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Catholics await word on Jimmy Lai as Trump meets Xi in Beijing

by Paulina Guzik

(OSV News) — While global issues of Iran, Taiwan, trade and AI are major topics dominating talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, at …

New data shows Americans oppose houses of worship endorsing political candidates
Brazilian nun drowns while trying to save fellow sister in Sicily
‘O memorable day!’: St. John Henry Newman and the big picture of Christ’s ascension
New Georgia law praised for criminalizing clergy sex misconduct in pastoral care
USCCB campaign bolsters Catholic media as ‘critical need’ for its evangelizing mission intensifies
US bishops’ consecration of nation to Sacred Heart of Jesus affirms ‘our reliance on God’

U.S. Church

New Mexico diocese fights Trump push to seize pilgrimage site for border wall

by Gina Christian

(OSV News) — A New Mexico diocese is citing a breach of religious freedom protections, as it pushes back against the Trump administration’s efforts to seize land from …

First-ever pilgrimage celebrates Pope Leo with Mass, visits to papal boyhood landmarks

Religious freedom watchdog urges Trump to fill key ambassador vacancy

3rd ‘Witness to Hope’ summit focuses on how Church can better support, protect immigrants

Makary out as FDA commissioner after tumultuous tenure, pro-life criticism

As Planned Parenthood defunding nears expiration, USCCB pro-life chair backs bill to block funds

World

45 years on, attempted assassination of St. John Paul II recalled as turning point in history

by Katarzyna Szalajko

WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) — Before he started his general audience, Pope Leo XIV stepped out of his popemobile on May 13 and walked over to pray beside a …

Pope remembers attempt on St. John Paul, calls Mary the Church’s ‘perfect model’
Experts see pope’s June parliament address as call for unity in polarized Spain
Israeli soldiers punished after desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon
Abuse scandal at Indonesian Islamic school seen as call to Catholic schools to strengthen safeguards
Vatican continues dialogue with German bishops regarding blessing for same-sex couples, cardinal says

Pope Leo thanks Canary Islands as hantavirus-stricken ship arrives in Tenerife

Catholic health centers respond to massive measles outbreak in Bangladesh

Israeli soldier photographed desecrating Mary statue in Lebanon

Vatican

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given May 13, 2026

by Pope Leo XIV

Opinion

Voting rights: A people of hope in the long journey toward justice

by Bishop Daniel E. Garcia

Young men are struggling to find purpose and vocation

by Vicente Del Real

Catholicism in the Lower South: Thriving communities built on French and Spanish foundations

by Father Anthony D. Andreassi

Reviews

The Sheep Detectives

by John Mulderig
‘House of David’ star opens up about Catholic conversion as new season premieres
Looking for a Holy Week read? Updated book explores ‘What Christ Suffered’
Meet the Catholic filmmaker behind a new series on ‘Women of the Bible’
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