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U.S. bishops approve revised version of Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People

The document, also known as “the Dallas Charter,” is a set of procedures originally established in 2002 to address allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy.

Department of Justice backs Catholic football coach suing university over COVID vaccine mandate

Coach Nick Rolovich launched a suit against Washington State University several years ago after he was fired by the school for refusing the COVID-19 shot.

Disability advocates file federal suits over ‘imminent risk’ of New York, Illinois suicide laws

Laws that allow doctors to help kill their patients risk a "deadly and discriminatory system" for disabled individuals, suits argue.

New York bishops say gender-neutral language law ‘mocks the foundation of the family’

Under the new law, “mother” would be replaced with “gestating parent,” and "father" would become “non-gestating parent."

Higher ed leader urges bishops to protect Catholic identity at universities

Dartmouth provost and former Notre Dame dean Santiago Schnell called on U.S. bishops to take a more active role in safeguarding Catholic identity in education.

European Court of Human Rights rules governments cannot ban evangelization

The Strasbourg court found that a Bulgarian city's vaguely worded ban on “religious propaganda” breached the right to freedom of religion under the European Convention.

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage brings Christ through rainy streets of historic Baltimore

Thousands gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on June 10 for Mass and a Eucharistic procession through downtown Baltimore.

At FIFA 2026 World Cup, abortion survivors to share their stories

An advertising campaign is set to play at the FIFA 2026 World Cup to give sports fans the opportunity to encounter the stories of abortion survivors.

U.S. bishops approve advancing cause of Minnesota missionary priest Joseph Buh

The favorable vote allows the Diocese of Duluth to continue pursuing the canonization cause of the priest known as the “patriarch of Duluth.”

U.S. bishops vote to advance beatification cause for Catholic layman John Rick Miller

The bishops voted overwhelmingly in favor of advancing the canonization cause of lay Catholic John Rick Miller, a businessman and missionary.