New film ‘The Ritual’ tells true story of the United States’ most-documented exorcism — By: Catholic News Agency

Al Pacino as Father Theophilus Riesinger in “The Ritual.” / Credit: XYZ Films CNA Staff, Jun 5, 2025 / 15:21 pm (CNA). In 1928, Father Joseph Steiger, a priest at St. Joseph’s in Earling, Iowa, was approached with an urgent concern. A 46-year-old woman named Emma Schmidt was experiencing blackouts, aversions to holy objects, and…

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Supreme Court: Wisconsin violated First Amendment in denying tax break to Catholic charity — By: Catholic News Agency

The Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion on Thursday, June 5, 2025, saying Wisconsin violated the First Amendment protections of Catholic Charities. / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller|Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 5, 2025 / 12:05 pm (CNA). The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously held that the state of Wisconsin had violated the First Amendment when it…

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Archdiocese of New York launches school renewal plan, releases results of viability study — By: Catholic News Agency

The Archdiocese of New York superintendent of schools announced the launch of a school renewal plan and the final results of a school viability study on June 4, 2025. /  Credit: alexkich/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 5, 2025 / 12:35 pm (CNA). Archdiocese of New York Superintendent of Schools Sister Mary Grace Walsh, ASCJ, announced…

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Record 19,000 young Catholics to walk Paris-Chartres pilgrimage amid Vatican scrutiny — By: Catholic News Agency

Eighteen thousand pilgrims make their way to Chartres through the French fields at sunrise during the 2024 Paris to Chartres pilgrimage. / Credit: Notre-Dame de Chrétienté Vatican City, Jun 5, 2025 / 11:15 am (CNA). Over 19,000 young Catholics will walk from Paris to Chartres this weekend in what has become France’s largest traditional pilgrimage…

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Catholic Charities of Chicago uses a pro-abortion lobbying firm: cooperation with evil? — By: Catholic News Agency

South loop area of Chicago. / Credit: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 5, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago is using a lobbying firm that supports pro-abortion political candidates and lobbies for abortion providers, raising concerns that the relationship could amount to…

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Pope names Uganda-born priest to lead Louisiana’s Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux — By: Catholic News Agency

Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Bishop-elect Simon Peter Engurait. / Credit: Courtesy of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Vatican City, Jun 5, 2025 / 08:54 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Thursday named Uganda-born Father Simon Peter Engurait, a former business analyst who became a priest at age 41, to lead the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in southeastern Louisiana….

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Pope Leo’s aim for basilica at Eucharistic miracle site in Peru impeded by legal dispute — By: Catholic News Agency

Chapel built on the remains of the old church where, in 1649, the apparition of the Child Jesus took place in a consecrated host in Eten, Peru. Currently, it is not under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Chiclayo but is administered by the so-called Multisectoral Committee of Eten City. / Credit: Diego López Marina/EWTN…

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