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Three Areas Where the Fire of Pastoral Ministry Can Be Rekindled, According to Pope Leo XIV

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

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Catholic Church in the US publishes its 2026 annual report on religious freedom in the country

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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Bishops Representing Latin America, Canada, and United States Gather to Pray, Discuss, and Reaffirm Their Unity as One Church

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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Exile as Policy: Nicaragua Expels Another Priest as Pressure on the Catholic Church Intensifies

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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Israel unprecedented expropriation of Palestinian land

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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The 4 tasks Pope Leo XIV gave to the Legionaries of Christ: charism, authority, missionary unity, and synodality

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

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What does it mean that the Church is the mystery made perceptible? Pope Leo XIV explains it

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

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“May the Pope retain his complete freedom to speak the truth and proclaim Jesus Christ,” asks Leo XIV

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

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Puerto Rico’s pro-life governor redefines the concept of “human being” in criminal law, opening a new phase in the abortion debate

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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