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New documentary brings ‘farm boy’ martyr Blessed Stanley Rother to wider Church

by Tony Guttierez

“We need to get not just his name out there but his reputation for holiness and heroic virtue and sanctity before the people of God.”

Netflix’s new ‘Little House on the Prairie’ show embraces family, faith
El-Obeid: Brave witness of the Sudanese Church in a city under siege
Canada’s Catholics await high court decision on religious liberty and Bill 21
UK Church looks with cautious hopes to Catholic prime minister candidate
Catholic Extension: Lumen Christi Award nominees’ good works ‘born out of their love for God’

U.S. Church

Cardinal: God is smiling on Washington Archdiocese ‘with intense love’ as auxiliaries ordained

by Richard Szczepanowski

Bishop Gary R. Studniewski and Bishop Robert P. Boxie III were ordained July 7 as auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Washington

Cardinal: God is smiling on Washington Archdiocese ‘with intense love’ as auxiliaries ordained

Catholic leaders, aid workers respond to Venezuela earthquakes

Analysis: Supreme Court strikes down some Trump priorities, but expands presidential power

Heroes with halos: Shrine unites faithful and saints for Fourth of July celebration

Meet 4 religious sisters dedicating their lives God in 2026

World

Cause for novelist Sigrid Undset’s canonization expected to open in fall

by OSV News

(OSV News) — Preparations are underway in Norway to open a canonization cause for the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sigrid Undset, Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo announced July 8. …

As America marks 250 years, Ukrainian Catholic bishops offer a lesson in what freedom costs
Catholic priest killed in Central African Republic remembered as a messenger of peace
France’s traditionalist Catholics rally behind Pope Leo XIV after SSPX schism
US condemns detention of Nicaraguan bishop as Church awaits proof of his safety
Mexico’s World Cup run unites faith and ‘futbol’

Church needs simpler, better ways to explain synodality, some bishops say

Vietnamese Catholics urged to become ‘messengers of truth’ at historic beatification

Traditionalist groups disown SSPX consecrations, urge continuation of dialogue

Vatican

Pope Leo starts his summer break at Castel Gandolfo with cheerful welcome

by Paulina Guzik and Junno Arocho Esteves

Opinion

After a tragedy, ‘The Tapestry’ offers consolation

by Sarah Robsdottir

The Church beyond the Appalachians

by Father Anthony D. Andreassi

Heinlein: The SSPX debacle and a path forward

by Michael R. Heinlein

Reviews

Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion of the Christ’ to return to theaters

by John Mulderig
Sacred Heart: His Reign Has No End
The Breadwinner
Obsession
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