On March 19, Albanian Cardinal Ernest Simoni at the age of 97 was among the last people to venerate the remains of St. Francis of Assisi before their return to a tomb in the crypt of the 13th-century Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, where the saint’s small skeleton has been contained in a…

The conservative legal group Judicial Watch is continuing to push for more transparency around a memo targeting traditionalist Catholics, which was issued in early 2023 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Richmond field office. The memo detailed an investigation into a purported connection between “radical traditionalist” Catholics and “the far-right white nationalist movement.” It…

The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether asylum starts at a port of entry or only after someone steps onto U.S. soil under the Immigration and Nationality Act. The justices, hearing arguments March 24 in Noem v. Al Otro Lado, painstakingly interrogated the legal and linguistic meaning of “arrives in” and “arrives at,” with Chief…

The Loyola University Chicago student who was shot and killed last week was a “beautiful person” and a “genuine soul,” campus leaders said amid mourning over the 18-year-old’s murder. Sheridan Gorman was shot and killed early on March 19 while walking with her friends near the Jesuit university’s campus, officials said last week. Law enforcement…

A conference will highlight Orestes Brownson with the hopes of making him “a household name” among Catholics, organizers said. The “Orestes Brownson and the Mission of America” conference will be held at The Catholic University of America (CUA) on April 16 for “all those seeking a vision of the United States to carry us into…