Pope Leo XIV's address to the clergy of the Diocese of Rome during a meeting in Paul VI Hall

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The report summarizes developments on national questions and federal policies affecting religious liberty in the U.S., including the role of religion in American public life, and the challenges and opportunities of the present moment

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The eleven bishops attending included bishops from the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM), the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

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With 309 religious already displaced and over a thousand documented acts of hostility, the pattern is no longer episodic. It has become structural

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The Israeli association that fights against the political use of urban planning in the West Bank to seize land from Palestinians explains the bad faith of the rule that requires proof of ownership in Area C. At stake is 58% of the land in a context where there was no land registry before 1967. Activists and NGOs speak of an ‘unprecedented measure’ since the Six-Day War. Michal Braier: “discriminatory” legal system, ‘systematic’ expropriation to favour settlements.

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Pope's address to the Legionaries of Christ during an audience on the occasion of their General Chapter

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Homily of Pope Leo XIV on Ash Wednesday, 2026

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Pope's general audience, February 18, 2026, on the Church as mystery and sacrament

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Address of the Pope to the members of the Pro Petri Sede Association

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Puerto Rico has inserted the question of unborn personhood more deeply into its legal code. In doing so, it has not only amended a statute but intensified a debate that extends well beyond the island’s shores

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THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY February 20 – Isaiah 58: 1-9; Matthew 9: 14-15 Lent as a time of conversion

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In early February 2026, Don Alberto Ravagnani, a 32-year-old priest from the Diocese of Milan, Italy, announced that he was leaving the priesthood. Since he

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