Pope Leo tells secular Spain not to leave Catholic faith in the ‘museum of the past’

by News Feed Editor | Jun 7, 2026 | Religion

MADRID (RNS) – Over 1.2 million people gathered at Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid on Sunday (June 7) to catch a glimpse of Pope Leo XIV celebrating Mass and leading the Corpus Christi procession, a major celebration where the Eucharist is paraded through the streets....

Pope Leo tells youth in Madrid to be ‘sparks of a new humanity’

by News Feed Editor | Jun 6, 2026 | Religion

MADRID (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV urged young people to “be human” in a world that he said was marked by violence, wars and fake connections, during a meeting with more than 400,000 youth gathered at Plaza de Lima in Madrid on Saturday (June 6). “In the face of the...

In Spain, Pope Leo XIV urges Europe to overcome polarization

by News Feed Editor | Jun 6, 2026 | Religion

MADRID (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV made an appeal to cast aside polarization in his address on Saturday (June 6) to political and diplomatic heads in Madrid, the first leg of his six-day papal visit to Spain. The pope encouraged Europeans to become proponents of a more...

Pope Leo makes clear Iran is not a ‘just war,’ as he travels to Madrid for week in Spain

by News Feed Editor | Jun 6, 2026 | Religion

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (RNS) – Pope Leo XIV said the war in Iran does not qualify as a just war according to Catholic teaching, while answering questions by journalists aboard the papal plane for his six-day visit to Spain. “I believe it has been already declared...

Phoenix Seminary to be acquired by Biola University

by News Feed Editor | Jun 5, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — After three decades of independent operations, Phoenix Seminary is set to be acquired by the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. The acquisition will elevate Talbot as the second-largest interdenominational seminary in the country and, with campuses...

ICE protesters who interrupted Minnesota church service won’t face state charges, prosecutor says

by News Feed Editor | Jun 5, 2026 | Religion

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Dozens of anti-immigration enforcement protesters who face federal criminal charges after they interrupted a Minnesota church service in January, accompanied by former CNN journalist Don Lemon, will not additionally face state charges, a...