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Catholics cannot be ‘unengaged spectators’ amid current events, pope says

by Josephine Peterson

The faithful are called to leave behind “all passivity and indifference” toward current events and the lives of others, especially amid the “rapid and profound changes we are …

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given September 2, 2026
Scottish school settles case with Catholic teacher fired after abortion discussion
Pastor of Maronite Catholic church in Minneapolis named archbishop for Damascus Archeparchy
Judge’s ruling vindicates Cardinal Ouellet in abuse lawsuit; accuser ordered to pay him damages
Pope Leo says, ‘It is not yet too late’ to care for creation

U.S. Church

State challenge to policy permitting mifepristone by mail paused until after midterms

by Kate Scanlon

The U.S. bishops are opponents of permitting distribution of mifepristone by mail, and have called on the Trump administration to rescind it.

Nashville seminarians grow in community and agrarian know-how during summer farm experience

Catholic aid worker in Nepal sees ‘long road’ to recovery after ‘unprecedented’ disaster for region

Unwelcome neighbors? Data centers concerns grow over energy use, utility costs

Bishop Bambera, Catholic Biblical Association endorse scholar’s appointment amid antisemitic backlash

AI in the Catholic classroom: As a new school year starts, what role does it play?

World

A long-awaited reckoning: A timeline of the Father Marko Rupnik case

by Junno Arocho Esteves

For over three decades, the allegations of sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse against Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik were met with cover-ups and bureaucratic delays. 

Never let injustice, evil in the world corrupt your heart, pope tells faithful
Catholic agencies respond to Nepal floods, as U.S. bishop calls for greater international aid
A name on the wall, a gift to a child: Polish Americans invited to turn memory into mercy
Pope Leo meets Europe’s richest man, who donated millions to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Pope prays for dead, missing following catastrophic mudslides, floods in Nepal

Court acquits man who assaulted French nun in Jerusalem

Kraków Archdiocese to review past, current cases of possible abuse of vulnerable adults

‘Let us be clear: this war must end,’ Archbishop Gallagher tells Russian authorities in Moscow

Vatican

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation message

by Pope Leo XIV

Opinion

Dolly Parton’s life of faith

by Kurt Jensen

Memento mori

by Greg Erlandson

Look to the teenagers

by Laura Kelly Fanucci

Reviews

The End of Oak Street

by John Mulderig
‘Strange Land’: The Hillbilly Thomists drop new album while on tour
Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
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