"I am convinced the Holy Father's visit and his call for peace touched everyone, including separatist fighters and government officials," Bishop George Nkuo of Kumbo said.
The scriptural passage that President Donald Trump read in a livestreamed Bible-reading marathon dates back to the depiction of an ancient event — but it's one that carries a highly charged significance in the current religious and political climate.
The survey was conducted April 8-16, 2026, following Pope Leo XIV's declaration that President Donald Trump's threat April 7 to destroy Iran's civilization was "truly unacceptable," and in the midst of Trump's tirades against the U.S.-born pope over his opposition to the Iran war that started April 12 and lasted several days.
"We have to protect creation," Sr. Consuelo Peset Laudeña said. "We are Franciscans. St. Francis is the patron saint of veterinarians, and that is the source of the love we feel for the Spanish giant rabbit."
In 2024 a Catholic deacon appealed his excommunication after leaving the church in the aftermath of his son's abuse case. He has spent about two years waiting for a ruling from Rome.
The Rachel Carson Ecovillage needed land, and the Sisters of Divine Providence near Pittsburgh were trying to sell 8 acres. As the sustainable housing project got underway, the two groups became partners in mission.
At a congressional hearing, Sergio Arauz, president of the Association of Journalists of El Salvador, said that while it's true that there's a greater sense of safety in the country, "there's a dark side."
With the inaugural Laudato Si' Leadership Training, a collaboration between the U.S. bishops' conference and the Lexington Diocese, 19 dioceses aim to develop action plans inspired by Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical.
