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        <title>Catholic Bishops of England and Wales React to Reintroduction of Assisted Suicide Bill</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-17T13:56:37-05:00</pubDate>
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  <footer>Rob Stothard</footer>
  <figcaption>Campaigners against assisted dying gather outside the Houses of Parliament ahead of a House of Commons vote that rejected the legislation on Sept. 11, 2015, in London. </figcaption>
        </figure><p>On Wednesday, Labour member of Parliament Lauren Edwards reintroduced the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which failed to pass the House of Lords in April.</p>]]>
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        <title>EWTN Studios’ ‘Fork in the Road’: When Homeschooling Goes International</title>
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                <author>Gemma Flores</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-17T13:30:50-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>The Rey family poses together in Amsterdam in 2019.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>Host Jessica Rey talks faith, family, and educating her children on location throughout Catholic Europe. </p>]]>
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        <title>Cardinal Ruini, John Paul II’s Chief Strategist in Italy, Dies at Age 95</title>
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                <author>Edward Pentin</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-17T12:32:07-05:00</pubDate>
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  <footer>Franco Origlia</footer>
  <figcaption>Cardinal Camillo Ruini arrives in St. Peter Square for Palm Sunday Mass held by Pope Benedict XVI on April 17, 2011 in Vatican City, Vatican. </figcaption>
        </figure><p>Architect of the Italian Church’s ‘cultural project,’ he led high‑stakes fights over life, family, and secularism while seeking to re‑anchor Catholic witness in national culture.</p>]]>
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        <title>SCOTUS: Are Rights Without Remedies Rights at All?</title>
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                <author>Andrea Picciotti-Bayer</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-17T08:19:27-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>COMMENTARY: That’s what the Supreme Court will decide in ‘Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections.’</p>]]>
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        <title>Pope Leo XIV Prays for Parents Who Have Suffered the Loss of a Baby</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-17T08:08:47-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Pope Leo XIV embraces a baby during his apostolic journey to Spain.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>God's "divine love gives meaning to the life of every person and, far from ending with death, invites us to a new fullness in eternity,” the pope said.</p>]]>
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        <title>America at 250: U.S. Bishop Calls On Catholics to Lead Renewal</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-17T06:55:57-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Bishop Mark Brennan.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>Bishop Mark Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston is urging Catholics to reflect on the nation’s blessings and shortcomings while renewing their commitment to faith, human dignity, and the common good.</p>]]>
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        <title>The SSPX Leadership Against Scripture and Tradition</title>
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                <author>George Weigel</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-17T05:09:38-05:00</pubDate>
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  <footer>Fabrice Coffrini</footer>
  <figcaption>New priests prostrate themselves during the ordination Mass of the Society of St. Pius X in Écône, Switzerland, on June 29, 2009.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>COMMENTARY: Even if the Society of St. Pius X hits the brakes at the last moment and doesn’t commit formally schismatic acts, the grave problem posed by the SSPX will continue.</p>]]>
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        <title>‘Every Child Is a Dream of God’: Top 5 Moving Moments of Pope Leo XIV in Spain</title>
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                <author>Alyssa Murphy</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-16T21:01:08-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>HIGH IN THE SKIES: Pope Leo was all smiles while visiting the cockpit during his short flight from Madrid to Barcelona aboard Iberia Airlines on June 9, 2026. </figcaption>
        </figure><p>Watch the most compelling moments of the Holy Father's trip to Spain, including two children who captivated hearts and minds around the world. </p>]]>
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        <title>What Pope Leo Means for Fulton Sheen</title>
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                <author>Paul Kengor</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-16T20:57:07-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>(L-R) Pope Leo XIV and Venerable Fulton Sheen.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>COMMENTARY: The cause of our once best-known Catholic may well have been advanced by our new best-known Catholic.</p>]]>
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        <title>Ohio Governor DeWine Urges State to Abolish Death Penalty, Says There Is No ‘Moral Justification’ for It</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-16T16:12:26-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, center, attends a tour of a Thermo Fisher Scientific facility on March 11, 2026, in Reading, Ohio.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>The Legislature "can leave it up to a vote of the people" if it does not want to abolish capital punishment outright, the governor said.</p>]]>
