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In Angola, Catholic Church steps in to give a voice to mining-affected communities

by Josephine Peterson

Communities across the continent are pressing the Church to take a clearer stand on the human and environmental cost of mining.

Supreme Court leaves in place mail-order distribution of mifepristone during legal challenge
Proposed regulations would further restrict housing, work eligibility for migrants
New Senate bill aims to protect privacy for charitable donors following pregnancy center case
Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence is coming: Here’s what he has said on AI so far
More Americans aware of ‘Christian nationalism,’ but negative view of it prevails
Catholics await word on Jimmy Lai as Trump meets Xi in Beijing

U.S. Church

Vance to publish book exploring his conversion to Catholicism

by Kate Scanlon

Vance is the “first Catholic convert” to be vice president, as he says, and the second Catholic to hold that office, preceded by former President Joe Biden.

Augustinians celebrate a year of the ‘gift of Pope Leo’ with special Mass

Makary out as FDA commissioner after tumultuous tenure, pro-life criticism

As Planned Parenthood defunding nears expiration, USCCB pro-life chair backs bill to block funds

USCCB campaign bolsters Catholic media as ‘critical need’ for its evangelizing mission intensifies

New Mexico diocese fights Trump push to seize pilgrimage site for border wall

World

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

by Gina Christian

The bitter cold “has been deliberately exploited to break the spirit of a nation … standing for freedom, justice, democracy, and God-given human dignity.”

45 years on, attempted assassination of St. John Paul II recalled as turning point in history
Pope remembers attempt on St. John Paul, calls Mary the Church’s ‘perfect model’
Experts see pope’s June parliament address as call for unity in polarized Spain
Israeli soldiers punished after desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon
Abuse scandal at Indonesian Islamic school seen as call to Catholic schools to strengthen safeguards

On the road to Our Lady: How pilgrimage taught me the power of community

Bishops meet in Colombia to discuss future of church’s Pan-Amazon region

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati shows how to ‘be holy in the normalcy of our lives’

Vatican

Our Lady of Guadalupe is the model of ‘perfect inculturation,’ Pope Leo says

by Courtney Mares

Opinion

Reviews

Jesus Revolution

by John Mulderig
‘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’
Meet the Catholic filmmaker behind a new series on ‘Women of the Bible’
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