Catholic Church


01/06/2026

Austria: bishops gather in Mariazell to elect new Bishops’ Conference president

From 8 to 10 June, the summer plenary assembly will address the renewal of its leadership, the new social encyclical of Leo XIV, and discussions on...

31/05/2026

Scotland rejects assisted dying bill: bishops welcome Holyrood vote

MSPs vote down the proposed legislation by 69 votes to 57. The Scottish bishops say “prayer moved hearts” and call for renewed investment in pallia...

29/05/2026

Archbishop of Westminster welcomes Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical on AI

Archbishop Richard Moth says Magnifica humanitas places the human person at the centre of a rapidly changing technological age

24/05/2026

Chartres: twenty thousand young pilgrims on the road as a traditional pilgrimage speaks to a dechristianised Europe

On the eve of Pentecost, the 44th edition of the Notre-Dame de Chrétienté Pilgrimage set off from Paris. Three days on foot towards Chartres, one h...

24/05/2026

Pentecost: how can you gain a plenary indulgence?

Devoutly taking part in the singing or solemn recitation of the hymn to the Holy Spirit makes it possible to obtain a plenary indulgence: a grace w...

21/05/2026

The presbyterate and the necessary apoptosis

Covering up, moving around and tolerating is not mercy: it is precisely how a priestly body becomes diseased.

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