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America 250 occasion to reflect on equality as a God-given right, Bishop Barron says

by Kate Scanlon

Organizers of the event said they aimed to mark the nation’s upcoming 250th birthday “with Scripture, testimony, prayer, and rededication of our country as One Nation to God.”

Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence is coming: Here’s what he has said on AI so far
Pope approves creation of interdicasterial commission on AI
Pope Leo to visit France in September
Preserving human voices and faces: 3 challenges from Pope Leo for World Communications Day
Eudist sisters face possible eviction with prayer, trust in God — and an attorney
With Jesus’ command ‘Follow me’ as theme, Canada’s National March for Life draws thousands

U.S. Church

Washington Roundup: Trump-Xi summit yields little for Lai; hospice Medicare moratorium

by Kate Scanlon

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded a high-stakes summit in Beijing on May 15.

New Senate bill aims to protect privacy for charitable donors following pregnancy center case

More Americans aware of ‘Christian nationalism,’ but negative view of it prevails

New data shows Americans oppose houses of worship endorsing political candidates

Supreme Court leaves in place mail-order distribution of mifepristone during legal challenge

Proposed regulations would further restrict housing, work eligibility for migrants

World

Police recover beloved saint’s relic taken in brazen theft that shocked Czech Catholics

by Katarzyna Szalajko

When he canonized her in Olomouc May 21, 1995, St. John Paul II In his homily pointed to her life as a model of holiness lived in marriage …

UK diocese opens Pedro Ballester’s sainthood cause
Haitian bishop sees ‘signs of God’s tenderness’ amid ongoing recovery from serious burns
Catholics await word on Jimmy Lai as Trump meets Xi in Beijing
Brazilian nun drowns while trying to save fellow sister in Sicily
45 years on, attempted assassination of St. John Paul II recalled as turning point in history

Pope remembers attempt on St. John Paul, calls Mary the Church’s ‘perfect model’

Experts see pope’s June parliament address as call for unity in polarized Spain

Israeli soldiers punished after desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon

Vatican

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given May 13, 2026

by Pope Leo XIV

Opinion

Voting rights: A people of hope in the long journey toward justice

by Bishop Daniel E. Garcia

Young men are struggling to find purpose and vocation

by Vicente Del Real

Catholicism in the Lower South: Thriving communities built on French and Spanish foundations

by Father Anthony D. Andreassi

Reviews

Obsession

by John Mulderig
St. Francis of Assisi in film
‘House of David’ star opens up about Catholic conversion as new season premieres
Looking for a Holy Week read? Updated book explores ‘What Christ Suffered’
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