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Cassandra Baker, now a coordinator for the Catholic Montessori Institute, presents a math lesson introducing the decimal system to a 4-year-old student in spring 2023 at the Christ the King Catholic Montessori Grade School in Mandan, North Dakota.

UMary launches world’s first Catholic Montessori institute

Jun 24, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The University of Mary has launched the world’s first Catholic Montessori Institute, making the institute the go-to place for certification... Read more

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CNA explains: How the Catholic view of human rights developed

Jun 24, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

The concept of human rights within Catholic teaching is not a recent addition but rather has roots extending back to... Read more

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Health and Human Services investigates Michigan health group for religious discrimination

Jun 23, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

HHS is investigating a Michigan health care provider for allegedly firing a medical professional who refused to participate in sex... Read more

Bishop Robert Barron responded on June 22, 2025, to criticism of a talk he gave at the first meeting of President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission in Washington, D.C.

Bishop Barron responds to criticism over participation in Religious Liberty Commission

Jun 23, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

In a social media post on June 22, Bishop Robert Barron responded to claims made in a recent article by... Read more

The Texas capitol building, where Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law on June 21, 2025, that requires public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.

Gov. Greg Abbott signs law requiring Ten Commandments in all Texas classrooms

Jun 23, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom at the... Read more

Purple stole and confessional.

Justice Department sues Washington state over law forcing priests to break confession seal

Jun 23, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

The DOJ in a press release announcing the lawsuit filed on June 23 said the Washington law “violates the free... Read more

Pope Leo XIV waves from the popemobile at the crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square for Mass on Pentecost Sunday on June 8, 2025.

Jubilee of Seminarians, Bishops, and Priests gets underway in Rome

Jun 23, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

More than 6,000 seminarians, bishops, and priests from five continents are in Rome this week to celebrate their jubilee as... Read more

Thousands took to the streets in Cork, Ireland, on Sunday June 22, 2025, to participate in the city’s 99th consecutive annual Eucharistic procession in Ireland’s second-largest city.

Thousands gather in Cork, Ireland, for 99th consecutive Eucharistic procession

Jun 23, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

The procession was led by the Butter Exchange Band and Bishop Fintan Gavin, bishop of Cork and Ross, beginning from... Read more

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Vatican backs report calling for financial reforms to alleviate global debt crisis

Jun 23, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

The document was presented at the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on June 20 as one of the main... Read more

Director Dallas Jenkins (left) and Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus in the wildly successful TV series “The Chosen,” speak with journalists during a press conference on June 23, 2025, at the Vatican.

‘The Chosen’ cast visits Vatican after filming Crucifixion scenes in Italy

Jun 23, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Jonathan Roumie, castmates from “The Chosen,” and director Dallas Jenkins are at the Vatican this week after wrapping up three... Read more

SENT founder John Cannon speaks at the September 2024 SENT Summit.

Turn your Catholic idea into a thriving venture at SENT Summit

Jun 23, 2025

By Andrew Likoudis

The SENT Summit is part of SENT Ventures’ broader vision to foster Catholic entrepreneurship in the secular world — fostering... Read more

In Knock, Ireland, on Sunday June 22, 2025, Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh urged the people of Ireland to “feel inspired and courageous” by the renewed consecration to the Sacred Heart.

Ireland reconsecrated to the Sacred Heart on feast of Corpus Christi

Jun 23, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh urged the people of Ireland to “feel inspired and courageous” by the renewed consecration to... Read more

An attack on Mar Elias Church in Al-Duwaileh, Damascus, by a suicide bomber reportedly killed 22 and injured 59 people on June 22, 2025.

Church leaders react to deadly attack on Mar Elias church in Damascus

Jun 23, 2025

By Souheil Lawand

In Syria, church leaders condemned Sunday’s terrorist act against worshippers in Damascus that resulted in 22 dead and almost 60... Read more

St. Paul’s Hospital, operated by Providence Health Care, has a MAID facility on its campus, operated by the British Columbia government’s Vancouver Coastal Health.

Euthanasia facility quietly opens at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver

Jun 23, 2025

By Terry O’Neill

A government-ordered euthanasia facility on the downtown campus of the Catholic-run St. Paul’s Hospital is now fully operational. Read more

Auxiliary Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera is secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

Vatican secretary for protection of minors: ‘Harming a victim is harming the image of God’

Jun 23, 2025

By Diego López Marina

Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera contends that instead of a single reparative action, victims of abuse require “an in-depth process... Read more

Smoke from incense drifts in the air at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, California, where the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage concluded on June 22, 2025.

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage concludes with Corpus Christi Mass in LA

Jun 22, 2025

By Jim Graves

The 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage completed its 3,300-mile journey across the western United States on Sunday, having traversed 10 states. Read more

Pope Leo XIV leads a Eucharistic procession in Rome on June 22, 2025, for the feast of Corpus Christi.

Christ is God’s answer to humanity’s hunger, Pope Leo XIV affirms on Corpus Christi

Jun 22, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called on the faithful to “multiply hope and to proclaim the coming of God’s kingdom”... Read more

Pope Leo XIV speaks to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus on June 22, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV after U.S. bombings in Iran: ‘Humanity cries out and pleads for peace’

Jun 22, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

“Today more than ever, humanity cries out and pleads for peace,” Pope Leo XIV said in remarks following his Angelus... Read more

Despite being Yazidi, a religious minority that has suffered persecution in Iraq, Wael Jejo Khdeida, along with his wife, tends to Mar Odisho Church in northern Iraq without pay and treats it as sacred.

‘The church comes first’: A Yazidi family’s promise to protect a Christian sacred site

Jun 22, 2025

By Georgena Habbaba

Thanks to the devotion of a local Yazidi family, the doors of Mar Odisho Church remain open in the northern... Read more

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From heartache to hope: One woman’s mission to match Catholics for marriage

Jun 22, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The founder of Cana Connections describes the new dating service as “more old-school, traditional matchmaking.” Read more