University of Notre Dame partners with Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

The University of Notre Dame partners with the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Ave Maria celebrates Ireland campus milestone, and more in this week's Catholic education news roundup.

Pope to new bishops: The most important mission is to 'remain with Jesus'

The Holy Father received 147 bishops from five continents, participants in a formation course in Rome for new bishops.

Synod group calls for gender-equality mechanisms in Church workplaces

The final report also proposes a greater role for women religious in selecting bishops who oversee consecrated life and clearer agreements between dioceses and religious institutes.

U.S. dioceses to receive tilma replicas for 500th anniversary of Marian apparitions at Tepeyac

Hoped-for fruits of the effort include the renewal of a Christocentric faith through Marian mediation and a network of Marian shrines as "privileged spaces for the rebirth of hope."

'No more ego lifting': How one Catholic gym is putting God at the center of fitness

A Catholic gym is helping people transform their workouts into opportunities for prayer, discipline, and service.

EWTN to air film on St. Peter Claver, slave of the slaves

"Saint Peter Claver — Slave of the Slaves" will air on EWTN on Sept. 9.

Apostolic nuncio in Ghana challenges West African youth to transform Africa

"You are not a lost generation; you are the 'today of God,'" the pope's representative told participants at the first-ever West African Youth Day in Accra on Tuesday.

Pope Leo XIV warns of Western 'paradox' on individual freedom

The pontiff said people can feel less free to be themselves even as autonomy is increasingly treated as absolute.

Liechtenstein parliament backs abortion initiative, but prince has the last word

The tiny European principality's hereditary prince has announced he will block the measure, setting up a constitutional standoff.

Pope Leo XIV: Respect for human dignity 'excludes self-centered isolation'

Addressing pilgrims in St. Peter's Square, the pope continued his catechetical cycle dedicated to the Second Vatican Council's constitution Gaudium et Spes.