“The Catholic Church,” Pope Leo said, “has consistently taught that each human life, from the moment of conception until natural death, is sacred and deserves to be protected.”
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In the Brazilian Amazon, a Catholic Indigenous community endures amid land invasions and government neglect
The Indigenous community’s relationship with Catholic institutions has been central to Sateré-Mawé resistance to environmental exploitation and government neglect.
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How to justly conduct an unjust war? Catholic scholars weigh in on Iran
Nine leading Catholic scholars give their take on what duties just war theory requires of the United States at this stage of its conflict with Iran.
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As Trump threatens Cuba, refugees relive their journey to America
With his native country roiled by an oil blockade and reports of aggressive U.S. intervention in the offing, Cuban refugee Felipe Fortun recounted his journey to America—his third attempt to escape the island.
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South Africa’s Cardinal Brislin: Trump cannot silence Pope Leo or the church
Attacking “the sanctity of the church and the papacy, and the deeper moral vision they represent, is not acceptable and cannot be met with silence,” Cardinal Stephen Brislin said.
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The war’s impact on the ‘forgotten’ Christians of Lebanon and Israel
The conflict between the Israeli military and Hezbollah militia has deeply affected Lebanon’s most marginalized populations.
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Catholics hope Pope Leo’s Africa trip will uplift countries suffering from U.S. aid cuts
As Pope Leo XIV visits, Africa’s often interrelated crises of armed conflict, poverty and displacement have been worsened by the withdrawal of development and humanitarian aid by the United States and other donor nations.
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Does just war theory justify the Iran war? Catholic voices debate
At Regis High School’s inaugural Deo et Patriae Dialogue, alumni Phil Klay and Father Gerald Murray advanced opposing positions on what Catholic social teaching tells us about the war in Iran.
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Bishop Seitz urges ICE agents not to follow illegal deportation orders
In a pastoral letter on March 15, Bishop Mark Seitz urged immigration enforcement agents not to follow illegal orders and denounced the “grave moral evil” of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.
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Catholicism in Ireland has been declining for decades. Are young people coming back?
After years of bad news and declining numbers, is Catholic Ireland experiencing a revival—particularly among young men?