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U.S. bishops: Senate vote keeping abortion in veteran health benefits is a ‘gross failure’

Apr 20, 2023

By Kevin J. Jones

The bishops said it is “inhumane” to provide taxpayer-funded abortion as “a so-called solution to pregnancy.” Read more

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Lawsuit calls for POW Bible to be removed from VA hospital display

May 8, 2019

A Bible once carried by a World War II prisoner of war is the center of a legal fight at... Read more

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Pope Leo XIV smiles during his first general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 21, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV to meet cardinals at consistory to approve canonizations

Students pose after being called to “Petra House” at JSerra Catholic High School in Orange County, California, April 28, 2025.

California Catholic school launches ‘house system’ to build community, foster leadership

Photograph of Pope Leo XIV released by the Vatican.

LIVE UPDATES: Pope Leo XIV’s first days

At his first general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 21, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace and the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, where, he said, children and elderly are suffering.

Pope Leo XIV appeals for end to hostilities in Gaza in first general audience

The Catholic Church in South Korea is one of the few voices promoting reconciliation between the two countries.

Church in Korea keeps up quest for reconciliation between the peninsula’s two nations

With Speaker of the House Mike Johnson by his side, President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

UPDATE: President Trump extols Pope Leo XIV, meets brother Louis Prevost

“Leo XIV: Portrait of the First American Pope,” written by Matthew Bunson, vice president and editorial director at EWTN News, is the first authoritative biographical portrait of Cardinal Robert Prevost, who was elected the new Holy Father on May 8, 2025.

EWTN to release biography of Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope

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Denver ‘Called by Name’ vocations campaign looks to plant seeds for new seminarians

Monsignor Humberto González in St. Peter’s Square after the May 18, 2025, Mass marking the beginning of Leo XIV’s pontificate.

‘A close, affectionate, joyful voice’: How a former colleague of Leo XIV describes him

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

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