The Irish-born priest is revered for his revolutionary approach to caring for impoverished boys at the group home he founded in Omaha, Nebraska. Father Edward Flanagan with baseball players at Boys Town. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Father Flanagan League By Hannah Brockhaus March 23, 2026 at 8:20 AM ET …

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem cancels this year’s Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives to Jerusalem, due to the ongoing war in the Middle East. By Beatrice Guarrera Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has announced that the traditional Palm Sunday procession, which goes from the Mount …

Pope Leo XIV advances several individuals toward sainthood, including an Italian who was a father of a family and another who offered his life for the faith, as well as a Spanish religious who served the Church throughout the 20th century. Vatican News Pope Leo XIV received Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, …

Pope Leo XIV thanks the Italian national airline ITA Airways for carrying the Pope on his Apostolic Journeys, and laments the use of aircraft as carriers of death and destruction in theaters of war. By Devin Watkins Just twenty days ahead of his Apostolic Journey to four African nations, Pope …