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Jérôme Lejeune’s legacy endures as France celebrates 100th birthday of the geneticist

by Caroline de Sury

In 1958 Lejeune identified that an extra chromosome 21 causes Down syndrome, a breakthrough that transformed modern genetics.

Blog: 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
Pope Leo XIV approves new statutes for child protection commission
With focus on Sacred Heart, bishops make moves to strengthen Church’s mission at spring assembly
Washington Roundup: Trump seeks off-ramp for Iran war; pro-lifers seek Planned Parenthood defund

U.S. Church

Religious liberty ‘the cornerstone of any just society,’ Pope Leo says in message to Becket gala

by Kate Scanlon

PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV called the right to religious freedom “the cornerstone of any just society” in a message to a religious liberty law firm …

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s Baltimore leg pays tribute to US founders, first cathedral

Spiritual transformation can be found behind prison walls, bishops told

US bishops approve updates to landmark child protection policies

Bishops’ spring public meeting culminates with charter vote, consecration to Sacred Heart

Bishops consecrate United States to Sacred Heart of Jesus

World

Church leaders to G7 leaders: Place the human person ‘at the heart’ of governance

by OSV News

Presidents of Catholic bishops’ conferences of the G7 member states called on heads of state and government to root governance in human dignity, as national leaders prepare for …

At Tenerife, Pope Leo urges traffickers to stop and repent, or face divine justice
Tower of Jesus Christ inauguration: How Sagrada Família’s breathtaking spectacle came to life
Pope Leo XIV’s France visit takes shape with stops at Notre Dame, Lourdes and Metz
Northern Ireland: Bishop denounces rioters stoking ‘flames of racism’ in Belfast
Pope Leo blesses Sagrada Familia’s Tower of Jesus, says beauty can lead people to God

‘Peace cannot be attained without mercy,’ Pope Leo tells global congress in Lithuania’s capital

Lego announces new set designed after Spain’s Sagrada Família basilica

Christian harassment cases rise in Israel as advocates urge victims to report incidents

Vatican

Papal plane remains in Spain: Pope Leo’s return flight to Rome delayed by mechanical problems

by Courtney Mares

Opinion

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

by Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski

Pope Leo’s first encyclical

by Michael R. Heinlein

Pope Leo XIV declares the digital age a mission field in ‘Magnifica Humanitas’

by Ines San Martin

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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