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Brazilian archbishop who resigned at 62 to lead new diocese (CWN)
In a highly unusual move, Pope Leo XIV yesterday appointed a Brazilian archbishop who resigned in 2019 to lead a new diocese.
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Has Hungary Conned American Conservatives?
A few weeks ago, at the U.N. General Assembly, the government of Hungary under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán voted for keeping “sexual orientation and gender identity” in a resolution on …
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Bishop Richard Moth to Succeed Cardinal Nichols as Archbishop of Westminster…
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Richard Moth, a former bishop of Britain’s military ordinariate, as the 12th Archbishop of Westminster, succeeding Cardinal Vincent Nichols who is retiring at the …
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Apostolic Letter on the Importance of Archaeology (December 11, 2025)…
In this centenary year of the establishment of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, it is both my responsibility and my pleasure to share some reflections that I consider important …
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USCCB, Catholic organizations criticize proposed immigration regulation change (USCCB)
In a 15-page letter, the general counsel of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, joined by officials of Catholic Charities USA and the Catholic Health Association of the United …
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In Rare Move, Retired Albany Bishop Files for Personal Bankruptcy After Pension Verdict| National Catholic Register…
A retired New York bishop has filed for personal bankruptcy protection in federal court after a state jury verdict found him, along with other officials, personally liable for the collapse …
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Is confession dead? Q&A with a Catholic historian on the state of the sacrament
NCR interviews James O’Toole, whose new book, For I Have Sinned, details the growth and eventual decline of confession in the United States, prompting questions about the sacrament’s future.
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What are the challenges the US Catholic Church faces in 2026?
There is one agent of unity in our Catholic faith that the secular culture lacks: the bishop of Rome, says NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
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Pontiff mourns victims of Swiss fire (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV mourned the victims of a January 1 bar fire in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, that left 40 dead and 119 injured.
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Vatican, Italian officials to take stock of jubilee (CWN)
The Holy See Press Office announced today that it will hold a press conference in which a Vatican official and four civil leaders will take stock of the 2025 jubilee …