Matthew Bunson, vice president and editorial director at EWTN News, is the first authoritative biographical portrait of Cardinal […]
The call to priesthood continues to grow in C.J. Wild even as he receives his first holy orders as a transitional deacon. The Lancaster native made his promise to serve the Church on May 17 at his family parish of Our Lady of Pompeii. He will be ordained a priest next year. Christopher Jordan Wild […]
More than 400 of C.J. Wild’s extended family and friends from Our Lady of Pompeii Parish packed into the Lancaster church for their native son’s diaconal ordination. The May 17 event saw the beginning of Deacon Wild’s clerical ministry. Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Sound Hub · May 19, 2025 – Diocese ordains Christopher "CJ" Wild […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV is expected to move into the official papal residence, an apartment on the top floor of the Apostolic Palace, departing from the living arrangements used by Pope Francis for 12 years. The papal apartment, which is a series of rooms wrapping around the Vatican’s Sixtus V Courtyard, was the […]
The Diocese of Buffalo is hosting internal meetings with priests in the diocese to discuss the allocation strategy to be utilized to fund the $150 million settlement that will include contributions from the diocese, its parishes and Catholic affiliates. On April 22, the Diocese of Buffalo and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors announced the […]
LIMA, Peru — The current bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, Most Rev. Edinson Farfán, is publicly defending the actions of his predecessor, Bishop Robert Prevost – now Pope Leo XIV – in the face of accusations that he covered up sexual abuse in the diocese. Responding to a question at a press conference about the issue, […]
