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Federal Judge Says Government Can Deposit Money to Seize Diocesan Land for Border Fencing
Posted on 06/18/2026 15:28 PM (The Daily Register)
New Orleans Boosts Sacred Heart Devotion with Consecration, Home ‘Enthronement’ Initiative
Posted on 06/18/2026 15:12 PM (The Daily Register)
Pope Leo XIV Declares American Religious Founder Mary Teresa Tallon ‘Venerable’
Posted on 06/18/2026 15:01 PM (The Daily Register)
Pope Leo XIV Urges Universities to Promote Peace in a Divided World
Posted on 06/18/2026 14:09 PM (The Daily Register)
Finnish MP, Lutheran bishop to appeal hate-crimes conviction for remarks on homosexuality (Acton Institute)
Posted on 06/18/2026 07:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Juhana Pohjola, a bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, and Päivi Räsänen, a member of Parliament since 1995 and the nation’s former interior minister (2011-2015), were convicted by the nation’s Supreme Court in a 3-2 decision.
What Is Synodality? Pope Leo Has a Chance to Clarify It
Posted on 06/18/2026 06:44 AM (The Daily Register)
Ending Clergy Abuse, pontifical commission discuss universal adoption of US zero-tolerance policy (Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors)
Posted on 06/18/2026 06:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Discussions “focused on victims’ rights, institutional responsibility, justice, and mandatory safeguarding principles grounded in lived experience,” according to the pontifical commission.
According to the pontifical commission, Ending Clergy Abuse called for the “adoption of a universal zero-tolerance canon law on clergy abuse, modelled on existing Vatican-approved norms in the United States.” The pontifical commission, in turn, agreed to continue dialogue on the proposal.
The revised Book VI of the Code of Canon Law, promulgated by Pope Francis in 2021, provides for a range of penalties for clerics who sexually abuse minors, from deprivation of office to dismissal from the clerical state (Canon 1398). Book VI, however, does not permanently bar all clerics who sexually abuse minors from active ministry, as has been the case in the United States since 2002.
India's bishops declare national day of prayer against property-seizure legislation (The Telegraph)
Posted on 06/18/2026 05:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The amendment “provides for setting up a government authority to seize properties bought or developed on foreign funds if the government license is canceled or not renewed,” EWTN News reported—thus allowing for the seizure of Church property in some circumstances.
Cardinal Poola called for initiatives such as Eucharistic adoration, the Rosary, and voluntary fasting, as well as the signing of petitions against the legislation.
Children's Rosary founder meets with Pope (L'Osservatore Romano (Italian))
Posted on 06/18/2026 05:06 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“This lay movement, which she founded 15 years ago, is now active in 53 countries and promotes prayer gatherings for children in parishes, schools, and orphanages,” the Vatican newspaper reported. Kaufman and her son “presented the Pope with a book containing testimonies from many children who participate in this experience, as well as from priests who host the initiative in their parishes.”