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While Trump insists he has "done more for religion than any other president," he has been repeatedly sued by faith groups — particularly over his attempts to restrict immigration and facilitate mass deportation. ... read more

As he visited Washington on Wednesday (Sept. 16) to testify before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China about his father's imprisonment in Hong Kong, Sebastien Lai said the Vatican could play a more vocal role to help his father, journalist Jimmy Lai. ... read more

President Donald Trump's new appointees to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom include Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, the commission said Sept. 16. Spokespersons for USCRIF and other religious freedom advocates previously told OSV News they were eager for Trump to make nominations to the commission after several previous commissioners reached the end of ... read more

(Images: Arouce Press and Wikipedia) The Carthusians are all but unknown—both inside and outside the Catholic Church—and they likely want to keep it that way. If anyone has heard of these sons of St. Bruno (their founder), it’s through Chartruese, the liqueur that sustains every single one of their monasteries. They were ... read more

In response to growing national attention surrounding maternal mental health, Catholic psychologist and popular EWTN Radio host Gregory Popcak has released a free e-book designed to offer clinical guidance and spiritual support to women suffering from postpartum depression (PPD).Popcak told the National Catholic Register, the sister partner of EWTN News, why he felt compelled to ... read more

Dr. Gregory Popcak addresses the unique layer of spiritual guilt that Catholic mothers often experience when struggling with mental health post-childbirth. In a new e-book on postpartum depression (PPD), Dr. Gregory Popcak emphasized the need for a faithful voice in a conversation that affects approximately 1 in 7 new mothers. ... read more

Taungngu – “We are experiencing widespread displacement, but pastoral ministry continues despite the difficulties. Priests remain in the parishes and care for families; they listen to them and offer comfort.” This is the testimony given to Fides by Bishop Bernardino Ne Ne, Coadjutor Bishop of Taungngu, in central-southern Myanmar, as the country continues to face ... read more

Screenshot Father Edmund Waldstein. The controversial idea that secular power can be used to advance the Church’s mission looms large in the case of a prominent Austrian academic. ... read more

Bishop Brendan Cahill of the Diocese of Victoria, Texas. The pontiff appointed Bishop Brendan Cahill on Sept. 17 to succeed Ronald Hicks, the former bishop of Joliet and current archbishop of New York. ... read more

Ishmael Adibuah Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, answers questions from journalists during a conference at the Vatican Apostolic Library on March 26, 2026. The Vatican secretary of state expressed his concerns about artificial intelligence at a conference at the Italian Parliament on Sept. 17. ... read more

Pascal Guyot Volunteers set up religious banners on the Champ de Mars in Paris ahead of World Youth Day in August 1997. More than 600,000 people have registered for Pope Leo XIV’s open-air Mass on the Champs-Élysées on Sept. 26, 2026. The French bishops' conference is still short more than 21 million euros to ... read more

A new Vatican document, the result of a collaboration among three dicasteries, affirms Vatican II's landmark 1965 teaching on the church's relationship with the Jewish people and those of other faiths. ... read more

Paul Tuns: Jeanne Head, who led pro-life efforts at the United Nations for decades, died on July 1 at the age of 94 in Omaha, Nebraska. Born in Selby, South Dakota in 1932, Head earned a nursing degree and went to New York City in 1965 to pursue an acting career. She became a nurse ... read more

Paul Tuns: On July 14, Angela Costigan died at the age of 83. Costigan, originally a high school teacher, left that profession at the age of 33 to attend law school, and after she became a lawyer took on numerous cases in pursuit of obtaining legal rights for the unborn child, leading Jakki Jeffs, director ... read more

As France puts the finishing touches on preparations for Pope Leo XIVʼs visit, excitement is building across a nation that one French cardinal says is resisting secularization.Nearly 600,000 people registered for the open-air papal Mass at the Place de la Concorde and the Champs-Élysées before sign-ups closed on Sept. 16, according to Archbishop Laurent Ulrich ... read more