The Latest Breaking News from Church

Pope Leo XIV's Family Cancer Tragedy: Both Parents Died and His Brother Is Battling the Disease

Pope Leo XIV is recovering after surgery confirmed lung adenocarcinoma. Both parents died of cancer, but no hereditary link has been established.

International Business Times UK · Oct 14

Military archbishop accuses Pete Hegseth of imitating terrorists, urges Catholic troops ordered to shoot prisoner on livestream to drop out

Catholic figures condemn Pete Hegseth's "spectacle of death."

We Got This Covered · Oct 14

🔴 Surgery on Pope Leo's cancerous lung nodule went well, Vatican says

Pope ​Leo had a lower lobe ​of his right lung removed during surgery on Tuesday ​and ‌was diagnosed with lung ⁠adenocarcinoma, a common form of ‌lung cancer, the Vatican said in ⁠a medical bulletin. The surgery was successful and the pope is expected to spend a week in hospital recovering.…

France 24 · Oct 12

Ex-Bishop Christopher Saunders Jailed 6.5 Years After 13 Sex Offence Convictions Against Two Aboriginal Men

Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison for 13 sex offences involving two young Aboriginal men.

International Business Times UK · Oct 7

October 4 Belongs to Both God and Dogs: Inside Mexico's Most Emotionally Charged Religious Ritual of the Year

Mexico's pet blessing ceremonies on October 4, 2026 carry historic weight as the Catholic Church marks 800 years since Saint Francis of Assisi's death.

Latin Times · Oct 5

It’s Time for the Catholic Church to Distribute the Loaves

The Vatican holds an estimated $73 billion in assets. That is an institution with the resources to move policy, fund organizing, and match the moral urgency of its own documents.

Texas Observer · Oct 5

‘Shame on Church of England’, says victim of former priest guilty of rape

Christopher Brain, 69, used a ‘culture of fear’ to sexually abuse women while leader of the Nine O’Clock Service, a part of the Church of England.

Evening Standard · Oct 2

Greece to set up a new national dementia centre for patients, families and caretakers

The new centre in Athens will provide cognitive training, occupational and music therapy, plus services for prevention, diagnosis and ongoing patient monitoring.

Euronews · Oct 1

'They Protected the Reputation of the Church': Massachusetts Report Details Abuse of Nearly 1,000 Children

A Massachusetts attorney general's report says 275 Catholic clerics abused 944 children across three dioceses, finding leaders failed to prevent further harm and sometimes concealed allegations.

International Business Times UK · Oct 1

What links matryoshka dolls, Belarusian nuns, French churches and Russian troops?

In recent years, visitors to French churches and cathedrals may have come across Belarusian nuns selling matryoshka dolls, religious icons and honey. They come from the Saint Elisabeth Convent in Minsk and present these sales as a means of funding their charitable work. However, the convent openly supports Russia’s war…

Radio France Internationale · Oct 1