Ss. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church

Founded under Russian imperial rule in 1910, Lithuania's Ateitis federation has survived occupations and secularization to become a rare model of sustained Catholic youth engagement in Europe.

The Archdiocese of Liverpool says it’s ditching X, kidnappings continue in Nigeria, and World Youth Day preparations are in full swing. All this and more in this week’s world news roundup.

The presidents of the French, Italian, German, and Polish bishops’ conferences called on Christians to help shape Europe’s future.

Manuel Nin Güell, newly appointed exarch of an ancient Byzantine monastery near Rome, explains the origins of Byzantine-rite Catholicism and its role in the search for Christian unity.

On Feb. 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.

The pact emphasizes mutual respect, social cohesion, common witness, prayer, and shared work.

Pope Leo XIV addressed a letter to the priests of the Archdiocese of Madrid meeting together and while directed to them, the Holy Father’s guidance can be applied to priests anywhere in the world.

The bishop of Kyiv met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio ahead of the Ukraine-Russia War’s four-year anniversary.

Church authorities are in the process of reviewing the life of Pedro Ballester, a British university student who died of cancer in 2018, to gauge whether his canonization cause should be opened.

“Little Nellie” was a 4-year-old child from Cork, Ireland, whose piety and closeness to God led in part to the lowering of the age at which children could receive their first holy Communion.