The U.S. Catholic bishops have released a national prayer service text commemorating its immigrants and refugees, as well as those trafficked into slavery.
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Washington Roundup: Policymakers’ reaction to pope’s AI encyclical, new trial for death-row inmate
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonPope Leo: The development of AI technology must be accompanied by safeguards to protect human dignity, as it is “threatened by new forms of dehumanization.”
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An annual report from the nation’s Catholic bishops shows that more than 1,000 allegations of child sexual abuse were reported in U.S. dioceses during the 2025 fiscal year, with just …
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Vance invokes Pope Leo on AI and warfare in Air Force Academy graduation address
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonVice President JD Vance said he wanted to “endorse” Pope Leo XIV’s concerns about AI and warfare at the U.S. Air Force Academy commencement ceremony.
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ efforts to dismiss a lawsuit alleging it misled donors about the purposes of the annual Peter’s …
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Vance says Pope Leo’s new encyclical ‘sounds very profound,’ welcomes just war ‘rethink’
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonVice President JD Vance said in a new interview with NBC News that what he has read of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical “sounds very profound.”
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‘Magnifica Humanitas’ condemns online sexual exploitation as ‘Take It Down Act’ enforcement begins
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe issue raised by “Magnifica Humanitas” is one U.S. lawmakers took a first step to address with the Take It Down Act, which just began enforcement.
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Bishop: Stella Maris attends to seafarers’ spiritual needs, reminds them Church is with them
by Kurt Jensenby Kurt JensenDiscipleship begins by simply saying yes. That was the message of Seattle Auxiliary Bishop Frank R. Schuster, bishop promoter of the Stella Maris ministry, at the annual Maritime Day Mass …
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Lawsuit continues to challenge Biden-era regulation adding abortion to pregnant worker protections
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonA group of Catholic ministries asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to block a federal agency from enforcing an abortion provision in regulations meant to add …
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America 250 occasion to reflect on equality as a God-given right, Bishop Barron says
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonOrganizers of the event said they aimed to mark the nation’s upcoming 250th birthday “with Scripture, testimony, prayer, and rededication of our country as One Nation to God.”
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