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Abuse prevention, liturgy central to Vatican courses for new bishops

The program has been a fixture of the Church calendar since 2000, when it was launched by St.
Polish pilgrims celebrate after hearing the news that the next World Youth Day will be hosted by Krakow, Poland in 2016. | Credit: Walter Sanchez Silva/EWTN News

Poland prepares for possible papal visit

No date has been set, but the Polish government and bishops’ conference are jointly preparing for what would
David Willey, a longtime BBC correspondent who covered Rome and the Vatican for more than five decades, speaks with EWTN News in his home in Trevignano Romano, Italy, on Feb. 11, 2026. Willey died in Italy on July 11, 2026, at the age of 93. | Credit: Fabio Gonnella/EWTN News

BBC correspondent David Willey, longtime Vatican and papal chronicler, dies at 93

EWTN News spoke to the journalist in February about his more than 50 years covering the Vatican. David

Pope Leo XIV: Our world is more divided, but shared humanity unites us

The pontiff addressed members of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation on May 30. Pope Leo XIV on

Why Catholics celebrate Mary as ‘mother of the Church’ the day after Pentecost

The Catholic Church celebrates the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church each year on

Pope Leo prays where St. John Paul II was shot on feast of Our Lady of Fátima

Leo XIV dedicated his message on May 13 to “the Virgin Mary, model of the Church.” In an

Here are the patron saints of World Youth Day Seoul 2027

The five saints chosen for the international youth gathering reflect the event’s spiritual themes of truth, love, and

Faith and Struggle in the Middle East

Born in Syria and now leading the Archdiocese of Homs, Archbishop Julian Yacoub Mourad is the 2025 recipient

5 ways St. John Paul II changed the Catholic Church forever

You probably know that St. John Paul II was the second-longest-serving pope in modern history with 27 years

22 years ago today, St. John Paul II created the now Pope Francis a cardinal

22 years ago today, on February 21, 2001, St. John Paul II created Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who

How Benedict XVI was buried at the Vatican

Pope Benedict XVI has been laid to rest in the Vatican, in the same tomb where the remains

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