What can a divided country learn from this momentous gathering—in Pope Leo XIV’s hometown—which took place amid dizzying social change and the rise of the “new” Ku Klux Klan?
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Cardinal Cupich, women religious, Catholic pharmacist sue Illinois over assisted suicide law
In their lawsuit, the individuals and religious orders argued the law would require them to facilitate such deaths for their patients in violation of their faith.
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Fulton Sheen, the love of God and the civil rights movement
Sheen preached eloquently that racism and other attacks on civil rights were direct attacks on all human beings and, ultimately, God himself.
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Cardinal Cupich reinstates Chicago priest and outspoken social activist cleared of abuse allegations
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago has reinstated Father Michael Pfleger—known for his longtime social justice ministry—as pastor after an inquiry cleared the cleric of abuse allegations.
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Priests are wearing cassocks again. Should you care?
Who is letting other people’s clothing choice get so deeply under their skin? You? People you know? This author?
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Two books on Pope Leo paint a picture of a potentially transformative leader
With experience at every level of church governance and familiarity with how to build and use power, Leo XIV has the potential to be profoundly consequential.
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San Antonio priest laicized, excommunicated after calling Popes Francis and Leo ‘usurpers’
Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller announced that a tribunal of canon lawyers authorized by the Vatican found John Mary Foster guilty of “a crime against the faith for his refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff.”
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Moderates and liberals stopped going to church. We’re only beginning to see the effects.
In ‘The Vanishing Church,’ Ryan Burge presents a data-driven picture of how the American religious and political landscapes have transformed together over the past 50 years.
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Inside the U.S. bishops’ plan for Hispanic ministry in the era of mass deportations
Immigrant accompaniment is just one of the priorities the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops set for Hispanic ministry in 2026.
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U.S. Catholics, from bishops to lay advocates, scramble to help Haitian community as ICE prepares for deportations
In Miami, which hosts the largest Haitian community in the country, Archbishop Wenski described Haitian residents as “very tense, very nervous” as they await whatever comes next.