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Attorney General Dana Nessel of Michigan released a report on sexual abuse and misconduct allegations against priests and deacons of the Diocese of Saginaw. “During the 75-year period in the report, more than 680 priests served in our diocese. The report details the reported abuse by 37 priests and one deacon,” the diocese ... read more

Buddhist authorities in Cambodia bestowed the title of “Elder Great Lay Supporter and Upholder of the Buddha’s Dispensation” upon the nation’s leading Catholic prelate and named a primary school for future Buddhist monks after him. Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P., the vicar apostolic of Phnom Penh, also received from the nation’s king the Grand Cross ... read more

A month after an attack on a German parish during Sunday Mass, an attacker—or attackers—again shot at the parish’s windows. The damage to Holy Spirit Church in Hanau, a city of 98,000, is estimated at 6,000 euros ($6,833). ... read more

During a June 26 Mass just blocks north of the U.S.-Mexico border with Spanish-language hymns and prayers in English, Tucson Bishop James Misko, the main celebrant, called on Catholics to honor the dignity of immigrants. ... read more

The workshop "Neighboring the Dear Neighbor," planned and sponsored by Sr. Christine Schenk's own Congregation of St. Joseph in Cleveland, brought together groups serving migrants to share how anyone can help. ... read more

Chapter 2 of Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, might be called the official "CliffsNotes" version of Catholic social teaching. ... read more

As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, read a sampling of NCR's six-page spread in the July 2, 1976, issue, which had dozens of 200th birthday greetings from Catholics and others around the nation. ... read more

God’s grace shines in the lives of Christians today, as it did in the lives of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Leo XIV said during his June 29 Angelus address (video) on their feast day. ... read more

Archbishop Raúl Biord of Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, spoke of the devastation wrought by the earthquakes there. In La Guaira, “the seminarians were in the building when the earth shook,” Archbishop Biord recounted. “There were some lightly wounded, but nobody was killed, and both the seminarians and their formators were able to leave. ... read more

God put us in the world to know, to love, and to serve him, and so to come to paradise. —Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1721 ... read more

The Optional Memorial of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church honors of the nameless followers of Christ brutally killed by the mad Emperor Nero as scapegoats for the fire in Rome. The pagan historian Tacitus and St. Clement of Rome tell of a night of horror (August 15, 64 A.D.) when in the ... read more

Paul Haring Javier and Melanie Carreno and their 1-year-old son, Uziel, venerate the major relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque at St. James Cathedral in Orlando, Florida, on June 12. The saint whose visions helped spread devotion to the Sacred Heart is inspiring a new wave of prayer as her major relics travel across ... read more

TAN Books offers classic reads for the month of June and beyond. 17th- and 19th-century books offer blessed insights into the Heart of Jesus. ... read more

Volunteers carry boxes of humanitarian aid amid debris following earthquakes in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 26, 2026. ‘People in some areas feel invisible to the government, to the aid efforts,’ Jesuit Father Edgar Magallanes, national director of Jesuit Relief Services Venezuela, said. ‘But we’re working on it.’ ... read more

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear parents’ challenge to a Washington state law on gender-related services for minors on June 29, 2026. The parents argue that their right to direct the upbringing of their children is in jeopardy. The state continues to defend the law. ... read more