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

As ‘new nightmare’ unfolds between Israel and Iran, ‘never-ending tragedy’ in Gaza continues

by OSV News

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — As continued bombardment between Israel and Iran entered its fifth day, Catholic clergy in both countries called for peace and an end to further …

Ending TPS for Honduras, Nicaragua shows ‘no discernment,’ sparks fear, say experts
Judge blocks, for now, Planned Parenthood defunding provision backed by bishops
Walking, suffering with Texas flood victims crucial, says San Antonio archbishop
Notre Dame prepares to reopen towers’ tour with return of famed statues of saints to rooftop
NBC’s Tom Llamas says Catholic education deepened his faith, pushed him to always do his best

U.S. Church

Cardinal Dolan, Becket honoree, is ‘intensely devoted’ to protection of religious freedom

by Armando Machado

“I am intensely devoted to the protection of our first and most cherished liberty — religious freedom,” Cardinal Dolan told Becket gala.

‘Paving the way’: Ministry leaders say Pope Francis went beyond words to action

OSV mourns the passing of Pope Francis and honors his enduring legacy

Washington Roundup: Trump bill passes; USAID closes; concerns rise over Russia religious persecution

A year later, first ‘perpetual pilgrims’ describe how Eucharistic pilgrimage changed their lives

Town officials vote to buy, renovate Pope Leo’s childhood home as ‘historical site’

NaProTechnology provides alternative to IVF for couples struggling with infertility

World

Church accompanies scarred Cambodians 50 years into the Khmer Rouge genocide

by Simone Orendain

On the 50th anniversary of when the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia and left close to 2 million people dead, the Catholic Church there, still a fledgling …

Missing priest, murdered missionaries put spotlight on rising anti-Christian violence in Colombia
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

Art center founded by Father Rupnik pushes back on removal of artwork

Italian court rules bishop ‘facilitated’ abuse by protecting accused priest

Cardinal: Without church, there would be ‘no life, no hope and no future’ for many Africans

Vatican

Faithful of Peru diocese celebrate papal election of man they regard as one of their own

by David Agren

Opinion

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