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Unsung Heroes Take Center Stage
Regular readers of this illustrious journal might recall that I recently wrote a multipart series titled “Unsung Heroes of Christendom,” which focused on heroic figures from history who are not …
Year: 2026
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Most US Catholics view Pope favorably; half think president has been too critical of him (Pew Research Center)
A survey of 9,750 U.S. adults found that 78% of Catholics view Pope Leo favorably—down from 84% last year—and that 51% of Catholics believe that President Donald Trump has been …
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Leading development banker meets with Pontiff (Vatican News (Italian, video))
Pope Leo XIV received Ilan Goldfajn, president of the Inter-American Development Bank, in an audience on June 19. Goldfajn, who posts regularly on X, did not refer to the papal …
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Imitate St. Frances Cabrini’s service to migrants, Pope says as he venerates her heart (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV visited the hometown of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini this evening and called upon the faithful to imitate her missionary service to migrants.
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Church hails acquittal of Missionaries of Charity nun in India trafficking case
The acquittal of an elderly Missionaries of Charity (MC) nun and two others in a much-publicized “child trafficking” case at Ranchi in the eastern state of Jharkhand has been widely …
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New podcast explores Black Catholic resistance to Detroit’s parish closures
In researching and creating “The City and the Cross,” writer/narrator Aaron Robertson “was wondering, frankly, why Black Americans would even be Catholic.”
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Graphic novel of ‘Dead Man Walking’ retains memoir’s moral core
The new graphic novel based on Sr. Helen Prejean’s bestselling memoir about ministering on Louisiana’s death row will attract new readers and satisfy longtime fans of the original book.
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The biblical witness of Mexico’s searching mothers
In Mexico, thousands of mothers known collectively as Las Madres Buscadoras search for their disappeared children, refusing to let the collective look away.
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The Pontificate of Leo XIV and Global Politics: A lecture by Massimo Faggioli at the Gregorian University
Rome – On Monday, June 22, the inaugural session of the “Rome Summer Seminars on Religion and Global Politics 2026,” an international academic initiative dedicated to the relationship between religion …
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Vatican newspaper devotes 8 articles to plight of refugees (CWN)
The Vatican newspaper highlighted the plight of refugees with eight articles in its June 19 edition, published the day before World Refugee Day.