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.

Vatican calls for a renewal of attention in the age of clickbait

The World Day of Social Communications will be celebrated on May 9, 2027, the Sunday before Pentecost.

Synod proposes reforming canon law to give greater weight to laity, women in the Church

The report, prepared by one of the study groups created after the Synod on Synodality, must now be examined by Pope Leo XIV.