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As Ebola epidemic spreads, Uganda postpones Martyrs Day celebrations

by Fredrick Nzwili

As Ebola spreads, its impact is being felt in the Catholic community in Africa, as it forces the postponement of the Uganda Martyrs Day celebration.

Pope Leo XIV to publish encyclical on artificial intelligence May 25
What is an encyclical, exactly?
Fidelity Month calls Americans to rediscover nation’s founding values during America’s 250th
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

U.S. Church

Border bishops have ‘grave concerns’ about $72 billion immigration enforcement funding package

by Kate Scanlon

The bishops urged lawmakers to require DHS to make policy changes to its current enforcement practices “to ensure that the human rights and dignity of all persons are …

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

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

Devotion to Sacred Heart ‘more timely than ever’ as a return to love itself, says archbishop

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

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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