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Judge Frank Caprio served for decades as chief municipal judge in Providence, Rhode Island.

Frank Caprio: ‘The world’s kindest judge’ faces toughest battle of his life with cancer

Feb 23, 2025

By Diego López Marina

Judge Frank Caprio has become one of the most recognizable faces in the U.S. judicial system for his acts of... Read more

Dr. Charles P. Nemeth, director of the Center for Criminal Justice, Law, & Ethics engaging with students at Franciscan University of Steubenville

New criminal justice program in Steubenville ‘rooted in the Catholic tradition’

Mar 7, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Franciscan University of Steubenville, founded in 1946, announced the launch of the program in a press release last month. Read more

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Nebraska Facebook abortion case: Baby was reportedly 29 weeks, 5 days old boy

Aug 31, 2022

By Katie Yoder

More details are coming out in a Nebraska case where authorities are relying on private Facebook messages to claim that... Read more

Upper two levels of Alcatraz cells.

More funding needed to deliver real reform in prisons, Senate committee hears

Nov 19, 2019

More funding for prisons is essential to properly implement criminal justice reform, the director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP)... Read more

James Dailey.

Florida bishops ask governor to stay planned execution

Oct 22, 2019

The Catholic bishops of Florida have called on Governor Ron DeSantis to halt the scheduled execution of James Dailey, who is... Read more

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Ohio Catholic Charities joins national pilot program to help moms out of poverty

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, seated in places of honor usually reserved for heads of state, meet with Pope Leo XIV in the papal library on May 19, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV meets U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Archbishop Charles C. Thompson elevates the Eucharist during the Opening Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis, marking the official launch of the St. Katharine Drexel Route. May 18, 2025.

PHOTOS: 2025 Eucharistic Pilgrimage kicks off with packed Mass in Indianapolis

Pope Leo XIV acknowledged divisions among the faithful with a call for fraternal communion and unity in the homily at his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square on May 18, 2025.

FULL TEXT: Pope Leo XIV’s homily at inaugural Mass beginning his Petrine ministry

Photograph of Pope Leo XIV released by the Vatican.

LIVE UPDATES: Pope Leo XIV’s first days

Pope Leo XIV waves during the inaugural Mass of his pontificate, held in St. Peter’s Square on May 18, 2025. He stands in front of a Flemish tapestry depicting the dialogue between Jesus and Peter after the miraculous catch of fish.

A papacy begins: Pope Leo XIV calls for united Church at inaugural Mass

Melanie McClanahan, a Rosary Team volunteer, with a resident.

‘My first Hail Mary in 45 years’: Rosary Team brings prayer to memory care residents

The Blessed Sacrament is held aloft during a Eucharistic procession through Washington, D.C., Saturday, May 17, 2025.

‘It brought me here’: Third annual Eucharistic procession held in Washington, D.C.

Marchers participate in the grand procession of the Jubilee of Confraternities in Rome, Saturday, May 17, 2025

PHOTOS: The grand procession of the Jubilee of Confraternities in Rome

Vice President JD Vance shares a moment of laughter with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, during their meeting at the Vatican on Holy Saturday, April 19, 2025.

World leaders, delegates set to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass

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