Archdiocese of Baltimore set to ordain highest number of seminarians in 50 years

Overall, the numbers have grown from 28 seminarians in 2007, 52 in 2020, and 66 this year — the largest single-year class in half a century.

U.S. bishops urge Catholic voters to put faith before politics

Video messages ahead of the 2026 midterm elections asked voters to approach civic life with prayer, charity, and a commitment to the common good.

Supreme Court to hear case on lawsuit that blocked Marian shrine plan in Kentucky

Two neighbors objected to the shrine and filed suit. Lawyers for the Missionaries of St. John the Baptist say federal religious liberty protections guarantee their right to construct the shrine.

Catholic military archdiocese 'appreciates' Pentagon's new religious affairs office

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the new office is meant to give chaplains a direct line to the secretary, to bypass red tape from the secular bureaucracy.

'Wake up call': Catholic anti-death penalty group condemns 'horrifying' botched Tennessee execution

Catholic Mobilizing Network offered prayers for both condemned murderer Christa Pike and the family of her victim.

Wisconsin company to revise religious accommodations after LGBT pronoun dispute, government says

The Wisconsin-based Generac Power Systems allegedly failed to present a reasonable accommodation to a religious employee, the federal government said.

Pope prays the rosary with children: '50 million Hail Marys rising to heaven'

"Let us repeat together: 'I love you, Jesus. I love you, Mary,'" the pontiff said in his remarks before the rosary in the Vatican Gardens.

This is Pope Leo XIV's prayer intention for the month of October

Pope Leo's prayer intention for the month of October is for the mental health ministry.

Pope Leo XIV honors Harvard scientist whose pursuit of knowledge led her to faith

Karin Öberg holds the Thomas Dudley Cabot Chair in the Natural Sciences at Harvard University and directs the Öberg Astrochemistry Laboratory at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

U.S. senators defend home-schooling parents' right to religious curriculum

U.S. senators filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on behalf of home-schooling families, and more in this week's roundup of Catholic education news.