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Supreme Court leaves in place mail-order distribution of mifepristone during legal challenge

by Kate Scanlon

The U.S. Supreme Court on May 14 blocked an appeals court ruling that sought to pause a federal policy permitting mifepristone, sometimes called the abortion pill, to be …

Proposed regulations would further restrict housing, work eligibility for migrants
New Senate bill aims to protect privacy for charitable donors following pregnancy center case
Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence is coming: Here’s what he has said on AI so far
More Americans aware of ‘Christian nationalism,’ but negative view of it prevails
Catholics await word on Jimmy Lai as Trump meets Xi in Beijing
New data shows Americans oppose houses of worship endorsing political candidates

U.S. Church

New Georgia law praised for criminalizing clergy sex misconduct in pastoral care

by Gina Christian

(OSV News) — A new Georgia law criminalizing clergy sexual misconduct involving those under their pastoral or spiritual care is drawing praise from Catholic advocates, with one expert …

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

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

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

Augustinians celebrate a year of the ‘gift of Pope Leo’ with special Mass

World

Brazilian nun drowns while trying to save fellow sister in Sicily

by Eduardo Campos Lima

“Sister Nadir’s gesture speaks for itself and recounts a life lived in giving and service. We entrust this sister of ours to the mercy of the Lord.”

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

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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