Camillo Barone

Founded nearly 50 years ago, the nonprofit ministry aims to cultivate what it calls "communion, participation, and mission," training lay leaders while stressing the practical application of Catholic social teaching.

In the people Catholic Charities serves, J. Antonio Fernández sees a reflection of his own immigrant journey. That empathy informs his work as he assumes leadership in New York during a period of financial uncertainty.

The UK-based anti-landmines group was honored with the 2025 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the world's largest annual humanitarian award for nonprofits.

As the popemobile rolled through St. Peter's Square Sept. 24, the choir from New York's Church of St. Paul the Apostle performed an original hymn for Pope Leo XIV. Its words were drawn from the pope's inaugural homily.

Sen. Dick Durbin will not accept a Catholic award recognizing his immigration work, Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich said Sept. 30. The announcement follows objections from some bishops over Durbin's support for abortion rights.

A new study found that priests who approve of Pope Francis are more likely to adopt a pastoral approach to LGBTQ+ Catholics. Could the same dynamic take hold under Pope Leo?

Pedro Bismarck Chau was 16 when he came to the United States as an undocumented immigrant in 1984. He was ordained as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J.,  on Sept. 8.

The pontiff said he hoped to visit the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, where his predecessor first traveled as pontiff, "soon, in person."

"They're safe. They're upset, but they're safe": Parents of children who survived the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church spoke about finding their kids at the scene Aug. 27 in Minneapolis.

Law enforcement officials identified the assailant in the shooting at Annunciation Church as Robin Westman, a 23-year-old Minneapolis resident who left behind a racist and antisemitic manifesto on social media.

 Shooting at the opening Mass for Annunciation Catholic School in south Minneapolis, also wounds 17. The assailant died by suicide behind the church, police said. 

 Italian daily newspaper reports that Augustinian friars are expected to join Leo when he moves into the papal apartment so that he can continue the communal life of his religious order.

An evacuation order has been issued for the Gaza City neighborhood that is home to the area's only Catholic church, the parish priest Fr. Gabriel Romanelli told media agencies.

At a center for Holocaust education in July, Catholic teachers gathered to confront the church's complicity in antisemitism, and explore how to help heal the historical rupture between Catholics and Jews.

The absence of Jesuit Fr. Paolo Dall'Oglio is seen as the tragic continuation of a life defined by radical devotion to peace and interfaith dialogue.

 U.S. Catholic institutions and peace advocates condemned and mourned the deadly strike, calling for an immediate ceasefire, protection of civilians, and accountability for the attack that killed three and injured 10. 

Two days after floodwaters tore through Kerr County, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller installed the new pastor for Kerrville's Notre Dame Parish, in a Mass that was "a powerful sign of how God cares for his people."

 The world seems more fractured than at any point in recent memory since World War II. Yet amid this turmoil, the Vatican is determined to make its voice heard — not simply in prayer, but in active, engaged diplomacy.

A seasoned journalist known for his multilingual fluency and multimedia storytelling, Justin McLellan steps into the role of Vatican correspondent at a pivotal time for both the Catholic Church and NCR.

In 2011, when then-Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law ending the death penalty in Illinois, the future pope thanked him for the move. That recently uncovered news has "delighted" and "energized" Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy.