Ecuadorian Catholic priest Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari was killed when a heavy crucifix and a statue of Jesus Christ fell from the wall behind the altar during a livestreamed Mass at the
The Vatican has formally declared that the Society of Saint Pius X, commonly known as the Lefebvrists, has entered into schism with the Catholic Church after the group’s leadership proceeded with the
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A long-running confrontation between the Vatican and one of the Catholic Church’s most traditionalist movements entered a new phase on Wednesday when the Society of Saint Pius X, commonly known as the
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Editorial The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka stands before a historic moment. The appointment of Rev. Dr. Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam as the Bishop of Jaffna is not simply another episcopal appointment announced
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Pope Leo XIV Appoints Third Woman to Lead a Vatican Department, Extending Shift in Church Leadership
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Italian Salesian nun Alessandra Smerilli as prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, making her the third woman to lead one of the Vatican’s highest-ranking
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The Catholic Church has long struggled with a painful modern reality: much of the world, especially in the West, no longer listens to it with the authority it once commanded. There was
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The Vatican held its first Holy Mass for Peace and Development dedicated to Cuba, marking a significant diplomatic and symbolic gesture amid escalating tensions between Havana and Washington. The ceremony took place
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On April 11, 2026, a 25-year-old Christian woman of Shahkot in Nankana Sahib District of Punjab Province was allegedly raped by a local contractor, Faizan Mehboob Rehmani and his accomplice, in her
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A deceased senior figure of Colombia’s Catholic Church has been accused of repeated sexual abuse, in revelations that are intensifying scrutiny of institutional responses to such allegations. A man identified as Andrés
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Seven years after the Easter Sunday massacre, Sri Lanka is no closer to the truth—only deeper inside a carefully constructed theatre of distortion. What began as one
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A growing backlash is unfolding across the United States as President Donald Trump faces rare and vocal criticism from within Christian and particularly Catholic circles, after a series of provocative posts in
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The unprecedented exchange began after Donald Trump launched a personal attack on Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff in history, accusing him publicly of political bias and weakness. According to reporting
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The Church of England has announced plans to apologise for its involvement in historical forced adoptions, a practice that affected roughly 185,000 children taken from their unmarried mothers between the end of
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Homo Homini Sacra Res Est The Easter Sunday attacks of 21 April 2019 in Sri Lanka stand not merely as an egregious manifestation of coordinated terror, but as a profound desecration of
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“Who do you say that I am?” (Jesus Christ, Matthew 16:15). “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40).
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Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and early supporter of former President Donald Trump, has launched a series of closed-door lectures in Rome examining the concept of the Antichrist, raising eyebrows among
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