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The US bishops, in a 176-22 vote, approved revisions to the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, originally adopted in Dallas in 2002 and revised in 2005, 2011, and 2018. Under the revisions, the Charter will remain focused on the sexual abuse of minors, amid calls for a revised charter ... read more

Pope Leo XIV encouraged the Canary Islands’ bishops, priests, religious, seminarians, and pastoral workers to embrace the cross and to cultivate a Eucharistic spirituality. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV celebrated the Mass of the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Gran Canaria Stadium last evening (video 1, video 2) and encouraged his hearers to be transformed by the humble love of the Sacred Heart. ... read more

June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart. Learn about the beloved devotion. ... read more

Courtesy photo Venerable Fulton Sheen will be beatified this September. COMMENTARY: Venerable Fulton Sheen is the champion of the Sacred Heart that the United States sorely needs. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV departed from Barcelona on June 11, the penultimate day of his apostolic journey to Spain, and arrived in the Canary Islands (video 1, video 2). ... read more

The bishops of the United States consecrated the nation to the Sacred Heart on June 11, the vigil of the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. The consecration, offered during the nation’s 250th anniversary year, took place during a Mass in Orlando, at the Basilica of Mary, Queen of the Universe ... read more

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Andrew Church in Sag Harbor, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) “I came to cast fire upon the earth.” —Luke 12:49 Fire! What single word more immediately commands people’s attention? No sane and moral person would ever consider yelling ... read more

ORLANDO, Florida — The U.S. bishops consecrated the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 11, entrusting the United States to Christ’s merciful love during a solemn Mass as part of their spring plenary assembly.“We gather not first to celebrate ourselves, but to consecrate, to entrust… and to place our whole nation into ... read more

U.S. bishops consecrate the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe in Orlando, Florida on June 11, 2026. | Credit: USCCB/YouTube/screenshot ORLANDO, Florida — The U.S. bishops consecrated the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 11, ... read more

The bishops entrusted the nation to the love and care of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to accompany the country’s 250th anniversary. U.S. bishops consecrate the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe, in Orlando, Florida, on ... read more

Referring to the sea surrounding the island, he said it represents the difficulties of life, quoting St. Augustine: “No one is able to cross the sea of this world unless borne by the cross of Christ.” Pope Leo XIV enters the Gran Canaria Stadium to celebrate Mass on June 11, ... read more

On the first day of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria — the final stage of his trip to Spain before traveling to Tenerife and returning to Rome on Friday — several deeply moving scenes unfolded.At the dock of Arguineguín, which six years ago became known as the “dock of shame” ... read more

(Image: Hannah Olinger / Unsplash.com) Pentecost has come and gone. On some liturgical calendars, the time is called “Sundays After Pentecost” or some variation. Most Latin Rite Catholics call it “Ordinary Time,” a designation not widely liked—how can any time be merely “ordinary” that follows Christ’s bestowal of the Holy Spirit? The ... read more

Bishop Barry Knestout of Richmond, Virginia, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on the Protection of Children and Young People, proposes revised procedures to address allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy in Orlando, Florida, on June 11, 2026. The document, also known as “the Dallas Charter,” is a set of ... read more