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Archbishop Ronald Hicks of New York lamented the state’s Aid in Dying Act, which will take effect on August 5. ... read more

In a prominent front-page article in its June 2 edition, the Vatican newspaper highlighted Israel’s renewed attacks on southern Lebanon. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV’s message for the upcoming World Day of Prayer for Creation (background) will highlight the relation between war and environmental degradation, according to an announcement from the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. ... read more

Theology of the Shoddy (Catholic Culture): “The Theology of the Body Institute (TOBI) recently released a piece of content which received an abnormal amount of attention, much of it negative.” Flourishing Traditional Marian Franciscan Community in UK to Be Dissolved (National Catholic Register): After years of growth in vocations, conversions and media outreach, the Family ... read more

Phyllis Zagano has spent her academic life pursuing the question: Were women once ordained as deacons, and what does that mean for the church today? She spoke about the "simmering question," as she calls it in her new book. ... read more

Whether James Talarico is vegan or eats Texas barbecue, the real question is: Why does a tradition that spent 2,000 years admiring fasting, abstinence and self-mastery now treat appetite as a sign of strength? ... read more

The relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the French Visitation sister who experienced visions of Jesus revealing his Sacred Heart, will be present with the U.S. bishops in Orlando, Florida, when they consecrate the United States to Jesus' Sacred Heart June 11. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV told Catholic university presidents and rectors this morning that their institutions should be places where students encounter Jesus Christ and sound doctrine. ... read more

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has published a novena that begins today in preparation for the nation’s consecration to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. The consecration will take place on June 11 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe in Orlando, where the bishops will ... read more

Pope John Paul II, with the U.S. Capitol in the background, blesses the crowd gathered at the National Mall, where he celebrated Mass, on Oct. 7, 1979. Leaving the U.S. after his tour, the Pope said, “My final prayer is this: that God will bless America so that she may increasingly become, ... read more

Why do you ceaselessly ask to taste of my delights and why do you refuse the tribulations? —St. Margaret of Cortona ... read more

Today is the Memorial of St. Charles Lwanga and Companions (d. 1886), the companions numbering twenty-one other Ugandan martyrs. They are the first martyrs of Sub-Saharan Africa and true witnesses of the Christian faith. Charles Lwanga, a catechist and a young leader, was martyred in 1886 with a group of Catholic and Anglican royal pages, ... read more

(Image: Matt Richmond / Unsplash.com) Pope Leo recently said, in response to a question about the effect of Cardinal Marx’s promotion of blessings for same-sex couples on church unity, The unity or division of the Church should not revolve around sexual matters. We tend to think that when the Church is ... read more

Jay Richards, the director of the Heritage Foundation’s DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family, speaks at a Fidelity Month gathering on June 9, 2025, in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill. Fidelity Month, a celebration of God, family, and America, has been recognized by elected officials across the country this ... read more

A grassroots movement to celebrate faithfulness to God is being recognized by state leaders during the month of June.Several elected officials are recognizing “Fidelity Month,” including the governors of Arkansas and Utah.Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas recently announced her recognition of the month along with Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah, the Kentucky Senate, and ... read more