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St. John Henry Newman is added to the General Roman Calendar: What does it mean?

The English saint, proclaimed a doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIV in November 2025, is honored every Oct. 9.

Department of Justice investigates vandalism at California Catholic school

The DOJ’s civil rights division will investigate the “awful crime” at Holy Innocents Catholic School.

New York jury awards $2 million to teen girl who formerly identified as male in malpractice case

In what may be the first of many such cases, a New York jury awarded millions to a woman “who no longer thinks of herself as a male” who underwent a double mastectomy six years ago at age 16.

Pope Leo names reconciliation champion as new archbishop of Prague

Bishop Stanislav Přibyl, the 54-year-old Redemptorist known for championing Czech-German reconciliation, returns to his hometown to lead the historic archdiocese.

New research suggests Halley’s Comet was identified by 11th-century monk

While Edmond Halley is credited as the first to determine that the comet that bears his name reappears cyclically, new research indicates that a medieval monk may have first noted the pattern.

Gen Z students swap ‘pints for pews’ visiting 40 churches and counting

In County Wicklow, Ireland, three young men decided to sidestep the secular Christmas season tradition of visiting 12 pubs and instead visited 12 different churches for Sunday Mass.

Former CIA spy tells Catholic leaders faith and espionage can coexist

Ex-CIA veteran James Olson defended espionage as “moral” at a Catholic leadership summit.

Sainthood cause opens for Adele Brice, who witnessed first approved U.S. Marian apparitions

The Catholic Church has officially opened the cause for sainthood of Belgian immigrant Adele Brice, an illiterate woman who had visions of the Blessed Mother.

70,000 young people make pilgrimage to Mexico’s Christ the King monument

Around 70,000 young people from across Mexico made the pilgrimage on Jan. 31 to Christ the King monument in Guanajuato state, in what became one of the largest youth pilgrimages in recent years.

U.S. bishops ‘applaud’ expanded Mexico City Policy

The bishops called for related policies to recognize “the inherent dignity of every human person.”