On May 8, 2025, white smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at 6:07 p.m., Rome time, signaling that the College of Cardinals had elected the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church: American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, who has taken the name Leo XIV....
On Thursday, May 1, 2025, President Trump created the Religious Liberty Commission, which is “tasked with creating a report on current threats to freedom of religion and strategies to enhance legal protections for those rights.” Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the...
The Catholic Church has dedicated the month of May to the Blessed Virgin Mary to honor the mother of God and our mother. Christ gave his mother Mary to all humanity from the cross when he said to his apostle John, “Behold your mother.” Pope Francis reminded us of this...
The Vatican has announced that the Cardinal electors will enter the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave to elect the next pope on May 7, 2025. They will first celebrate the “Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff” in St. Peter’s Basilica that morning and proceed...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) hosted the inaugural meeting this week of a new task force to counter anti-Christian bias in federal government policies, regulations, and practices. Headed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, the task force’s first meeting on Tuesday...
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments for a lawsuit that will determine whether parents have the right to opt their elementary school children out of coursework that promotes gender ideology (Mahmoud v. Taylor). In May 2023, Catholic,...