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Has the annual Catholic-fest become less progressive? Executive editor Heidi Schlumpf found speakers talking about LGBTQ and women's issues, and people in the crowd wanting more.

On Feb. 17, 82 people began a hunger strike at two central California immigration detention centers, protesting the facilities' conditions and demanding their closure.

Citing rising operating costs, declining enrollment and an increased need for institutional aid, officials at Holy Names University in Oakland said the school will close at the end of the academic year in May.

We say: An intruder broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home and assaulted her husband, Paul. But outrage over political violence is replaced with misinformation. Catholics must oppose both violence and lies. 

The process of converting bodies into soil is now legal in California after Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 18 signed a bill that will allow human composting in the Golden State.

After the consistory that included a new U.S. cardinal, columnist Michael Sean Winters thinks the U.S. church's future is looking brighter than it has in a long time.

Catholic Leonard Leo's new Marble Freedom Trust just received a $1.6 billion donation, but the whole thing stinks, says political columnist Michael Sean Winters.

Heat-related illness and death are a growing problem in U.S. agriculture, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration still hasn't established national safety guidelines.