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Pope Leo XIV received members of German Catholic student associations at the Vatican on June 5, reminding them that they “represent Catholic values in society not as those who carry partisan flags but as representatives of the common good of humanity.” In his address in the Paul VI Audience Hall, the Holy Father also highlighted…
The U.S. bishops are preparing to consecrate the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and are calling on the faithful to reflect on Christ’s love. Ahead of the anticipated event, Catholics should “take a moment to reflect on the title ‘Sacred Heart of Jesus’” and what it “truly mean[s],” Archbishop Shelton Fabre of…
In just a few days, Pope Leo XIV will land in Barcelona for the second leg of a historic trip to Spain, scheduled for June 6–12. Bishop Xabier Gómez of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, which lies west of Barcelona, has been in his own words “blessed” to be designated to accompany the Holy Father during…
An independent, civilian-led fact-finding body has been launched in the Philippines to uncover new evidence and details about the killings carried out during former President Rodrigo Duterteʼs drug war. Cardinal Pablo Virgilio S. David, former president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines and bishop of Kalookan, serves as adviser to the Philippine Truth…
A French-American priest is being hailed as a hero after springing into action just outside St. Joseph Shrine in Detroit this week. Rev. Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins was in the shrine parking lot Monday night when he heard a loud crash and the squealing of tires just down the road. He ran to the street just…
Juan Vicente Boo, the Vatican correspondent for the Spanish newspaper ABC for 23 years, says the current pontiff is, among the popes of the last five centuries, the one who “knows Spain best,” as it is a country he visited on nearly 50 occasions before becoming pope. The first of his trips to Spain dates…
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) International Justice and Peace Committee released a statement reiterating the Holy Father’s call in Magnifica Humanitas to limit the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in war. “In the age of artificial intelligence, the Church’s teaching on human dignity, pursuit of justice, and comprehensive social doctrine offers a…
Thomas More Society attorneys released guidelines and recommendations to assist school districts that are working “to uphold parental rights.” The guidelines follow recent school choice cases by the U.S. Supreme Court, Mahmoud v. Taylor and Mirabelli v. Bonta, which “clarify the scope of parental rights in American schools,” according to the Catholic law firm. In…
In late February, Pope Leo XIV thanked Father Bruno Kant of the Diocese of Fulda in Germany for his “many years of faithful and devoted priestly service.” Kant, the oldest priest in the world at 110 years of age, passed away on the night of Friday, May 29. He had been a priest since 1950….
A Catholic diocese and a pregnancy center in Illinois are asking a federal appeals court to strike down a state law that they say would force them to hire workers who disagree with their religious and pro-life missions. The Diocese of Springfield in March 2025 had filed suit against the state alongside the Pregnancy Care…
