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A Catholic diocese and a pregnancy center in Illinois are asking a federal appeals court to strike down a state law that they say would force them to hire workers who disagree with their religious and pro-life missions. The Diocese of Springfield in March 2025 had filed suit against the state alongside the Pregnancy Care ... read more

U.S. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is pictured preaching in an undated photo. (CNS photo) During a recent speech to the General Assembly of Pontifical Mission Societies, Pope Leo XIV gave what may be the clearest indication yet of what Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s legacy in the Catholic Church will be: patron ... read more

A Catholic priest from Nigeria has been sentenced in a Texas court to life in prison, as well as to two 20-year prison terms plus $30,000 in fines, for sexually abusing several women under his spiritual care — a felony crime in that state. ... read more

Details of Raphael’s “School of Athens” (left) and “Disputation of the Holy Sacrament,” painted between 1509 and 1510, in the Raphael Stanze at the Vatican. COMMENTARY: An age that can’t think objectively or love self-sacrificially can still be touched by beauty. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV told Catholic university leaders on June 3 that they have a responsibility to instill in their students a passion for "not only intellectual truth, but the truth that is Christ himself." ... read more

The new system calls for Spain's ombudsman to review each case through an independent team of experts and propose compensation, whether symbolic, psychological or economic, that the church will then assess. ... read more

Screenshot Rev. Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins currently serves as the pastor at St. Joseph Shrine in Detroit. ‘Just another day in the D,’ Rev. Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins told local media after surviving the harrowing ordeal. ... read more

The Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., Cardinal Robert McElroy, on Wednesday removed a well-known priest as an exorcist of the archdiocese after he made public comments suggesting that UFO sightings were the work of demons. ... read more

Servant of God Sister of Charity Blandina Segale. 'There was no debate” among Vatican theologians, but it was rather a “celebration,' petitioner Allen Sanchez said. ... read more

On June 3, the archbishop of Prague and the German ambassador to the Czech Republic commemorated the biggest massacre of the German-speaking population in Czechoslovakia — some say in Europe — after World War II. In the town of Postoloprty in May and June 1945, the Czechoslovak army killed at least 763 people, according to ... read more

During the Diocese of Litoměřiceʼs Year of Reconciliation, Archbishop Stanislav Přibyl led a pilgrimage and Mass honoring hundreds killed in Czechoslovakia in 1945. Archbishop Stanislav Přibyl of Prague celebrates the reconciliation Mass at the Church of the Coronation of the Virgin Mary in Žatec, Czech Republic, on June 3, 2026. ... read more

CinemaVision St. Peter’s Basilica. | Credit: cinemavision/Shutterstock The gathering will function as 'a space for mutual listening, discernment, and shared exploration of certain issue,' Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re said. ... read more

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — The president of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC), Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea, has renewed the Catholic Church’s call for peace and dialogue, urging both Church leaders and political authorities to address the root causes of conflict as the country continues to face security, political, and socio-economic challenges.Speaking during the opening ... read more

The president of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon emphasized that peace must remain a national priority, particularly in Cameroon’s conflict-ridden regions. The president of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon, Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea, has renewed the Catholic Church’s call for peace and dialogue as the country continues to ... read more

Teresa Bayer spends time with the Simpson kids. The two families have forged a tight-knit friendship. COMMENTARY: It’s as old as the Visitation, and we should learn to practice it. ... read more