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Hate speech violates command to love one’s neighbor, says Vatican’s UN diplomat

by Gina Christian

Archbishop el-Kassis said hate speech “poisons public discourse, inflames division, and too often prepares the ground for violence and persecution.”

In AI guardrails push, US bishops advocate for Kids Online Safety Act at the Capitol
For National Migration Week, bishops urge policy that upholds ‘God-given human dignity’
‘We thank God for the way that he lived,’ archbishop says of Father Flanagan at special Mass
‘We all have a voice’ on AI, says head of US bishops’ new task force
Aparecida shrine celebrates completion of Rupnik-designed western facade

U.S. Church

Trump names Bishop Barron to international religious freedom watchdog

by Kate Scanlon

President Donald Trump’s new appointees to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom include Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, the commission said Sept. 16.

‘We all have a voice’ on AI, says head of US bishops’ new task force

Sheen beatification offers US bishops a model of holiness and mission

Minnesota priest describes weeping at altar amid powerful Eucharistic experience

Advocates urge Trump to push for Jimmy Lai release during Xi’s state visit to the US

Bishops of North America: We are a Church called to walk in communion

World

Vatican document affirms interreligious dialogue as essential to ‘journey of hope’ for humanity

by Gina Christian

A new Vatican document affirms the Second Vatican Council’s landmark teaching on the Church’s relationship with the Jewish people and those of other faiths, while inviting humanity to …

Pope Leo XIV names US bishops’ migration committee chair as new bishop of Joliet, Illinois
Families of inmates spend $840 million a year to support them in Brazil, Catholic ministry finds
French Church awaits ‘breath of new life’ from Pope Leo XIV’s visit
Pope Leo ends COVID-era salary cuts for cardinals and senior Vatican officials
In Cuernavaca, North American bishops focus on migration, AI and Church cooperation

‘Truth Heals’ offers roadmap for Church communication on sexual abuse cases

Pope grants Jubilee Year for Guadalupe Basilica anniversary

‘Remarkable victory’: Life advocates welcome defeat of assisted suicide bill in England and Wales

Vatican

Venerable Cardinal Van Thuan’s sister shares her favorite memories of her holy brother

by Courtney Mares

Opinion

Inspired by the zeal of the venerable Fulton Sheen, a man who lived life to the fullest

by Ely Segura

The child in surrogacy

by Katie Yoder

Catholicism comes to the Great Plains and Texas

by Father Anthony D. Andreassi

Reviews

By Any Means

by John Mulderig
Coyote vs. Acme
The Dog Stars
The End of Oak Street
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