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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Madalaine Elhabbal |Carol Glatz |Natalie Romano
The global number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) around the world skyrocketed to a record high of 83.4 million in 2024, according to a report released Tuesday, marking a more than 100% increase in six years. “Conflicts and violence have left 73.5 million people displaced and [natural] disasters 9.8 million, in both cases the highest figures on record,” the latest edition of the Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) finds.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Carol Glatz |Natalie Romano
Approximately 470,000 pilgrims gathered in Fátima, Portugal, on May 12–13 to commemorate the 108th anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The prevalent theme of the two-day event was a call for hope amid the world’s conflicts and also prayers for the pontificate of Leo XIV.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Carol Glatz |Natalie Romano |Gina Christian
Teaching should be lived as ministry and mission, Pope Leo XIV told the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the De La Salle Brothers or the Christian Brothers.
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3 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Natalie Romano |Cindy Wooden |Justin Mclellan
When the man he had known and respected for 20 years was declared the new pope, Father Barnaby Johns, OSA, excitedly leapt into the air. He could hardly believe the first American — and the first Augustinian from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA) — was now leading the Catholic Church. “I’m just so overwhelmed,” said Johns, Prior Provincial of the St. Augustine Province in California. “I’m sort of tingling. I cannot say enough good things about [Pope Leo XIV].
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Inés San Martín |Natalie Romano |Robert Brennan
Pope Francis' solemn funeral Mass will be broadcast and livestreamed by multiple media outlets April 26, providing several ways people can watch and participate in the funeral from around the world. The Mass begins at 10 a.m. local time in Rome, or 4 a.m. EDT (3 a.m. CDT, 2 a.m. MDT and 1 a.m. PDT) in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, will preside over the Mass. Bishops, cardinals and priests from around the world will concelebrate.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Inés San Martín |Natalie Romano |Robert Brennan |Charles Collins
As they entered the Vatican to participate in a series of meetings leading up to the election of Pope Francis' successor, several cardinals spoke to the media, emphasizing that they are still mourning the Argentine pontiff -- not yet choosing his successor. "We are not yet speaking about the conclave or the succession; we are still speaking about Pope Francis, we are still crying for Pope Francis," said Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, archbishop of Algiers, Algeria.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Carol Glatz |Natalie Romano |Robert Brennan |Charles Collins
In the first nine hours that Pope Francis' body had lain in state in St. Peter's Basilica, more than 19,000 people stood in line for hours in the sun to pray and pay homage to him. The doors of the basilica opened to the public a little after 11 a.m. local time after the pope's simple wooden casket was transferred from his residence during a solemn prayer service.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Charles Collins |Natalie Romano |Robert Brennan
One of the most famous quotes from British writer G.K. Chesterton is something he calls a paradox. “There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, ‘I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.’ To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: ‘If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Natalie Romano |Robert Brennan |Charles Collins
Nothing helped like Jesus. For years, Anna Vindel struggled with anxiety and depression, but once she discovered Catholicism, she finally found peace. In perfect harmony with this season of new life, Vindel took the next step and received the Sacraments of Initiation during the Easter Vigil Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on April 19. The mother of three was elated as she stood among the largest group of catechumens the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has seen in a decade.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kate Scanlon |Natalie Romano |Kurt Jensen |Cindy Wooden
The U.S. Supreme Court April 22 heard a case concerning a request from an interfaith group of Maryland parents to allow them to opt their children out of classroom instruction pertaining to books containing LGBTQ+ themes to which they object on religious grounds. A coalition of parents sued Montgomery County Public Schools' board when it said it would not allow parents to opt out of instruction using some materials containing LGBTQ+ themes.
