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Members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops gather for their spring meeting on Thursday, June 11, 2026 in Orlando, Fla. (Credit: Peter Smith/AP.)

US Catholic bishops consecrated nation to the Sacred Heart at gathering in Orlando

Jun 12
Peter Smith

A man works on a chalk drawing depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Oct. 28, 2017, in Lima, Peru. (Credit: Martin Mejia/AP.)

US Catholic bishops are consecrating the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Here’s what that means

Jun 10
Peter Smith

President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. (Credit: Evan Vucci/AP.)

Trump administration will join a prayer gathering criticized for promoting Christian nationalism

May 14
Peter Smith

President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. (Credit: Evan Vucci/AP.)

Trump task force report alleges anti-Christian discrimination under Biden administration

May 2
Peter Smith,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV meets the Algerian Community in the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa in Algiers, Monday, April 13, 2026, on the first day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Many US Catholics are dismayed by Trump’s unprecedented broadside at the first American pope

Apr 14
David Crary,
Peter Smith, Associated Press

Boys Town students hold portraits of Boys Town founder Father Edward Flanagan outside St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha, Neb., Feb. 27, 2012. (Credit: Nati Harnik/AP.)

Pope Leo moves Father Flanagan of Boys Town fame closer to possible sainthood

Mar 24
Peter Smith,
Nicole Winfield

Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate, conducts a service at St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (Credit: Efrem Lukatsky/AP.)

Patriarch Filaret, who fought for an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church, dies at 97

Mar 22
Peter Smith

A statue of Jesus Christ on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Nov. 10, 2020. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

‘Christ is king’ becomes a loaded phrase in US political debates, especially on the right

Mar 6
Peter Smith

Conservative Anglican leaders meet in Nigeria, facing debate on a possible breakaway

Mar 3
Peter Smith

Mother of Noelia Castillo files criminal complaints about alleged rapes of her daughter

Jul 17
Fionn Shiner

Bishops in Panama concerned over canal-linked dam project

Jul 17
Eduardo Campos Lima

France approves assisted suicide and euthanasia

Jul 16
Fionn Shiner

Premium article: Cardinal Gracias has high hopes for Church in Asia ahead of FABC Plenary

Jul 16
Nirmala Carvalho

Amnesty International UK regrets report calling British bishops’ conference “anti-rights” group

Jul 15
Fionn Shiner

France approves assisted suicide and euthanasia

Jul 16
Fionn Shiner

Premium article: Cardinal Gracias has high hopes for Church in Asia ahead of FABC Plenary

Jul 16
Nirmala Carvalho

Filipino bishops fight stigma of mental illness

Jul 16
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