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Drew Angerer Former football coach Lou Holtz arrives for a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, Friday, September 4, 2020. The legendary coach led the Fighting Irish to a perfect season and a national championship win in the late 1980s. ... read more

Credit: Marinella Bandini The custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, lights the first candle of the Advent wreath at the site of the manger inside the Nativity Grotto on Nov. 30, 2024, during the first vespers of the first Sunday of Advent. The restoration work for the 'hallowed site' follows a decree ... read more

Members of the Society of St. Justin Martyr are photographed after prayers at the relics of St. Justin Martyr in the Church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini during the Jubilee for Confraternities in Rome, May 2025. Antony Pinchin (first from left) and Graeme Jolly (fourth from left) are pictured. The priest ... read more

Fernando Medina Cuban exiles rally at Versailles Restaurant in Miami's Little Havana in support of protesters in Cuba. The Cuban government summoned two priests and two dissidents for questioning regarding their statements and activities advocating for freedom and democracy as well as deploring economic conditions. ... read more

Courtesy photo Natalie McMahon feels at home at The Prout School in Wakefield, R.I. As the first student in Prout’s modified ‘Inspire’ program, Natalie McMahon is showing everyone what it means to persevere. ... read more

Sacred Heart of Jesus Life flourishes as we focus on what really matters and seek what is above. ... read more

Representatives of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops joined an international delegation to the West Bank, where they said conditions remain “catastrophic.” Bishop Abdallah Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon and [...] ... read more

The Italian bishops are opposing a pending bill that would legitimize assisted suicide and are also calling for greater investment in palliative care and support for the sick. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the Italian [...] ... read more

Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gómez said legislation that would provide protections for people lacking legal immigration status “should be the beginning of a conversation.” Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gómez signaled openness to immigration [...] ... read more

Ad limina visits by bishops tend to make headlines in local churches when the bishops involved are in some kind of trouble. This time, however, the Peruvian bishops' visit to the tomb of the apostles made global news for a different reason: an unusual guest at their lunch and fraternal affection from the pope who ... read more

Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, discussed the role of military chaplains, the the restoration of chapel contracts, and just war doctrine. Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, speaks at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 28, ... read more

Following blasphemous comments about Jesus Christ, Colombia’s Catholic bishops demanded President Gustavo Petro show respect for Christ and for the religious beliefs of all Colombians. Gustavo Petro, president of Colombia, during a debate in November 2021. | Credit: Arturo Larrahondo/Shutterstock The Colombian bishops demanded respect for the person of Christ, ... read more

A Christian woman has pleaded not guilty to allegedly breaching a “buffer zone” law after silently praying outside an abortion clinic in the U.K. Isabel Vaughan-Spruce outside Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in London. | Credit: Photo courtesy of ADF International ... read more

A student’s free speech rights “shouldn’t depend on the circuit where she attends school.” Credit: Wolfgang Schaller/Shutterstock Pro-life students in Indiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a freedom of speech case after their public school allegedly refused to allow a pro-life poster ... read more

Archbishop Josef Nuzík and Protestant leader Pavel Pokorný affirmed Czech support for Ukrainian refugees after the speaker of Parliament accused them of exploiting the system. Archbishop Josef Nuzík of Olomouc, president of the Czech Bishops’ Conference, waves at St. Peter’s Basilica on June 29, 2024. | Credit: Bohumil Petrík/EWTN News ... read more