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Pope Leo XIV laments ‘growing deterioration’ of the Amazon’s natural environment

In a video message addressed to the sixth assembly of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon, Pope Leo XIV highlighted environmental deterioration, synodality, inculturation, and evangelization.

House bill targets environmental impact of chemical abortion and doctors’ role in the process

The bill would tighten prescription requirements, requiring an in-person exam and requiring the doctor to be present during the abortion.

Catholic legal group ‘hopes and prays’ Supreme Court will side with Haitian, Syrian migrants

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a lawsuit that challenges the revocation of temporary protected status (TPS) for migrants from Haiti and Syria.

Jurors given piano performance, crash course in music as part of copyright suit over Catholic hymns

The dispute involves apparent similarities in two decades-old songs.

Catholic ethicists file amicus brief backing Anthropic in Pentagon dispute

Catholic moral theologians say Church teaching supports Anthropic’s refusal to allow its AI systems to be used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons.

U.S. Catholic bishops express solidarity with Church in South Sudan as over 170 killed

The USCCB has expressed solidarity with the Church in South Sudan following the reported killing of at least 170 people in two separate incidents in the country.

Immigration enforcement harms children, drives family separation, speakers at Democratic forum say

More than 3,800 children, including 20 infants, were detained by U.S. immigration authorities from January to October 2025, according to data shared by the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic.

Holy See calls on UN to eradicate surrogacy ‘in all its forms’

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations, laid out the economic reasons surrogacy exists, the harm it does, and why it is wrong.

Scottish bishops say ‘prayer moved hearts’ after Scottish Parliament rejects assisted suicide

In a decisive vote, Scottish members of Parliament have rejected the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, a victory the bishops in Scotland are praising.

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage registration opens; schedule released

The 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage will bring the faithful together in prayer and celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States.