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Pope Leo XIV points to St. John Henry Newman as a model for education today

The pontiff urged Oxford scholars to seek truth courageously and promote an education rooted in human dignity, justice and the common good.

U.S. bishops focus on young people, artificial intelligence in Labor Day message

The Labor Day message echoed Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas on artificial intelligence.

Pope Leo XIV to seminarians: ‘As I look at each of you, I see the marvelousness of God’

The pope told the seminarians that the call of God is gratuitous and not based on any merit of theirs, adding that their presence is a sign of hope for the Church in that God continues to call.

10 years a saint: The truth about Mother Teresa’s care for the dying

Critics of the devout religious superior have for years alleged that she refused to administer anesthetics to the sick and dying at her mission in Calcutta.

Human rights group calls Nicaragua’s constitutional reforms a ‘usurpation of power’

The Ortega-Murilla regime has approved reforms that bar the opposition from participating in elections, drawing strong opposition from exiled leaders, the United States, Costa Rica and Peru.

Maine high court says father can prevent daughter from attending mother’s church

The mother will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court over the ruling from the state court, attorneys said.

Cardinal Cupich, Catholic religious sisters sue Illinois to halt assisted suicide law

The state recently began allowing doctors to help patients kill themselves by prescribing lethal doses of medication.

Hong Kong judges uphold Cardinal Zen’s conviction over fund to help protesters

Zen and four others face monetary fines, but it’s unclear whether they will face further prosecution.

Abuse prevention, liturgy central to Vatican courses for new bishops

The program has been a fixture of the Church calendar since 2000, when it was launched by St. John Paul II.

Jonathan Roumie, Bishop Robert Barron to headline first annual ‘Sheen Awards’

The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation and Peoria Bishop Lou Tylka announced the list of speakers for the Sept. 25 event, which will be held at the Peoria Civic Center.