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The lawsuit alleged that Providence Health had failed to adhere to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act in managing the company’s 401(k) plan. Credit: sergign/Shutterstock The Catholic health system Providence Health & Services has agreed to a $42 million payout as part of a class-action lawsuit regarding the management ... read more

Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. The SSPX refused to postpone the July 1 consecrations as a condition of doctrinal talks. Canon law foresees automatic excommunication for bishops involved in unauthorized episcopal consecrations. ... read more

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House. (Credit: The White House) The USCCB’s report warns of threats to religious liberty, citing political violence, limits on ministry in federal systems, and policies affecting schools, detainees, and religious groups.The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued its ... read more

Canon Robin Ward announced on social media Feb. 14 that he had been received into the Church at St. Michael’s Benedictine Abbey, Farnborough, by its abbot, Benedictine Dom Cuthbert Brogan. The new Catholic said in his post: ‘Has been received into the Catholic Church. Please pray for me.’ Robin Ward, a patristics scholar ... read more

SOPA Images A group of migrants in front of the Arc de Triomf in Barcelona. The Spanish government, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, approved an extraordinary regularization granting legal residency and work rights to around 500,000 undocumented migrants. COMMENTARY: Recent events in Spain, South Africa and Kuwait have underscored the scope of the ... read more

Despite a Vatican offer of renewed theological dialogue, the Society of St. Pius X says it will consecrate bishops without papal approval, presenting the pope with a major test of church unity. ... read more

The suffering of the Cuban people needs to be alleviated and the country needs to realize that political pluralism is an asset, said Father Ariel Suárez of the Cuban Bishops’ Conference. Map and flag of Cuba. | Credit: hyotographics/Shutterstock The Cuban people need their painful situation alleviated and the country ... read more

The pontiff told the clergy of Rome to “rekindle the fire” of their ministry. Pope Leo XIV greets priests during an audience with the clergy of Rome in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Feb. 19, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV encouraged young priests on Wednesday to ... read more

Dogora Sun American flags fly in Lower Manhattan’s Financial District in New York City. COMMENTARY: The U.S. bishops’ latest religious liberty report warns that threats are coming from multiple directions — and calls Catholics across the political spectrum to respond. ... read more

The pontiff told the clergy of Rome to “rekindle the fire” of their ministry. Pope Leo XIV greets priests during an audience with the clergy of Rome in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Feb. 19, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV encouraged young priests on Wednesday to ... read more

The pope’s Italy itinerary also includes stops in Pompei, Naples, Acerra, Pavia, Assisi, and Rimini through August. Pope Leo XIV addresses thousands of pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square during his weekly general audience on Feb. 18, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News Pope Leo ... read more

Since 1990, Summit has supported thousands of underserved girls in Milwaukee with virtue-based academic tutoring and mentoring programs inspired by the Social Teachings of the Catholic Church and Opus Dei. ... read more

By July 2025, the U.S. Agency for International Development — established in 1961, and which in 2024 provided $187 million in humanitarian funding to Ghana — effectively ceased to exist, with 85% of its programs cut. The result was that many in-country aid organizations also ceased operations. But not CRS. ... read more

By July 2025, the U.S. Agency for International Development — established in 1961, and which in 2024 provided $187 million in humanitarian funding to Ghana — effectively ceased to exist, with 85% of its programs cut. The result was that many in-country aid organizations also ceased operations. But not CRS. ... read more

Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump makes an announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12, 2026. The USCCB’s report warns of threats to religious liberty, citing political violence, limits on ministry in federal systems, and policies affecting schools, detainees, and religious groups. ... read more