- Scottish Catholic bishop: Scotland ‘must stand with both mother and child’by Kate Quiñones on September 4, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.
- Prayer platform marks St. Teresa’s canonization anniversary by taking petitions to her tombby Diego López Colín on September 4, 2026 at 8:10 pm
In collaboration with the Missionaries of Charity, the prayer social network Hozana has created a way to have petitions placed on St. Teresa’s tomb in India.
- Nashville schools offer AI safety talk for Catholic familiesby Madalaine Elhabbal on September 4, 2026 at 7:40 pm
“A Catholic Family’s Guide to AI Safety,” DePaul University partners with the Vatican on sustainability, and more in this week’s education roundup.
- Insurers will pay out extra $30 million in Winona-Rochester Diocese abuse settlementby Daniel Payne on September 4, 2026 at 3:38 pm
The Minnesota diocese paid out another multimillion-dollar settlement several years ago.
- Pope Leo XIV to Arab-region churches: ‘Do not be afraid of your smallness’by Elias Turk on September 4, 2026 at 2:52 pm
The pope met with members of the Council of Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions on Thursday in Rome, offering a message of hope and encouragement in the midst of crisis and uncertainty.
- Pope Leo XIV points to St. John Henry Newman as a model for education todayby Victoria Cardiel on September 4, 2026 at 2:06 pm
The pontiff urged Oxford scholars to seek truth courageously and promote an education rooted in human dignity, justice and the common good.
- U.S. bishops focus on young people, artificial intelligence in Labor Day messageby Tyler Arnold on September 4, 2026 at 11:40 am
The Labor Day message echoed Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas on artificial intelligence.
- Pope Leo XIV to seminarians: ‘As I look at each of you, I see the marvelousness of God’by Victoria Cardiel on September 4, 2026 at 10:45 am
The pope told the seminarians that the call of God is gratuitous and not based on any merit of theirs, adding that their presence is a sign of hope for the Church in that God continues to call.
- 10 years a saint: The truth about Mother Teresa’s care for the dyingby Daniel Payne on September 4, 2026 at 10:00 am
Critics of the devout religious superior have for years alleged that she refused to administer anesthetics to the sick and dying at her mission in Calcutta.
- Human rights group calls Nicaragua’s constitutional reforms a ‘usurpation of power’by Walter Sánchez Silva on September 3, 2026 at 10:15 pm
The Ortega-Murilla regime has approved reforms that bar the opposition from participating in elections, drawing strong opposition from exiled leaders, the United States, Costa Rica and Peru.
- Maine high court says father can prevent daughter from attending mother’s churchby Daniel Payne on September 3, 2026 at 7:30 pm
The mother will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court over the ruling from the state court, attorneys said.
- Cardinal Cupich, Catholic religious sisters sue Illinois to halt assisted suicide lawby Daniel Payne on September 3, 2026 at 7:00 pm
The state recently began allowing doctors to help patients kill themselves by prescribing lethal doses of medication.
- Hong Kong judges uphold Cardinal Zen’s conviction over fund to help protestersby Tyler Arnold on September 3, 2026 at 5:57 pm
Zen and four others face monetary fines, but it’s unclear whether they will face further prosecution.
- Abuse prevention, liturgy central to Vatican courses for new bishopsby Victoria Cardiel on September 3, 2026 at 5:03 pm
The program has been a fixture of the Church calendar since 2000, when it was launched by St. John Paul II.
- Jonathan Roumie, Bishop Robert Barron to headline first annual ‘Sheen Awards’by Daniel Payne on September 3, 2026 at 3:48 pm
The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation and Peoria Bishop Lou Tylka announced the list of speakers for the Sept. 25 event, which will be held at the Peoria Civic Center.
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