UPDATE: Classical Catholic high school in DC announces plans for second location — By: Catholic News Agency

Demand among Catholic families in northern Virginia has spurred the leadership of the St. Jerome Institute, a classical liberal arts high school in Washington, D.C., to announce plans to open a second campus in the Diocese of Arlington. / Credit: St. Jerome Institute Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 19, 2025 / 09:36 am (CNA). Demand among…

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Archbishops: Assisted suicide bill will be death knell for hospices, care homes in England — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, archbishop of Westminster, England (left), and Archbishop John Sherrington of Liverpool. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA; SimeonMarcel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Dublin, Ireland, Jun 19, 2025 / 13:32 pm (CNA). Two prominent archbishops in England have said that if the End of Life Bill set for a final vote in Parliament…

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Chicago City Council votes to protect historic Catholic parish after yearslong effort — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Adalbert Parish in Chicago. / Credit: Gregg Nagel CNA Staff, Jun 19, 2025 / 12:53 pm (CNA). The Chicago City Council on Wednesday voted to extend protection status to a historic Catholic parish in the city, handing a win to advocates who for years have urged the local government to protect the more-than-century-old structure….

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Pope Leo XIV appoints Bishop Shane Mackinlay as new archbishop of Brisbane in Australia — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Brisbane, Australia. / Credit: TK Kurikawa/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Jun 19, 2025 / 10:06 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Shane Mackinlay — an influential voice in the Synod on Synodality — as the next archbishop of Brisbane, Australia. The 60-year-old prelate succeeds Archbishop Mark Coleridge, who is retiring after…

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Classical Catholic high school in DC to open second location in Diocese of Arlington — By: Catholic News Agency

The St. Jerome Institute in Washington, D.C., a classical Catholic high school, will open a second campus in northern Virginia’s Arlington Diocese in the fall, the institute announced in June 2025. / Credit: St. Jerome Institute Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 19, 2025 / 09:36 am (CNA). Demand among Catholic families in northern Virginia has spurred…

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Pope Leo XIV speaks with astronomy students about ‘wonder’ of the universe — By: Catholic News Agency

Galaxy M74. / Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Collaboration Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 19, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV encouraged young astronomy students at the Vatican this week to “be generous in sharing what you learn and what you experience, as best you can and however you can.” “Surely, this must be an exciting time…

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