After an early morning attack on the Holy Family Church in Gaza, Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire, dialogue and peace in the region.

In a July 17 telegram, Pope Leo XIV said he was “deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza.”

The majority of survey respondents cited their Marian devotions as having played an important role in the discernment and living of their call to religious life.

Amidst the excavation of a former Irish mother-and-baby home, Catholic experts are urging journalists to carefully fact-check their reporting after many prior accounts of the issue have featured erroneous details.

For 13 years, Josep Lluís Iriberri, S.J. has guided pilgrims along the same trail St. Ignatius walked over 500 years ago.

The figures represent a huge increase in abortion within a decade, since in 2012 abortion ended 20.84% of conceptions—a fifth of all pregnancies.