Catholic News Agency

• Vatican rejects German bishops’ request for lay homilies at Mass

  The Dicastery for Divine Worship said the homily is “intrinsically linked” to the proclamation of the Gospel and reserved to ordained ministers.

• International Widows’ Day: How Jesus and St. Augustine show Church’s concern for widowed women

  According to biblical texts and the tradition of the Catholic Church, widows have a place of privilege and special care in the Judeo-Christian tradition.

• Pope Leo XIV warns no doctor should ever 'decide on the life of an embryo'

  His remarks were made during a Monday audience with the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation.

• After meeting with pope, collaboration between Vatican, abuse victims takes ‘a step forward’

  The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors held the first structured dialogue with Ending Clergy Abuse on June 15-16 in Rome.

• Pope Leo XIV to UN: To combat hunger, focus on humanity

  The pontiff visited the headquarters of the U.N. World Food Programme in Rome on June 22.