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Lilly Endowment announces 45 multimillion-dollar grants for theological schools

Dec 3, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

The Lilly Endowment said it will distribute 45 large-scale grants to theological schools, including directing about $60 million to several... Read more

Notre Dame President Robert A. Dowd, CSC, said he is reinstating “Catholic Mission” among staff values on Nov. 21, 2025.

Notre Dame returns ‘Catholic Mission’ to its core values after ‘confusion’ 

Nov 21, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

The University of Notre Dame reinstated “Catholic Mission” among its staff values after it opted to drop the language. Read more

Eduardo Peñalver will begin his role as the 49th president of Georgetown University on July 1, 2026.

Georgetown University taps Eduardo Peñalver as new president

Oct 15, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Georgetown University has named Eduardo Peñalver, president of Seattle University and former dean of Cornell Law School, as its 49th... Read more

(Left to right) Bishop Dennis Walsh of Davenport, Iowa; St. Ambrose University President Amy Novak; Mount Mercy University President Todd Olson; and Conference for Mercy Higher Education Executive Director Julia Cavallo at the June 27, 2025, Milestone Celebration.

2 Midwest Catholic universities merge, set sights on preserving Catholic identity

Jul 8, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Iowa’s St. Ambrose University in Davenport and Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids are merging in the hopes of making... Read more

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The Catholic University of America cuts staff positions to address $30M budget deficit

May 20, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The Catholic University of America announced Monday that it has eliminated 7% of its workforce in its final step to... Read more

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Andre Mahanna, a former Maronite Catholic priest.

Former Maronite priest still presenting himself as a cleric, Denver Archdiocese warns

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Leo XIV eliminates commission for donations to Holy See created by Pope Francis

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1 in 4 post-abortive women regret abortion decades later, study finds

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Catholic bishops back Trump’s removal of gender ideology in refugee forms

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools

Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’

Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee.

Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross

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