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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has updated its 2018 document A Mercy and Peacebuilding Approach to Gun Violence, urging a renewed national effort to tackle rising gun deaths through stricter controls, better mental health care and a stronger culture of life.

Donald Trump’s call for US military action to defend Nigerian Christians has sparked strong reactions from believers in Nigeria’s most violent regions, who say they face daily attacks from Islamist groups and have long accused their government of failing to protect them.

The Dominican prelate, who served the Church through decades of persecution and later became one of the Czech Republic’s most outspoken conservative voices, has died in Prague after several days in hospital.

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s new note, Mater Populi Fidelis, reaffirms Mary’s unique but subordinate role in salvation, confirming earlier reports circulated through Italian Catholic media.

Cardinal Isao Kikuchi has warned that Japan’s decision to make emergency contraception available over the counter risks undermining moral education and the sanctity of life, urging that freedom of access must not come at the expense of conscience.

The US President said he may send troops to Nigeria to defend Christians from Islamist attacks, prompting alarm in Abuja and debate over the nature of the country’s ongoing violence.

The Diocese of Paterson has withdrawn its lawsuit against U.S. immigration agencies after reaching an agreement expected to impact visa policy for foreign-born priests nationwide, amid mounting concern over clergy shortages and delays in religious-worker visas.

Nearly all victims of clergy sexual abuse have backed the Archdiocese of New Orleans’ $230 million compensation plan, marking one of the most decisive votes in any US Church bankruptcy case.

Fr Paul Mariani’s China’s Church Divided traces the lives of two Shanghai bishops whose choices — one loyal to Rome, the other to Beijing — expose the deep moral and political fractures faced by China’s Catholics under Communist rule.

Miami’s senior prelate has given a pointed critique of US immigration, cautioning that when Christian identity becomes tethered to the soil of one’s birth, it betrays the universal call of the Gospel

The tribunal’s decision highlights the seriousness with which the Vatican treats defamation under its own legal system

A student government proposal at the Catholic University of America to ban groups supporting nations accused of genocide has ignited a campus row, with critics saying the measure targets pro-Israel students and betrays the university’s Catholic principles.

Vice President JD Vance has opened up about how his Catholic faith shapes his approach to some of the Trump administration’s most debated policies.

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the US bishops’ conference, has called for an immediate resolution to the federal shutdown, warning that millions of vulnerable Americans could face severe hardship if essential welfare programmes remain unfunded.

The student government at Loyola University New Orleans has rejected a proposal to establish a Turning Point USA chapter.

The Bishop of Rapid City and Jesuit priests serving the Lakota people have denounced US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to let soldiers involved in the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre retain their Medals of Honour.

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke has condemned AI-generated videos falsely depicting him as opposing Pope Leo XIV, calling them “works of deceit” and reaffirming his “obedience and filial love” for the Holy Father.

American missionary and pilot Kevin Rideout has been kidnapped in Niger’s capital, Niamey, in the latest in a series of abductions targeting foreign nationals amid worsening insecurity following last year’s coup.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin has held high-level meetings with Andorran leaders over proposals to decriminalise abortion, amid mounting pressure on the Holy See to agree a legal compromise compatible with the principality’s unique constitutional structure.

Former Bishop Reinhold Nann says he stepped down from ministry before marrying a Peruvian woman, despite the Vatican not having released him from his priestly vows.