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Washington Roundup: US-Iran MOU begins; SCOTUS takes up ICE bond hearings; FDA abortion suit filing

by Kate Scanlon

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Trump administration signed a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, with Iranian officials, a tentative framework to end the war in Iran, but uncertainty remained …

Blog: 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
Pope Leo XIV’s common ministry with Mother Cabrini: a heart for migrants and refugees
New Mexico diocese fights to save Mount Cristo Rey from ‘desecration’ for border wall
Juneteenth ‘calls us forward,’ while urging repentance for sin of racism, say bishops

U.S. Church

Communion, presence and listening mark Pope Leo’s communications style, say experts

by Gina Christian

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV’s communications style is about “discovering God in ourselves and one another,” reflecting the pope’s deeply held Augustinian charism, according …

Communion, presence and listening mark Pope Leo’s communications style, say experts

Chicago Catholic’s longtime photo editor wins CMA’s St. Francis de Sales Award

Panel: Juneteenth, nation’s 250th anniversary shines light on work that remains to address racism in US

New Orleans Sacred Heart consecration a path to healing, hope

Pew: Most US Catholics view pope favorably, say Trump has been too critical of him

World

COMECE president says new EU migrant regulations raise ethical concerns

by Junno Arocho Esteves

“Migration is not merely a matter of procedures, statistics or border management. It concerns human beings: women, men and children.”

In Spain, Pope Leo XIV shared a message of human dignity for all of Europe
The father behind the pope: How Karol Wojtyla Sr. helped shape St. John Paul II
Cardinal Camillo Ruini, influential voice of the Italian Church, dies at 95
Bishops mark ‘sobering anniversary’ of Canada euthanasia law, call faithful to action
Pew: More governments cracking down on religion, with spikes in religious hostility in 2023

Pope Leo praises newly beatified Salesian martyrs killed for their fidelity to Christ

World Cup kicks off amid passion, protests in Mexico

Catholic, Orthodox leaders condemn Russian attack on Kyiv cathedral

Vatican

‘Be artisans of true peace,’ Pope Leo XIV tells Hebrew University of Jerusalem board

by Deborah Castellano Lubov | Vatican News

Opinion

The human error

by Katie Yoder

The friendship crisis beneath the loneliness epidemic

by Vicente Del Real

The heart of the matter

by Michael R. Heinlein

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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