Europe

A full excavation began July 14 at a site near a former mother-and-baby home in the west of Ireland, believed to be the final resting place of up to 800 infants.

The Church of England is weighing plans to exhume and enshrine the head of St. Thomas More , the patron saint of statesmen and politicians, in time for the 500th anniversary of his 1535 martyrdom.

The wounds inflicted on innocent men, women and children during the Srebrenica massacre, one of the worst atrocities to happen in Europe since World War II, are hardly healed 30 years later.

French Archbishop Guy de Kerimel of Toulouse defended his appointment of a priest convicted of sexually abusing a minor as diocesan chancellor, saying that he had "chosen the path of mercy."

While the NATO summit in the Netherlands focused on military preparedness, Christian voices in the country are advocating for peace and justice in a biblical sense, calling on people to pray for peace and aid for victims in the days surrounding the summit.

In Catholic Poland, Corpus Christi is more than a feast—it's a nationwide act of faith.

Up to seven people were killed and up to 13 injured in a large-scale Russian drone attack on Kyiv and Odesa June 10, which also damaged the historic Holy Wisdom Cathedral, also known as St. Sophia Cathedral.

Their names may have faded from history books, but on May 31, the Church officially remembered them forever. In a solemn ceremony in Braniewo, northeastern Poland, 15 nuns from the Congregation of St. Catherine Virgin and Martyr, were beatified.

Russia has rejected the Vatican's offer to host talks for ending the war in Ukraine, despite international support for the idea.

With France poised to vote on a controversial "assisted dying" bill, the country's Catholic bishops have launched an unprecedented public campaign urging Catholics to speak out.