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Ascend Eucharistic Revival draws 3,000 Pacific Northwest Catholics of all ages, ethnicities

by Andrew Foster / Northwest Catholic

BELLEVUE, Wash. (OSV News) — More than 3,000 local Catholics joined together in prayer led by Father Nicholas Wichert at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue May 16. The Ascend …

Pope Leo XIV to publish encyclical on artificial intelligence May 25
What is an encyclical, exactly?
Pope will show an ethical code for AI is not enough, head of papal academy says
What is Anthropic? A look at the company joining Pope Leo for AI encyclical release
As Ebola epidemic spreads, Uganda postpones Martyrs Day celebrations
Fidelity Month calls Americans to rediscover nation’s founding values during America’s 250th

U.S. Church

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s Florida kickoff roots US history in the Mass

by Kimberley Heatherington

Before the Declaration of Independence was boldly signed in 1776, before pilgrims feasted at what became popularly regarded as the “First Thanksgiving” in 1621, there was St. Augustine, …

Safe environment, sainthood causes and Sacred Heart on agenda for US bishops’ meeting

Lawsuit continues to challenge Biden-era regulation adding abortion to pregnant worker protections

Archdiocese of Baltimore files new proposed plan for Chapter 11 reorganization

Regular pastoral visits resume at ICE facility near Chicago after judge’s order

Devotion to Sacred Heart ‘more timely than ever’ as a return to love itself, says archbishop

World

Pope will find a living, growing Church in Madrid, Spanish cardinal says

by Junno Arocho Esteves

After the papal visit, “we will continue working on what we have started … so that this doesn’t just remain in the pages of a speech,” Cardinal Cobo …

Chartres pilgrimage grows as organizers warn against renewed traditionalist divisions
Interfaith peace march in Jerusalem counters rising violence and division
Bolivia’s bishops urge ‘humanitarian pauses’ as protests collapse country
AI cannot replace humanity, conscience, truth, Irish archbishop says
Police recover beloved saint’s relic taken in brazen theft that shocked Czech Catholics

Communion and Liberation founder’s sainthood cause heads to Vatican

UK diocese opens Pedro Ballester’s sainthood cause

Haitian bishop sees ‘signs of God’s tenderness’ amid ongoing recovery from serious burns

Vatican

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given May 20, 2026

by Pope Leo XIV

Opinion

The reality of the abortion pill

by Katie Yoder

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

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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