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The United States Supreme Court agreed to rule on whether religious schools may be excluded from state programs for adhering to traditional Christian teaching on sexuality. The Becket Fund, which is representing Catholic parents in the case, explained: In 2022, Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood created a universal preschool program to provide all ... read more

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said that Russian forces vandalized a Greek Catholic parish in Tokmak before handing it over to Russian Orthodox clergy. Major Archbishop Shevchuk also thanked Pope Leo for his appeals for peace: It was especially important to hear this voice in the ... read more

Using a sledgehammer, an Israeli soldier defaced a crucifix in Debel, a largely Catholic village in southern Lebanon. The Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land expressed “profound indignation and unreserved condemnation of the desecration of a representation of Jesus crucified by an Israeli soldier in a Lebanese village.” Israeli Prime Minister ... read more

Pope Leo XIV is speaking from a "very well-established tradition," in terms of just war theory, said a panelist in a recent Georgetown University discussion where participants were asked what it means to choose peace. ... read more

On April 21, the Catholic Church honors St. Anselm, the 11th- and 12th-century Benedictine monk and archbishop best known for his writings that deeply influenced Catholic theology. A monument to St. Anselm of Canterbury in Aosta, Italy. | Credit: Ovchinnikova Irina/Shutterstock On April 21, the ... read more

"These toxic lies are a distortion of our faith, which also gives us the tools to resist them," Kathleen Bonnette writes. ... read more

Vatican journalist Salvatore Cernuzio's new book, Padre: An Untold Portrait of Pope Francis, is a narrative built from proximity, trust and the unusual, intimate relationship between its author and the late pope. ... read more

On April 21, the Catholic Church honors St. Anselm, the 11th- and 12th-century Benedictine monk and archbishop best known for his writings on the existence of God and Christʼs atonement.When remembering St. Anselm in a general audience on Sept. 23, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI said he was “a monk with an intense spiritual life, an ... read more

The General Secretariat of the Synod announced that the presidents of the world’s episcopal conferences will meet in Rome from October 7-14. Pope Leo convoked the meeting “to proceed, in mutual listening, to a synodal discernment on the steps to be taken in order to proclaim the Gospel to families today, in light of ... read more

A massive crowd—estimated variously from 70,000 to 250,000 people—attended an outdoor concert in Buenos Aires’ Plaza de Mayo in memory of Pope Francis (video). Father Guilherme Peixoto was the DJ at the concert, entitled “Todos, todos, todos” (Everyone, everyone, everyone). The event took place on April 18, three days before the first anniversary ... read more

At a meeting in Uzbekistan, the bishops of the Central Asian Bishops’ Conference expressed “fervent support” for Pope Leo’s “peacemaking efforts and pastoral ministry” following President Donald Trump’s social media post blasting the Pontiff. The bishops and other ordinaries of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, and Azerbaijan elected Cardinal Giorgio Marengo (Ulaanbaatar, ... read more

Writing in the Vatican newspaper, an Argentine rabbi and an Iranian-born Muslim theologian paid tribute to Pope Francis on the first anniversary of his death. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV addressed Equatorial Guinea’s political and civil leaders today (video) and encouraged them to serve the City of God, rather than the “lust for power and worldly glory that leads to destruction.” ... read more

The chairmen of two committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops lent their support to the Clergy Act, sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong (R-CA). The bill would “establish a two-year window for clergy to revoke their exemption from Social Security and Medicare taxes and enroll in the programs,” said Archbishop Shelton ... read more

Msgr. Fernando Chica Arellano, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations food and agriculture agencies in Rome, said at a conference that “the rising costs of energy and fertilizers, coupled with uncertainty in supply chains, are driving up production costs and exacerbating food price volatility, particularly in vulnerable countries that depend ... read more