Pope Leo XIV laments that today’s youth have to deal with ‘relativism’ and ‘superficiality’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV meets with the Brothers of the Christian Schools on May 15, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, May 15, 2025 / 18:03 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Thursday lamented that today’s youth must deal with “relativism,” “emotional instability,” and “superficiality,” although he called for transforming these challenges…

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Health and Human Services chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. orders review of abortion pill — By: Catholic News Agency

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill on May 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Samuel Corum/Getty Images CNA Staff, May 15, 2025 / 16:33 pm (CNA). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing…

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Nashville petition calls for release of Catholic man arrested by immigration officers — By: Catholic News Agency

The Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville, Tennessee. / Credit: Nheyob, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, May 15, 2025 / 14:10 pm (CNA). Catholics in Nashville, Tennessee, are calling for the release of a man arrested by immigration officials last week amid broad efforts by the federal government to curb illegal immigration. …

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Future Pope Leo XIV’s doctoral thesis offers clues to his pontificate  — By: Catholic News Agency

Dominican Father Thomas Joseph White reads the thesis of then-Father Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, titled “The Role of the Local Prior in the Order of St. Augustine,” which Prevost wrote while a student at Rome’s Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in the early 1980s. / Credit: Zofia Czubak/EWTN News Vatican City, May…

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Christian camp sues Colorado to prevent males from using girls’ showers, sleeping areas — By: Catholic News Agency

Camp IdRaHaJe in Colorado on May 12, 2025, field a lawsuit against the state government over a state rule allowing males who identify as girls to be given access to girls’ showers, dressing areas, and sleeping facilities. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Camp IdRaHaJe Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 15, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). A…

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Wars, climate disasters lead to record-high number of internally displaced people — By: Catholic News Agency

Charitable organizations distribute food to displaced people in shelter tents in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on June 9, 2024. / Credit: Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 15, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). The global number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) around the world skyrocketed to a record high of 83.4 million in…

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