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Notre-Dame Cathedral enters final stage of restoration following 2019 fire

The cathedral has reopened but restoration work remains to be done, including on the western rose window.

Little Sisters argue contraception mandate case before 3rd Circuit as long fight continues

The dispute stems from a 2011 federal rule requiring employers to include contraception coverage in employee health plans under the Affordable Care Act.

Pennsylvania Catholic schools brace for possible tax-credit cuts

If a bill passed by the state House eliminating the tax credits becomes law, scholarship organizations would lose their funding source and students would lose tuition assistance.

Texas immigrant legal aid ministry faces closure after federal payments withheld

Estrella del Paso in El Paso, Texas, has seen its cash reserves depleted since payments stopped arriving in December 2025, according to executive director Melissa Lopez.

Planned Parenthood regains federal funding after yearlong pause

Advocates for unborn children criticized the administration for failing to maintain the defunding of the abortion giant.

Why a WWII massacre dispute is testing Poland’s support for Ukraine

A tit-for-tat over honors, a contested genocide, and a warning for Kyiv's EU hopes: how a World War II memory dispute unraveled Poland-Ukraine relations in six weeks.

Various U.S. bishops ‘invite home’ SSPX attendees after excommunications of leadership

Catholic bishops with Society of St. Pius X locations in their areas are forbidding Catholics from attending SSPX services and urging attendees and SSPX priests to return to the Catholic Church.

China releases detained Christian pastor Ezra Jin Mingri

Jin was arrested by Chinese authorities on Oct. 10, 2025.

U.S. solicitor general urges Supreme Court to stop Colorado’s exclusion of Catholic preschools

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether Colorado violated the First Amendment by excluding Catholic preschools from its universal preschool program.

Pope Leo XIV blesses Slovak pilgrimage as thousands mark Sts. Cyril and Methodius feast

Cardinal Ladislav Nemet called the faithful to their Christian roots in Nitra as tens of thousands honored Sts. Cyril and Methodius on July 5 across Slovakia and the Czech Republic.