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With focus on Sacred Heart, bishops make moves to strengthen Church’s mission at spring assembly

by Peter Jesserer Smith

The plenary was animated by the bishops’ consecration of the U.S. to the Sacred Heart of Jesus during a June 11 Mass at an Orlando Marian basilica shrine.

Blog: 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
Washington Roundup: Trump seeks off-ramp for Iran war; pro-lifers seek Planned Parenthood defund
Papal plane remains in Spain: Pope Leo’s return flight to Rome delayed by mechanical problems
Religious liberty ‘the cornerstone of any just society,’ Pope Leo says in message to Becket gala

U.S. Church

Child protection charter an ‘ongoing project’ committed to justice, say USCCB leaders

by Gina Christian

OSV News discussed forthcoming revisions of the bishops’ “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” with Bishop Barry C. Knestout of Richmond, Virginia, chair of the …

Spiritual transformation can be found behind prison walls, bishops told

US bishops approve updates to landmark child protection policies

Bishops look to Our Lady of Guadalupe as evangelization model ahead of quincentennial

Bishops consecrate United States to Sacred Heart of Jesus

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

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
‘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

Pope meets with six clergy abuse victims in Madrid

Vatican

Kids that stole the show in Spain: a curious boy, a blind guide and a girl with a rosary

by Ines San Martin

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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