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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV
Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

Augustinian shares how Pope Leo fought evil in Peru as new bust unveiled in Chicago

by Simone Orendain

CHICAGO (OSV News) — The first commissioned bust of Pope Leo XIV by famed Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz was installed in Chicago Feb. 22 at Catholic Theological Union, …

Bill to allow assisted dying in UK expected to fail in Parliament, but local measures advance
Minnesota Jesuit priest, clergy of other faiths sue DHS over denied entry to ICE facility
Church governance begins with holiness, not bureaucracy, Bishop Varden says at Curia retreat
Why do the bones of St. Francis draw hundreds of thousands of pilgrims?
Historian reflects on Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgement’ with Sistine Chapel restoration underway

U.S. Church

Catholic legal network and its allies challenge basis of government bid to bar immigrants from 75 countries

by Kate Scanlon

The coalition behind CLINIC v. Rubio is challenging a key claim the Trump administration made to justify barring immigrants from 40% of the world’s nations.

Prolific catechist Paul Thigpen, who mused on extraterrestrial life, dies at 71

Palm Beach’s new shepherd ordained, installed during emotional, spiritual, joyous Mass

‘Chosen’ actor Jonathan Roumie honors 21 Christian martyrs at Museum of the Bible event

‘Christ is my identity, my foundation,’ says Catholic player on US women’s hockey team

Border bishops urge immigration reforms before State of the Union

Louisiana asks court to reinstate in-person dispensing rule for abortion pill

World

Inviting pilgrims back is more than business, it’s family history, Holy Land shop owners say

by Judith Sudilovsky

“I’m just very careful. We have to be realistic because we’ve learned that this country is never going to have a good, steady, peaceful time.”

Pope Leo’s visit to Spain could spark a much-needed ‘spiritual revival’
Our Lady of Guadalupe is the model of ‘perfect inculturation,’ Pope Leo says
Sydney Archdiocese welcomes record numbers at Rite of Election
Spanish bishops clarify Pope Leo XIV’s remarks following media reports
Pope Leo XIV says he considered a vocation with the Salesians as a boy

German bishops’ conference elects proponent of controversial Synodal Way as president

Father Zollner: Catholics need to pray more for survivors of sexual abuse

Bishops: Ukrainians ‘resist, trust, pray’ as Russia’s full-scale invasion turns 4

Vatican

Pope Leo XIV pens book introduction: ‘Only peaceful hearts can build a world of peace’

by Pope Leo XIV | Vatican News

Opinion

Of mountaintops and Lent

by Deacon Greg Kandra

In the footsteps of St. Oscar Romero

by Ely Segura

How young Latino Catholics are renewing the Church this Lent

by Vicente Del Real

Reviews

Historical novel pitches Christian compassion against ideologies of hatred

by Madelyn Reichert
Crime 101
Meditating on Christ’s passion with St. Thomas More
Hamnet
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