Cardinal Blase Cupich decried the burning of a large cross in Grant Park in Chicago after video of the incident surfaced online. “Burning crosses, dramatic expressions of hatred designed to terrorize, were once sadly commonplace in our country,” Cupich said in a June 10 statement. “Yesterday, we were reminded that the sickness of spirit they…

Pope Leo XIV departed Spain for Rome on June 12, finishing a weeklong trip to the European country marked by meetings with national leaders and bishops and a historic Mass at the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia. The Holy Father spent time in Madrid and Barcelona before finishing his visit in the Canary Islands off…

PHILADELPHIA — Affirming that the right to religious freedom is “the cornerstone of any just society,” Pope Leo XIV praised the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty for more than 30 years of “great efforts to defend this right” in a message to the organization delivered on June 11. The Holy Father offered the commendation to…