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The pope’s representative in Great Britain is hopeful that Pope Leo XIV will visit England and “awaken the conscience of the West.”A papal visit to England is “likely, desirable, and I would even say unavoidable,” Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, apostolic nuncio to Great Britain since 2023, told AC...

After more than 40 years as a research institution, the Vatican-owned children’s hospital, Bambino Gesù, continues to be at the front lines of pediatric medical research as it strives to bring the best possible care to young patients from around the world.In one of its latest advancements, “the pope...

The Vatican this week is hosting over 200 top academics, innovators, and Nobel laureates for a global summit on AI security risks, inspired by Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas.The event, the Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War, is taking place July...

David Willey, a BBC correspondent whose career in Rome spanned more than 50 years and five papacies, died July 11 in Italy at the age of 93.From being a student taking in the pomp of Pope Pius XII carried in a ceremonial throne to traveling the world with St. John Paul II to writing about the change...

Spanish Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, SDB, Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco, said Monday that he will temporarily step back from public ministry, amid a Vatican investigation into allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior toward at least five women.Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, SDB. Credit: Vat...

Nicaraguan human rights activists have raised alarm over the welfare and whereabouts of Bishop Abelardo Mata. The bishop was briefly detained by the Nicaraguan regime on June 29 and while authorities claim he was returned home later that day, no one outside the security forces has been able to estab...

This month is likely to see in the Church not one but two sets of episcopal consecrations without a papal mandate, though taking place under very different circumstances.Fr. Michael Mary, F.SS.R., pictured in 2020. Credit: Screenshot from @TransalpineRedemptorists YouTube channel.The first, publiciz...

When the U.S. bishops’ conference met in Orlando last month, bishops voted to pass a revision to the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, the USCCB’s landmark safeguarding document, first issued in 2002.USCCB 2025 fall plenary assembly. Credit: Jack Figge / The Pillar.But while t...

Pillar paid subscribers can listen to Ed read this Pillar Post here: The Pillar TL;DRHappy Friday friends.If I am honest, I have been laboring under something of a lingering 4th of July hangover all week. I tried to shoot the festive moon last weekend: family in town, all day cook-out with friends f...

Young people aged 18 to 24 in the Spanish region of Catalonia are more likely to identify as Catholics than those aged 25 to 34, according to new research by a government public opinion research agency.The official flag of Catalonia flies in Barcelona. Credit: Darer101/wikimedia CC0 1.0 Universal Pu...

Caritas Venezuela has received more than 14,700 tons of humanitarian aid for victims of the June 24 earthquakes, according to a July 7 announcement from the humanitarian arm of the Venezuelan bishops’ conference.Venezuelan citizens search destroyed buildings in La Guaira, Venezuela June 28, 2026. Cr...

A Kenyan bishop issued a pastoral letter Sunday, announcing a canonical suspension for a significant proportion of his diocesan presbyterate, along with a slate of rules for his diocesan priests.Bishop Hieronymus Emusugut Joya of Maralal, Kenya. Credit: Screenshot from @ochiengzachary563 YouTube cha...