Exorcism is a real ministry of the Church. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that a major exorcism “can be performed only by a priest and with the permission of the bishop,” and that the pr ...

Catholic news from around the world, from a range of outlets and languages. Items marked [IT], [ES], [DE], or [FR] link to reporting in Italian, Spanish, German, or French. Here are today’s key ...

Forty pilgrims, nine Andalusian donkeys, and the road to Santiago. In the first of a new three-part “Postcards from the Camino” series, Gareth Thomas Weaver returns to the Camino de Santiago for a ...

After months of planning, we forty pilgrims accompanying the nine Andalusian donkey pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela awoke early in the pilgrim hostel in Fonsagrada, in Galicia, northern Spain. As ...

As the Pentagon plans to livestream a firing-squad execution, Pope Leo XIV’s words stand: human dignity “is not lost even after very serious crimes are committed.” ...

Six days after four cardinals went public with their dubia on Amoris Laetitia, a Greek bishop answered them. As bishops meet in Rome this week, here is his open letter in English, and the story of the ...

In a short weekend Morning Keys roundup, Pope Leo XIV urged the Pontifical Teutonic College to preserve unity with the Successor of Peter as an essential mark of Christian witness, and told the ...

Here are the key Catholic stories of the past few days, led by Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France, along with other news and commentary. On Sunday morning in Lourdes he told some 150,000 pilgrims the ...

A quick note on a schedule change. Morning Keys will now run Monday through Friday. On Mondays it will be a fuller roundup of the weekend, and if something major breaks on a Saturday or Sunday, we ...

On the evening of September 30, on the vigil of St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s feast, the State of Tennessee tried, twice, to execute Christa Gail Pike and failed. Prison officials administered two doses of ...

On the vigil of St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s feast, Tennessee’s botched attempt to execute Christa Pike left her alive and prompted Gov. Bill Lee to halt further executions for the rest of 2026. Andrew ...