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Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, June 29, 2025, will bless and bestow the “pallium” — a white woolen vestment symbolizing pastoral authority and unity with the pope — on 48 new metropolitan archbishops, including eight from the United States.
Wisdom from 20 saints on the Sacred Heart of Jesus

By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jun 27, 2025 / 04:00 am Pope Francis’ 2024 encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus is packed with testimonies from the saints of prayer and devotion to the heart of Christ throughout the centuries. Dilexit Nos, meaning “He Loved Us,” describes how devotion to the …
Priest warns: Christian town in Holy Land no longer safe amid settler attacks

By Sanad Sahelia ACI MENA, Jun 26, 2025 / 17:02 pm In a disturbing and increasingly frequent pattern, the Palestinian town of Taybeh, located east of Ramallah and known as the last remaining town in the West Bank inhabited entirely by Christians, faces ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers targeting residents, their …
Pope Leo XIV to bestow pallium on these 8 U.S. archbishops

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 27, 2025 / 06:00 am Pope Leo XIV on Sunday will bless and bestow the “pallium” — a white woolen vestment symbolizing pastoral authority and unity with the pope — on 48 new metropolitan archbishops, including eight from the United States, in a return to …
States can withhold Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood, U.S. Supreme Court rules

By Matt McDonald Boston, Mass., Jun 26, 2025 / 14:59 pm Local Planned Parenthood facilities can’t force state governments to give them Medicaid funds through lawsuits because Congress didn’t create an individual right to the benefits, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Thursday. The 6-3 decision enables states to cut off public …
Finding Joy in Parish Life

“I consider myself young at heart, insofar as I am rooted in Christ,” said Father Isaiah Callan, Parochial Vicar at Our Lady of Fatima Family of Parishes (OLF) in the Piqua, Troy, Covington, and West Milton communities north of Dayton. To many, his simple joy and depth of faith come …
Ohio bishops’ conference speaks out against anti-school-choice ruling

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 25, 2025 / 18:01 pm The Catholic Conference of Ohio has issued a statement expressing confidence that the state’s voucher program allowing parents to send their children to private schools would ultimately prevail after a judge ruled the program unconstitutional. Franklin County Judge Jaiza …
At general audience, Pope Leo XIV laments ‘fatigue of living’ afflicting modern society

By Victoria Cardiel Vatican City, Jun 25, 2025 / 07:15 am Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday addressed what he called the “fatigue of living” as one of the ailments afflicting modern society, and he urged the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square to face reality with the grace of Jesus. “A very widespread …
Jonathan Roumie, Jesus in ‘The Chosen,’ meets Pope Leo XIV: ‘An immeasurable honor’

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 25, 2025 / 15:32 pm Jonathan Roumie, the actor who plays Jesus in the series “The Chosen,” greeted Pope Leo XIV at the end of Wednesday’s general audience on June 25 in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Also present were other actors and …