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After 150 years, Norway’s largest Catholic church is finally consecrated

More than 150 years after it first opened, St. Paul's in Bergen — now Norway's largest Catholic parish, with faithful from over 120 nations — has finally been consecrated.

Vatican begins 5-year, 5-million-euro restoration of Renaissance frescoes in Hall of Raphael

The conservation work marks “a pivotal moment both in the history of restoration and in the history of Italian Renaissance art,” according to Vatican Museums Director Barbara Jatta.

SSPX consecrates bishops in defiance of Rome’s schism warning

The unauthorized July 1 rite in Écône, Switzerland, came despite Pope Leo XIV’s appeal to “please turn back” and could trigger automatic excommunication for the six bishops involved.

Assyrian patriarch calls for stronger cooperation among Eastern Churches

Patriarch Mar Awa III says global awareness can help ease the suffering of Middle Eastern Christians.

Quantum physics meets Catholic theology at first-of-its-kind gathering

A new international meeting of physicists, philosophers, and theologians will take place July 12–15 at Chapman University in Orange, California.

Nicaraguan police arrest 80-year-old bishop being treated at a medical clinic

In retaliation for asking for prayers for the persecuted Church at a Mass he celebrated, the bishop was held for several hours by police, part of an ongoing campaign of harassment of clergy.

Aid official: ‘The world fell apart’ as coastal Venezuela awaits assistance

Claudia Gonzales, a World Vision Venezuela manager, said the quakes left children without families and thousands of people missing or homeless, with at least 1,700 confirmed deaths.

A New Mexico mountain with Christ at the top is the latest battleground in U.S. immigration debate

Mount Cristo Rey in the Diocese of Las Cruces stands over a disputed patch of borderland that the U.S. government is attempting to seize from the Catholic Church.

Argentinians join in prayer for earthquake-shattered Venezuelans

In his homily during a Mass offered for the earthquake's victims, Archbishop Jorge Scheinig urged the faithful to reexamine their priorities in life, realizing one can lose everything in an instant.

Catholic youth chaplains in Nigeria urged to report abuse allegations to Church, civil authorities

The national director of the Pastoral Affairs Department of Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) said the Church's commitment to young people requires creating and maintaining safe environments.