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New Vatican City coins feature Pope Leo XIV’s face
The new Vatican coins are the first in nearly a decade to feature a pope’s face since Francis requested in 2017 that his portrait no longer appear on Vatican coins.
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Pope Leo XIV On Liturgy: Priests Must Remain Faithful to Mass Rubrics
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Pentecost Sunday, May 24, 2026. Pope Leo sent a letter to Cardinal Arthur Roche for a conference …
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Pew report finds most American Catholics favor death penalty for those convicted of murder
A Pew Research Center survey found that 65% of American Catholics favor the death penalty for people convicted of murder, with 28% who “strongly” favor it. The research showed that …
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AI Warfare and the Church
Parilov‘UAV’ Are AI-guided autonomous weapons changing the rules of war? Plus, a roundup of late-summer Catholic news you may have missed.
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Canceled Masonic Funerals Put Church-Freemasonry Tensions in Spotlight
Vladimir Tretyakov‘Freemasonry’ ANALYSIS: Two last-minute decisions to deny Catholic funeral rites highlight a broader campaign for rapprochement between senior Church figures and Italy’s Masonic lodges.
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What the Canaanite Woman Teaches Us
Keeping praying, the Gospel reminds us. Persist in beseeching the Lord.
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The Assumption of Mary: The Oldest Feast Day of Our Lady
Detail of the Walpole Immaculate Conception, circa 1680, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Belief in the Assumption dates to the apostles.
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Catholic leaders urge protection for Christian village attacked in Bangladesh
Several homes were looted and vandalized in a mainly Catholic village after the body of a Muslim man was found nearby, and 19 Indigenous villagers were arrested. Church officials and …
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Catholic leaders urge protection for Christian village attacked in Bangladesh
The Catholic Church and Indigenous Christian leaders in Bangladesh have called on the authorities to protect families terrified by an attack on a Christian village and to bring those responsible …
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Ortega’s War on the Church Reveals the Limits of Political Power
Hector RetamalA young girl sings before an image of the Immaculate Conception during La Gritería in Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 7, 2012. The traditional Marian celebration is among the public expressions …