Women pray the rosary before Mass in 2018 at Our Lady of Loretto Church in Hempstead, N.Y. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Study: Nearly half of US adults have ties to Catholicism, even if they don't go to church

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One-fifth of U.S. people are Catholic, but nearly half of U.S. adults have some connection to the church, including cultural or former Catholics, or those connected to the church in other ways, a Pew study says.

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A woman and her children walk past a sign for a U.S. Agency for International Development program in Dikwa, Nigeria, April 29, 2025. (AP/Sunday Alamba)

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The impact of Trump's cuts to humanitarian aid, by the numbers

Brooke Nichols, a professor of global health who models infectious diseases and used to work on a USAID-funded program herself, is crunching the numbers to quantify the impact of the pullback on U.S. humanitarian aid.

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Spanish Msgr. Fernando Ocariz, head of Opus Dei, answers questions during a media opportunity at the University of the Holy Cross in Rome on Jan. 24, 2017. (CNS/Paul Haring)
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Pope Leo XIV faces major test over Opus Dei reforms

When Pope Leo XIV summoned the leader of Opus Dei to see him, in one of his first official papal audiences, Vatican watchers immediately began to wonder what the meeting meant.

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Then-Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron addresses the 2015 World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia.

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MSW apologizes to Bishop Barron, sort of

NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters admits he hurled a throwaway line at Bishop Robert Barron and he is a substantial person. "He deserves more than what reads like a Twitter rant," Winters writes.

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Pope Francis arrives in procession with other bishops during Mass at the Maquehue Airport near Temuco, Chile, Jan. 17, 2018. (CNS/Paul Haring)

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7 decades of papacy illuminated in new book, 'Jesus Wept'

Tragedy and hope vie for thematic supremacy in Philip Shenon's newest book, Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church, a highly readable, character-driven narrative following seven convulsive decades within the papacy, Vatican and global church.

ByJason Berry

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New pope, new page: Peruvian designer leads makeover of Vatican website

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Early signs about where Pope Leo will lead the church

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Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' is a huge, ugly disaster

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On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear speaks to activist Frida Berrigan, co-founder of Witness Against Torture, a campaign calling for the closure of Guantanamo Bay detention center.

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People pass by a tank, parked on the National Mall, during preparations for an upcoming military parade commemorating the Army's 250th anniversary and coinciding with President Donald Trump's 79th birthday, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Trump's big, beautiful birthday parade puts US militarism on display

This isn't just a parade. It's political theater. It's the gospel of empire made visible: power dressed in patriotism, dominance masquerading as peace, writes Kat Armas. The parade with real purpose happened long ago.

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Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

What US adults think about Pope Leo XIV, according to a new AP-NORC poll

Just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff in the history of the Catholic Church, a new poll shows that American Catholics are feeling excited about their new religious leader.

Pope Leo XIV will escape Rome's heat in July by going to papal villa

Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, confirmed Leo would be staying in the Villa Barberini, the former summer residence of the Vatican secretaries of state; Francis turned the former papal palace on the town's main square into a museum, which opened in 2016.

ByCarol Glatz, Catholic News Service
Brother Leo and Gabby take a look at the weekend's events.

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The Leo Chronicles: Brother Leo and Gabby take a look at the weekend's events.

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Pope urges peace, warns against escalation in Middle East conflict

"I want to strongly renew an appeal to responsibility and reason," he said.

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Vatican presents ongoing plans to further reduce carbon footprint

St. Peter's Basilica and some of its surrounding buildings are working to reduce their environmental impact by becoming more energy efficient and promoting sustainability, based on findings by a scientific committee.

Pope Leo XIV receives a gift during a meeting with bishops from Madagascar visiting Rome for the Holy Year 2025 at the Vatican June 16, 2025. (CNS/Vatican Media)

Pope urges Madagascar's bishops to protect creation as prophetic mission

Pope Leo XIV asked Madagascar's bishops to embrace the care of creation as a central part of their prophetic ministry, calling on them to safeguard the unique ecological beauty and fragility of their homeland.

ByJustin McLellan, Catholic News Service
A file photo shows smoke from the American Electric Power's coal-fired Mountaineer Power Plant along the banks of the Ohio River in New Haven, W.Va. (OSV News/Jim West)
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Over the years, NCR has consistently called for climate action — and applauded when it happens. Here are the 10 most recent editorials focused on the climate, environment and Catholic teaching on care for creation.

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Augustinian Sr. Ediltrudis Clemente Chinchay works with female farmers in Nampula, Mozambique on sustainable farming method projects. She and Augustinian Sr. Aurora Jacinto run the Biodiversity and Agricultural Program, founded in Nampula in 2022 to support and educate female farmers. (Tawanda Karombo)

Augustinian sisters sustain environment and livelihoods in Mozambique

Amid a humanitarian crisis, program teaches women sustainable farming practices. 

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Star Wars' 'Andor' takes on the American empire

In showing exactly what it takes to resist the ever-growing power of a fascist empire, Disney's "Andor" serves as both a prophetic example — and a desperate warning cry.

Pope Francis arrives in procession with other bishops during Mass at the Maquehue Airport near Temuco, Chile, Jan. 17, 2018. (CNS/Paul Haring)

7 decades of papacy illuminated in new book, 'Jesus Wept'

Tragedy and hope vie for thematic supremacy in Philip Shenon's newest book, Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church, a highly readable, character-driven narrative following seven convulsive decades within the papacy, Vatican and global church.

ByJason Berry
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Mike Flanagan talks about Stephen King, the empathy of horror and 'The Life of Chuck'

 Horror, is "sometimes the wrapper the story is in, but you have to understand that he's writing about love, and he's writing about humanity," the filmmaker said.   

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Scarlett Johansson looking at Jonathan Bailey holding an egg in "Jurassic World: Rebirth." (Universal Pictures)

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Hollywood's serving up a perfect mix of nostalgia and fresh takes this summer, promising an epic lineup of blockbuster films ready to entertain, excite and surprise moviegoers in 2025.

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Protesting Trump, US sisters hail 'No Kings' events as 'beginning of a movement'

The June 14 "No Kings" marches and rallies, held nationwide, were organized to protest the Trump administration's policies on immigration and the social safety net.

Thousands of victims were shot to death at the execution wall at Auschwitz.
Columns

Atrocities of Auschwitz and Birkenau compel us to act with love

"We must study the past to understand the present and avoid repeating the darkest periods in our history," writes Sr. Maryann Agnes Mueller. 

ByMaryann Agnes Mueller
Two Daughters of Our Lady of the Visitation visit people living on a boat in a river in Hue in 1970. (Courtesy photo)

Against the tides of war: Vietnamese sisters recall the price of faith and survival

After the war ended in April 1975, Vietnam's communist regime nationalized, "borrowed" or shut down nearly all church-run institutions.

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The symbol of a life revealed in a love story

"The oratorio as a whole was an expression of the restlessness of the human heart. That's why the story became a symbol — a bridge to the lives of those who listened," writes Sr. Begoña Costillo.

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