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Habemus Papam! The Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV
Habemus Papam! The Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

Brazilian church continues to lose churchgoers to evangelical groups, but pace is slowing

by Eduardo Campos Lima

The charismatic Catholic renewal, “as well as Pope Francis’s charisma,” may have contributed to slight slowing in transition trend, said demographer.

3 North Americans named to Vatican dicasteries for ecumenism, interreligious dialogue
Augustinian prior opens up about papal vacation, first encyclical, appointments and tennis
Safeguarding remains a top priority with new appointment, US cardinal says
ANALYSIS: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ cuts expected to outweigh benefits for low-income families
Catholics mourn, offer support, as Texas flood’s catastrophic death toll rises

U.S. Church

FBI memo with ‘anti-Catholic terminology’ said to be distributed to over 1,000 FBI agents

by Kate Scanlon

GOP senator said retracted FBI memo that suggested some “radical traditionalist” Catholics pose threats have been more widely distributed than previously known

Devotion to Mary ‘binds’ Asian and Pacific Island Catholics together ‘as one’

Georgetown’s final ‘Francis Factor’ panel remembers late pope’s legacy

NaProTechnology provides alternative to IVF for couples struggling with infertility

Fear, sorrow grip Haitian faithful amid TPS status battle

Supreme Court takes up Idaho, West Virginia transgender sports bans

New ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for migrants called a ‘sinful initiative’

World

St. Carlo and timing

by Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

Eighty thousand adolescents thought they were traveling to Rome for the much-anticipated canonization of Carlo Acutis. Instead, many were in the Eternal City for the Holy Father’s funeral. …

Wisconsin abortion ban, Big Beautiful Bill, care for creation Mass | Week in Review
‘Help us escape, we can’t live here,’ pleads Damascus priest after deadly attack
As iconic British Catholic bioethics center closes, fellow academics dub move a ‘tragedy’
Mexican priest shot, gravely injured in the Diocese of Tabasco
Congolese church leaders welcome US-brokered peace agreement, warn of its hidden costs

El Salvador archbishop blasts mining law change, says it will cause ‘irrevocable damage’

Catholic agency ‘will follow’ Lebanon’s displaced ‘wherever they settle’ after ceasefire

Caritas Georgia head: ‘We are being torn apart’ amid political upheaval, protests

Vatican

Full text: Pope Leo’s Regina Caeli address following inauguration Mass

by Pope Leo XIV

Opinion

Reviews

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

by John Mulderig
F1 the Movie
Elio
The Chosen’s ‘endgame’ is to point people to Jesus, series’ creator says
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