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Pope Leo XIV praised the International Institute of Administrative Sciences for its reflections on artificial intelligence and warned that “one of the serious problems facing us today is the fact that decisions concerning human life are being entrusted to machines.” ... read more

A new biography published in Lithuania recounts the life of Cardinal Sigitas Tamkevičius, SJ, one of the leading Catholic figures in the resistance to Soviet religious persecution. It details his work as editor of the underground Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania publication and his subsequent imprisonment by the KGB.Written by journalist Regina Statkuvienė ... read more

Inspired by the movie “Top Gun: Maverick,” a D.C.-based youth ministry is using a weekendlong camp to build mentors and strengthen the bonds between Catholic fathers and their sons.The annual “Top Gun Father and Son” camping event welcomes dads and sons for a mission to grow closer, strengthen their relationships through challenges and reflections, and ... read more

Astana – Every year on August 29, the international community celebrates the International Day against Nuclear Tests. In Kazakhstan, the date carries a particularly strong symbolic meaning: on August 29, 1991, the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site was closed. Forty-two years earlier, on August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union had conducted its first nuclear explosion at ... read more

The practice of surrogacy made national news in August when surrogate mother McKenna West fled to Texas to give birth to a baby after its biological parents requested it be aborted due to a treatable heart condition. West was sued by the couple for not adhering to the terms of the surrogacy contract, which included ... read more

Freedom is in our pockets and so is the flourishing of a new Catholic revival. Every dollar we spend makes the world a better or a worse place. Every dollar we spend on products produced by corporations with an anti-Catholic, globalist, or woke agenda is making the world a worse place. Every dollar we spend ... read more

Pope Leo XIV today amended the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (1990) to grant Eastern Catholic synods the authority to remove Patriarchs and Major Archbishops when communion between the church’s head and synod has been “seriously and irreparably damaged.” ... read more

"Allow that proverbial bus to carry you to the place in which you might learn a new way of being," writes Eric A. Clayton. ... read more

In The Vatican and Women Deacons, Phyllis Zagano makes the case that the primary barrier to ordaining women deacons today is not theological, but cultural. ... read more

Colleen Shaddox assigned herself the task of asking directions from Catholics who are truly living the church's social teachings, and she started a podcast to share the conversations. ... read more

The president of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs praised the election of Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, a Jewish scholar, as president of the Catholic Biblical Association. “Your election is a fitting celebration of the genuinely interfaith character of biblical scholarship and of the many years of faithful Jewish-Catholic collaboration in ... read more

The Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group issued 231-page report on the 2023 memo from the bureau’s Richmond office that warned against “radical traditionalist Catholic ideology.” “This Department of Justice will not tolerate a weaponized bureaucracy that chills First Amendment activity,” said Attorney General Todd Blanche. “The individuals who developed the Richmond Domain ... read more

Today is the Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist. The Church, having celebrated the earthly birthday of St. John the Baptist on June 24, today honors the anniversary of his martyrdom. Besides our Lord and our Lady, St. John the Baptist is the only one whose birth and death are thus celebrated. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV mourned the passing of King Harald V, Norway’s head of state from 1991 until his passing on August 28. In a telegram to the new king, Haakon VIII, Pope Leo sent condolences to the royal family and the nation, prayed for the repose of the soul of the late ... read more

Pope Leo XIV received the president, vice president, and secretary-general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) in an August 28 audience. The CBCI has not published a news report on the audience, which comes amid the persecution of Catholics in some parts of the world’s most populous nation. The ... read more