Saint Joseph Catholic Church

Themes for daily prayer, reflection, and action include anti-religious violence, immigration enforcement, gender identity, and Nicaragua.

The court ruled that a ban on door-to-door evangelization in Shumen, Bulgaria, violated the European Convention on Human Rights.

An estimated 21,562 of the world’s permanent deacons serve in dioceses of the United States, which has 6% of the world’s Catholic population, according to a newly-released survey conducted for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University.

The 14 acres of land include a mountaintop shrine to Christ the King that tens of thousands of pilgrims visit each year.

“This affront to religious liberty cannot stand,” the diocese said in a June 19 court filing.

“We believe that any attempt to force through such a process carries enormous risks, including the balkanization of the country,” the bishops said in a June 20 statement. “In a context where political rivalries increasingly take on ethnic and tribal dimensions, the outbreak of another civil war is a real possibility.”

The nation has experienced numerous internal conflicts, including the Second Congo War (1998-2003), the deadliest conflict since World War II.

“A rigorous assessment of both the opportunities and the risks associated with AI should be seen not as an obstacle to progress, but as an act of responsibility,” said Msgr. Marco Formica, counselor of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations. “This is especially important given the widening gap between the rapid pace of technological change and the slower development of national and international norms, institutional frameworks, and safeguards needed to address its implications.”

“States should take notice that they cannot require Americans to abandon their religious beliefs in the name of woke gender ideology,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon. “For more than a century, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne have provided free palliative care to indigent cancer patients in their last days. New York’s law would force these religious women to choose between their faith and their license if they wish to continue serving the dying.”

Pope Leo XIV greeted children of Vatican employees today in Paul VI Audience Hall and advised them and their families to limit their phone use (video).