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“The Solicitor General’s filing in this case signals to the Court just how egregious, illegal, and dangerous Colorado’s discrimination is,” said Nick Reaves, lead attorney for the Catholic preschools and families, said of the impending case.

“The state is labeling a program ‘universal’ and then banning religious families and schools from it because of their faith,” Reaves added. “If that kind of exclusion is allowed to stand, no religious group is safe from being pushed out of public life.”

“We encourage the faithful to consider the lessons of history, honoring our heroes of the past and learning from the mistakes of the past,” said Bishop Daniel Garcia of Austin and Auxiliary Bishop Roy Campbell of Washington, DC. “Although we may at times encounter people or situations in our country that seek to erase ‘memory’ from our minds and books, it can never be erased from our hearts.”

“Let us be courageous witnesses to truth,” the bishops added. “Let us pray and work to honor the inherent dignity of every person and the sacred stories of every people.”

“He was so sorry to hear of my pain, for my family’s pain and for the other survivors that haven’t come forward yet,” said Ryan. “I know it was genuine.”

Ryan also spoke of the Pope’s “sincerity, his empathy. He felt my pain, but he hadn’t experienced my pain, but he knows what pain I had gone through, and my family.”

Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Stanislav Přibyl, CSsR, of Litoměřice, Czech Republic, as the new archbishop of Prague, less than two years after his ordination as a bishop.

Portugal’s president described Pope Leo XIV as “superiorly intelligent” and “very rational” following a 25-minute audience on February 2.

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, concluded a three-day visit to Slovakia commemorating the 25th anniversary of the basic agreement, or concordat, between the Holy See and the central European nation.

Cardinal Petrocchi succeeds Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, OP, who has led the commission for 12 years while concurrently serving until last year as archbishop of Vienna.

Cardinal Schönborn paid tribute to the late Pope Francis “for his valuable, constant and enlightened support during the long and demanding process of reform of the IOR.” Cardinal Schönborn also thanked Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, the IOR’s president, who “has led and overseen a far-reaching transformation of the Institute, which has gained wide recognition and esteem within the international financial community.”