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Fidelity Month calls Americans to rediscover nation’s founding values during America’s 250th

by Kimberley Heatherington

“Yes, we have our families. Yes, we have our local communities. But we’re also part of the national community of these United States.”

Pope Leo XIV to publish encyclical on artificial intelligence May 25
What is an encyclical, exactly?
Pope will find a living, growing Church in Madrid, Spanish cardinal says
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s Florida kickoff roots US history in the Mass
Pope Leo tells graduating Villanovans to uphold Augustinian values, recall US guiding principles
Border bishops have ‘grave concerns’ about $72 billion immigration enforcement funding package

U.S. Church

Regular pastoral visits resume at ICE facility near Chicago after judge’s order

by Simone Orendain

Michael Okinczyk-Cruz, executive director of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership, described the visits as “very meaningful” for detainees.

Archdiocese of Baltimore files new proposed plan for Chapter 11 reorganization

San Diego mosque shooting an ‘attack on the sacred dignity of all human life,’ says bishop

Parish scarred by clergy abuse creates memorial for survivors

Safe environment, sainthood causes and Sacred Heart on agenda for US bishops’ meeting

Lawsuit continues to challenge Biden-era regulation adding abortion to pregnant worker protections

World

Chartres pilgrimage grows as organizers warn against renewed traditionalist divisions

by Caroline de Sury

(OSV News) — The 44th annual traditional pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres will bring together some 20,000 pilgrims over the Pentecost weekend May 23-25 for a 60-mile walk centered …

The liturgy sustains the faithful, renewing them in their faith, mission, pope says
Interfaith peace march in Jerusalem counters rising violence and division
Bolivia’s bishops urge ‘humanitarian pauses’ as protests collapse country
AI cannot replace humanity, conscience, truth, Irish archbishop says
Police recover beloved saint’s relic taken in brazen theft that shocked Czech Catholics

Communion and Liberation founder’s sainthood cause heads to Vatican

UK diocese opens Pedro Ballester’s sainthood cause

Haitian bishop sees ‘signs of God’s tenderness’ amid ongoing recovery from serious burns

Vatican

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given May 20, 2026

by Pope Leo XIV

Opinion

The reality of the abortion pill

by Katie Yoder

Invitation to joy

by Michael R. Heinlein

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

by Bishop Daniel E. Garcia

Reviews

Obsession

by John Mulderig
St. Francis of Assisi in film
‘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’
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