Human dignity, national security ‘not in conflict,’ U.S. bishops say amid Trump ‘aliens’ campaign — By: Catholic News Agency

The U.S. bishops are reiterating their calls for immigrants in the U.S. to be treated with dignity as the Trump administration launched a campaign that likens immigrants living in the country illegally to extraterrestrials. The White House on May 28 launched a government website “Aliens.gov,” a retro sci-fi-styled site that claims the government has “kept…

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Pope Leo XIV: Our world is more divided, but shared humanity unites us — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV on May 30 emphasized to Catholic lay leaders that, in a world increasingly divided by war and polarization, shared humanity can help unify it. During a private audience at the Vatican with the members of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation, Leo in his remarks referenced his recent encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, explaining that…

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Florida judge rules against Planned Parenthood in false advertisement case — By: Catholic News Agency

Florida judge rules against Planned Parenthood in false advertisement case A circuit court judge in Florida said the state can continue legal action against Planned Parenthood over the abortion giantʼs claims that the abortion pill is safer than Tylenol. In a May 27 ruling, First Circuit Court Judge J. Scott Duncan of Santa Rosa County…

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Catholic Charities Boston sees surging need at city-wide food pantries — By: Catholic News Agency

Catholic Charities Boston has seen a surge in the numbers of families who need food pantry assistance, offering nearly 3 million pounds of food over the past year.  Over the past three months, Catholic Charities Boston has “seen over 2,000 new households register who have never come to our food pantries before,” said Jonathan Tetrault,…

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Priest evangelizing in the peripheries of Lima says he sees ‘miracles all the time’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Spanish missionary priest Father Julio Alonso Ampuero dedicates every weekend to evangelizing in the Diocese of Lurín in South Lima, Peru. He gives retreats, hears confessions, and provides biblical formation and pastoral care to vulnerable individuals, a ministry through which he says he frequently witnesses “many miracles” in the form of conversions and renewed closeness…

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Outgoing religious freedom commissioner highlights ‘worsening’ global religious freedom crisis — By: Catholic News Agency

As the 2025-2026 United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) term came to a close, Commissioner Stephen Schneck detailed the declining religious freedom abroad and the severe violations against people of faith. “The problems not only are very, very present, but worsening,” Schneck told EWTN News. “I think the situation for religious freedom in…

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