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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

Virginia’s ‘Royal’ Catholics welcome King Charles III and celebrate America’s 250th

by Sarah Mason & Kimberley Heatherington

FRONT ROYAL, Va. (OSV News) — “The British are coming! The British are coming!” That has been the cry throughout Front Royal, a small town of 16,000 in …

2 Vatican dicasteries jointly release document on ‘integral ecology’ in family life
SBA commits to $160 million in midterm and 2028 elections spending amid growing challenges
Born without arms, this pilot soars on wings of faith
USCIRF hearing: Children ‘bear the brunt’ of international religious freedom violations
Pope Leo’s prayer intention for May: ‘That everyone might have food’
Pope Leo condemns violence after bomb attack in Colombia

U.S. Church

Trump DOJ accuses Biden administration of anti-Christian bias in new report

by Kate Scanlon

The task force was directed to focus on anti-Christian bias, but the report argued that the issues it included “do not only affect Christians. Far from it.”

Maryland top court says names in Archdiocese of Baltimore abuse inquiry can’t be released

Supreme Court hears arguments in Trump effort to end temporary protections for Haitians, Syrians

Madre Peregrina statue on US tour brings message of hope, peace and joy, bishop says

US, Japanese bishops warn 9 nuclear powers are killing non-proliferation treaty

King Charles invokes faith, ‘shared values’ as he calls for peace in address to Congress

After Easter surge in confirmations, college students look forward in faith

World

Suspect arrested for assault against French nun in Jerusalem

by Junno Arocho Esteves

In the late afternoon, the nun “felt someone come up behind her and throw her with full force onto a rock,” according to one news report.

Benedictine abbot warns of Holy Land becoming ‘Christian Disneyland’
Patron saints named for World Youth Day 2027
Church advocates for disappeared priest who became a symbol of South Sudan’s struggle
Pope Leo’s October meeting on marriage, family gains urgency amid declining birth rates in West
Canadian cardinal urges vote to stop expansion of assisted suicide to those with mental illness

‘We have to make sure the pope’s words do not get wasted,’ says Cameroon archbishop

Buenos Aires archbishop laments lack of unity at Mass for Pope Francis

Pope Leo: Holy See does not approve formalized blessings of same-sex unions, but ‘all are welcome’ in Church

Vatican

These 4 asteroids just got named for Pope Leo XIII, Vatican astronomers

by Gina Christian

Opinion

‘Pope Leo XIV: The Biography’: A Vatican insider tells the pope’s tale, from southside Chicago to Rome

by Kimberley Heatherington

What the Easter Scriptures teach us about how to live as family

by Laura Kelly Fanucci

Pope Leo XIV, the world’s conscience: A Jewish perspective

by Menachem Z. Rosensaft

Reviews

The Sheep Detectives

by John Mulderig
‘House of David’ star opens up about Catholic conversion as new season premieres
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Meet the Catholic filmmaker behind a new series on ‘Women of the Bible’
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