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  • [ August 17, 2026 ] Poland inaugurates Europe’s tallest statue of the Virgin Mary News Briefs
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Bishop Barres, Catholic sisters sue New York over assisted suicide mandates

July 20, 2026 Tyler Arnold 41

The bishop said “we will never submit” to “the culture of death” as the Catholic diocese and religious sisters argue that their faith prevents them from participating in physician-assisted suicide. […]

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Vatican confirms excommunication of SSPX bishops, declares schism

July 2, 2026 Ishmael Adibuah 118

Because the traditionalist group consecrated bishops without papal approval, the Vatican issued a decree on July 2 declaring those bishops and their consecrators automatically excommunicated. […]

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U.S. bishops consecrate nation to Sacred Heart of Jesus

June 11, 2026 Gigi Duncan 19

The bishops entrusted the nation to the love and care of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to accompany the country’s 250th anniversary. […]

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Magnifica Humanitas: Pope invokes justice to combat ‘anti-human vision’ in AI

May 25, 2026 Hannah Brockhaus 16

Published Monday, the pope’s new encyclical warns of a “culture of power” fueled by the digital revolution and artificial intelligence. […]

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Judge bans statues of St. Florian, Michael the Archangel from public safety building

May 10, 2026 Charles J. Russo 42

There is controversy in Massachusetts, led by the American Civil Liberties Union, with Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom From Religion Foundation. These organizations sued the City of Quincy and […]

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Former federal prosecutor: ‘I’d like to prosecute any nun who still wears the head habit’

May 2, 2026 Tyler Arnold 59

The Senate Judiciary Committee released the texts by ex-prosecutors who were dismissed shortly after Donald Trump returned to the presidency. […]

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An unprecedented papal visit approaches in Saint Augustine’s homeland

March 19, 2026 R. Cavanaugh 7

The Vatican has announced that, as part of his upcoming African tour, Pope Leo XIV will visit Algeria on April 13-15. No acting pontiff has ever visited Algeria, a former stronghold of ancient Christianity whose […]

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“Our diocese is not a slaughter slab where human beings are butchered”

March 14, 2026 Ngala Killian Chimtom 2

Amidst ongoing preparations for the arrival of Pope Leo XVI in Cameroon, the Bishop of Kumbo Diocese has offered a chilling appraisal of the ten-year separatist conflict that has devastated Cameroon’s English-speaking regions. The Holy […]

Features

Sudanese bishops: Killings in South Sudan mark a “descent into the abyss of human depravity”

March 7, 2026 Ngala Killian Chimtom 3

Catholic bishops in Sudan and South Sudan have described the recent killings in parts of South Sudan as “a fresh descent into the abyss of human depravity.” At least 178 people were killed on Sunday, […]

Features

Bishops continue to urge Notre Dame to reverse ‘scandalous’ appointment of pro-abortion professor

February 21, 2026 EWTN News 10

U.S. bishops are continuing to criticize the University of Notre Dame over its controversial decision to appoint a pro-abortion professor to lead a university institute. The school has been under sustained criticism since it announced […]

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