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New Mexico diocese fights to save Mount Cristo Rey from ‘desecration’ for border wall

by Gina Christian

A New Mexico diocese says Trump administration plans to seize part of Mount Cristo Rey for a border wall violates Catholic religious liberty in a legal filing.

Blog: 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
Pope Leo XIV’s common ministry with Mother Cabrini: a heart for migrants and refugees
Juneteenth ‘calls us forward,’ while urging repentance for sin of racism, say bishops
Communion, presence and listening mark Pope Leo’s communications style, say experts

U.S. Church

Chicago Catholic’s longtime photo editor wins CMA’s St. Francis de Sales Award

by OSV News

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (OSV News) — Karen Callaway, longtime photo editor for the Chicago Catholic, received the 2026 St. Francis de Sales Award from the Catholic Media Association at …

Chicago Catholic’s longtime photo editor wins CMA’s St. Francis de Sales Award

Panel: Juneteenth, nation’s 250th anniversary shines light on work that remains to address racism in US

Catholic leaders hope end to Iran war is near after Trump, Iran reach agreement

Pew: Most US Catholics view pope favorably, say Trump has been too critical of him

Vance’s new book ‘Communion’ details his religious and political conversions

World

COMECE president says new EU migrant regulations raise ethical concerns

by Junno Arocho Esteves

“Migration is not merely a matter of procedures, statistics or border management. It concerns human beings: women, men and children.”

In Spain, Pope Leo XIV shared a message of human dignity for all of Europe
The father behind the pope: How Karol Wojtyla Sr. helped shape St. John Paul II
Cardinal Camillo Ruini, influential voice of the Italian Church, dies at 95
Bishops mark ‘sobering anniversary’ of Canada euthanasia law, call faithful to action
Pew: More governments cracking down on religion, with spikes in religious hostility in 2023

Pope Leo praises newly beatified Salesian martyrs killed for their fidelity to Christ

World Cup kicks off amid passion, protests in Mexico

Catholic, Orthodox leaders condemn Russian attack on Kyiv cathedral

Vatican

‘Be artisans of true peace,’ Pope Leo XIV tells Hebrew University of Jerusalem board

by Deborah Castellano Lubov | Vatican News

Opinion

The human error

by Katie Yoder

The heart of the matter

by Michael R. Heinlein

Why the bishops are consecrating the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

by Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski

Reviews

Sacred Heart: His Reign Has No End

by John Mulderig
Obsession
The Sheep Detectives
St. Francis of Assisi in film
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