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The pontiff addressed members of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation on May 30.

Following federal cuts, Catholic Charities is experiencing an “elevated need in our communities, and we're seeing fewer dollars to meet that need with,” said Jonathan Tetrault.

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

Father Julio Ampuero's ministry in a poor area of Lima, Peru, is experiencing good fruit through retreats, confessions and an outreach at a men's shelter.

When a Benedictine College senior was dying from cancer, the college's president, along with 30 students, traveled to his home to give him a graduation ceremony.

Former USCIRF commissioner Stephen Schneck said religious repression is growing in India, China, and beyond.

Team spokesman Sean Hudson had been caught on video apparently admitting to the team's blacklisting of Catholic pitcher Trevor Williams.

The pope's visit to Gran Canaria Island, the site of thousands of migrants arriving from Africa by sea, will serve to highlight the plight of migrants and the Christian duty to help them.

“Everything has to be vetted by the government, especially what priests are going to preach on Sunday," said Rosalia Gutierrez-Huete Miller in a panel discussion on human rights in Nicaragua.

New report by the Charlotte Lozier Institute finds that most abortion drug sellers do not comply with safety limits that protect women from dangerous side effects.

Pope Leo receives praise from Spain’s chief executive, Catholic and Coptic dialogue resumes, a Catholic agency in South Sudan issues an Ebola alert, and more in this week’s roundup of world news.

The destructive power of modern weaponry and dubious claims to justification mean just war theory, which includes legitimate self-defense, must be reexamined.

Here is a roundup of recent Catholic education news.

The vice president told Air Force Academy graduates to "use technology to make you better, but never submit to it.”

Switzerland's Catholic bishops backed a national ban on LGBT so-called conversion measures, warning they can become "spiritual abuse" in God's name while urging that genuine pastoral care be protected.

A delegation from the Italian luxury sports car manufacturer met Pope Leo at Castel Gandolfo on May 26.

The Holy Father will spend half a day in the microstate in north-central Italy before traveling around 14 miles northeast to the city of Rimini, Italy.

In the divisive political climate in Spain, some say there is the risk that political factions will try to use the pope's words to their advantage.

As an EU court presses member states to recognize same-sex "marriages," Poland's bishops insist defending marriage takes nothing from anyone's dignity.

The pontiff met with Johnson at the Vatican on May 28 and was formally invited to visit his native city next year.

The Trump administration authorized 10,000 more Afrikaners from South Africa to be admitted as refugees, and Bishop Brendan Cahill said U.S. protection should not be limited to a single group.

"Central Nigeria remains entrenched in an intense, daily, and seemingly perpetual crisis of insecurity," the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said in a recent report.

The 2025 report showed 168 more allegations than in the previous audit year.

One pro-life leader warned the court's ruling could leave “the human being in the mother’s womb without any form of protection."

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage spent four days in Georgia this week and processed through historic downtown Savannah before heading up to the Carolinas.

A purported sting video by James O'Keefe apparently shows an executive for the baseball team saying the team excludes Trevor Williams in activities due to his religion.

Metropolitan Hilarion, once tipped as successor to Patriarch Kirill, was released without charges after Czech police found an unidentified substance in his vehicle.

The pontiff said the Church must respond to religious indifference not by softening the Gospel’s demands but by offering credible witness to Christ.

The latest attack occurred on May 21 in the outstation of Kurmin Bongo, in the Dangana District of Kaduna State.

Before Pope Leo’s visit to Barcelona, an architect and a priest discuss Antoni Gaudí's holiness and skill, which enabled him to envision Sagrada Família Basilica and transcend deep divisions in Spain.

Salesian Sisters say their viral appearance at the San Antonio Spurs game has drawn an interest in Catholicism.

The pastoral aid kit includes summaries of key themes, questions for reflection, concrete cases, and prayers along with activities designed for children and young people.

In a country where deprivation is the norm, the situation is exacerbated by deteriorating infrastructure and the U.S. fuel embargo. People are hungry and the Church is striving to meet their needs.

Nearly 20,000 people from 22 countries took part in the three-day walk. An internal study of the pilgrims this year looked at their faith, practice, and motivations.

Taking different paths to the priesthood, two brothers were ordained on May 23 in their childhood parish, where they had served as altar boys and sang in the choir.

The professor founded and led the Center for Church Management at Villanova University, where he taught economics for years.

White evangelical Protestants and U.S. Catholics were the most likely to report that clergy recently spoke about abortion.

A worldwide rosary, coordinated by the Dicastery for Evangelization, will be prayed at the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens on May 30.

As Pakistan marks Eid al-Adha, the son of a Christian man killed by a mob over blasphemy allegations says his family has received no compensation and no one has been punished.

The hospital in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, where the saint known as Padre Pio lived for most of his life, has debts estimated to run between about $290 million to $350 million.

Pilgrims traced the Georgia Martyrs’ path on Day 3 of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage winding its way up the northeast corridor of the United States.

Pope Leo’s catechesis focused on the Second Vatican Council's constitution, “Sacrosanctum Concilium,” a document that transformed the way Catholics celebrate Mass.

The archbishop of Santiago, Chile, distills 10 important takeaways from the timely document on artificial intelligence.

The cause for canonization began in 2022 with nearly 30,000 pages of documentation. More than 118,000 people have visited her tomb, and favors are continually received through her intercession.

“The thing about morality is that the principles never change, but the way you apply those principles does, because the world changes, right?” Vance told NBC News.

Bishops encouraged “people of goodwill” to reflect and apply the teachings.

Christopher Olah singled out the duty to the global poor, rediscovering and rethinking what it means to flourish as a human being and the need for discernment on the part of AI model developers.

The SSPX named four priests to be consecrated as bishops without papal permission — despite a warning from the Vatican that the “schismatic” consecrations would incur excommunication.

Deep in the catacombs, St. Philip Neri had his spiritual epiphany on the eve of Pentecost in 1544. Today, May 26, is his feast day.

The lawsuit will continue in the federal courts after the Supreme Court refused to consider a religious liberty objection by the U.S. bishops.