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The Archdiocese of Atlanta is launching a fully online high school program, known as Sacred Heart Virtual Academy, designed to expand access to Catholic education throughout Georgia and beyond. Enrollment is currently open for students in grades 9–12, both inside and outside of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, including those living in other states or countries….
St. Louis de Montfort Academy, the independent boarding school for boys in Herndon, Pennsylvania, run by the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) on April 25 inaugurated a four-level expansion of its main building, almost doubling its size. The event, which coincided with the academy’s 30th anniversary, was headlined by Cardinal Raymond Leo…
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a legal challenge to efforts from President Donald Trump’s administration to remove the temporary legal status of Haitian and Syrian migrants. Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem terminated the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for migrants from Syria, Haiti, and other countries. If the court rules that…
As it continues the “confident renewal of its Catholic identity,” the University of St. Thomas in Houston announced three influential Catholic leaders to its board of directors this week. The new board members are R.R. “Rusty” Reno, editor of First Things; Adam Laxalt, the former attorney general of Nevada; and Mary Eberstadt, writer and senior…
The Trump administration has dissolved the governing body that oversees the National Science Foundation, which included two high-ranking staff members at The Catholic University of America (CUA). CUA Executive Vice President and Provost Aaron Dominguez was serving as vice chairman of the National Science Board (NSB) while CUA Vice Provost Victor McCrary was serving as…
A proposed federal bill would allow child abuse victims to continue seeking evidence in civil suits even amid bankruptcy filings, a rule that could have significant consequences for U.S. Catholic dioceses facing abuse lawsuits. The bill, proposed by a bipartisan group of U.S. congresswomen and announced on April 29, would move to “address misuse of…
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami (CCADM) said it will cut more than 80 jobs after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declined to renew an $11 million federal contract. “HHS not renewing funding to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami will result in 85 staff members being laid off as…
The Vatican Observatory has named four asteroids after key figures in its history. Among them is Pope Leo XIII, who refounded the institution in 1891. The newly named asteroids were discovered by the telescope the Vatican operates in Arizona. The asteroid “Gioacchinopecci” honors Pope Leo XIII, born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci, whose legacy is…
Pope Leo XIV granted ecclesiastical communion to the new patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans, His Beatitude Mar Paul III Nona, who now serves as the head of this Eastern Catholic Church based in Iraq, which is in full communion with Rome. Tweet What is the Chaldean Church? The Chaldean Church is one of more…
The U.S. Supreme Court said a New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center may challenge a state subpoena demanding donor information. The court in a unanimous ruling April 29 decided the case could proceed in federal court, reversing a lower court decision that had deemed the lawsuit premature. The pregnancy center had raised First Amendment concerns about…
