St. James the Apostle Roman Catholic Church

Pope Leo XIV has eliminated the Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day, transferring the committee’s functions to the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life.

The humanitarian situation in Gaza was the focus of a day of the arts at the Lateran Apostolic Palace on Feb. 14, drawing attention to the ongoing suffering of residents in the Gaza Strip.

Father John Berinyuy Tatah was among six Catholic priests abducted in Cameroon’s Bamenda Archdiocese last year and later released.

Tyler J. VanderWeele, a Catholic, is an epidemiologist and director of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University.

Pope Francis moved the prelature’s Vatican oversight from the office for bishops to that of clergy, triggering an ongoing review and rewrite of its governing norms.

The pope told the Pontifical Academy for Life it is hypocritical to call health a universal value while ignoring policies that drive disparities.

A Catholic bishop calls on Bangladesh’s newly elected government to protect minority rights after the BNP’s landslide victory in the country’s first election since the 2024 uprising.

“Adoption visas are not guaranteed” amid a travel freeze, said lawmakers who have asked the State Department to restore a “categorical exemption for adoption visas.”

The near-unanimous resolution calls on Ankara to respect religious freedom and allow expelled Christian workers to return.

Father Fermín González Melado, who was recently named a “chaplain of His Holiness” by Pope Leo XIV, explains the qualifications and purpose of bestowing this honorary title.