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Catholic school students won the right to play sports and participate in other public school activities in the State College Area School District after a victory in federal court on June 10, 2025. / Credit: matimix/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 12, 2025 / 10:59 am (CNA). Catholic families in Pennsylvania won a victory at federal court…

Pope Leo XIV meets with priests of Rome in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Thursday, June 12, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 12, 2025 / 09:22 am (CNA). The priests of Rome met for the first time on Thursday with their new bishop, Pope Leo XIV, to whom they are looking…

Fertility rose at the end of the Depression and the end of World War II with the Baby Boom, to more than 3.5 births for every woman by 1960 — then plummeted immediately thereafter. / Credit: Glenn|Wikimedia|CC BY-SA 2.0 Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 12, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)…

Father Michael Herlihey, OFM Cap, one of three chaplains serving pilgrims along the Drexel Route, blesses children following the opening Mass of the 2025 Eucharistic Pilgrimage in Indianpolis on May 18, 2025. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 12, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). While locals are joining in on parts of the…