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        <title>Pope Warns SSPX Bishop Ordinations Risk Deepening Schism</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-16T16:09:57-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Pope Leo XIV talks to reporters outside the papal villa of Castel Gandolfo on June 16, 2026, before returning to Rome after a daylong stay there.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) said it plans to consecrate four priests as bishops on July 1 without the permission of Pope Leo XIV.</p>]]>
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        <title>Appeals Court Rules Seton Hall University Does Not Have to Disclose Entirety of Sex Abuse Report</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-16T16:04:17-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Grass grows at the entrance to Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, July 26, 2025.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>The school has fought against the release of the report detailing its handling of abuse allegations connected to Theodore McCarrick.</p>]]>
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        <title>‘O Sacred Banquet’: A New Book Inspired by St. Thomas Aquinas’ Eucharistic Prayer</title>
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                <author>Zelda Caldwell</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-16T13:36:57-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Dominican Father Patrick Mary Briscoe explains why he has prayed a specific prayer for years.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>'O sacred banquet in which Christ becomes our food, the memory of his Passion is celebrated, the soul is filled with grace, and the pledge of future glory is given to us!' reads the prayer, which Dominican Father Patrick Mary Briscoe has prayed daily for years. </p>]]>
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        <title>Mary’s ‘Yes’ in the Age of AI: The Marian Heart of ‘Magnifica Humanitas’</title>
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                <author>Joseph Pronechen</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-16T12:18:47-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>‘No one manifests human personhood and humanity better than Our Lady,’ explains professor Mark Miravalle.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>Mark Miravalle discusses the Marian dimension of Pope Leo’s encyclical on Catholic social teaching and artificial intelligence.</p>]]>
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        <title>Speaking Truth to Power: When the Pope Addresses Governments</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-16T12:17:26-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Pope Leo XIV speaks at Palacio de las Cortes in Madrid, Spain, on June 8, 2026, becoming the first Pope in history to address the Spanish Parliament. </figcaption>
        </figure><p>From Westminster Hall to the U.N., popes have been invited to address civic assemblies during their travels. How have they used these speeches to challenge leaders on life, economics, and migration?</p>]]>
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        <title>Pope Leo XIV Says Care for Creation Is a Requirement of Faith</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-16T12:14:17-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Pope Leo XIV feeds fish during the Sept. 5, 2025, inauguration of Borgo Laudato Si’, an ecological village on the papal estate of Castel Gandolfo, 18 miles south of Rome. </figcaption>
        </figure><p>In a video message to the Austrian World Summit, the Pope urged believers, wealthy nations, and religious communities to help build a culture of care for the environment.</p>]]>
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        <title>Pope Leo XIV Defends Journalism Against the Drug of ‘Fake News’</title>
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  <footer>Javier Romero</footer>
  <figcaption>Pope Leo XIV talks to reporters outside the papal villa of Castel Gandolfo on May 5, 2026, before returning to Rome after a daylong stay there. </figcaption>
        </figure><p>In a message to an Italian newspaper, the Pope urged journalists to resist 'artificial polarizations' and serve as 'instruments of truth.'</p>]]>
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        <title>Ukraine Advocate Says Cathedral Bombing Reflects Broader Campaign Against Christianity</title>
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  <footer> Genya Savilov/AFP </footer>
  <figcaption>Smoke and fire rises from the Dormition Cathedral in the Orthodox complex of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra following a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on June 15, 2026, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>'This is certainly deliberate,' Ukraine Freedom Project Founder Steven Moore said of the attack on the historic 11th-century Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.</p>]]>
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        <title>Bitter Victory or Sweet Defeat in the Middle East, But Whose?</title>
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                <author>Alberto M. Fernandez</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-16T08:24:17-05:00</pubDate>
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  <footer>Mahmoud Zayyat</footer>
  <figcaption>People make their way through the heavily damaged historic market of Nabatieh as residents displaced by the fighting return to southern Lebanon on June 15, 2026. Israel&#039;s defence minister said on June 15, that Israeli forces would remain in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza indefinitely, hours after the United States and Iran agreed to end the Middle East war, including in Lebanon. </figcaption>
        </figure><p>COMMENTARY: The consequences of this war will only be revealed over time, months and even years into the future.</p>]]>
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        <title>Smartphones and Fertility: Studies Suggest a Link — and Complex Implications</title>
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                <author>Jonah McKeown</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-16T05:05:57-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>More phone time equals less babies? Studies consider the impact of digital tech.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>The rise of smartphone culture has had a negative effect on most kinds of in-person socialization, Catholic social scientists say, exacerbating loneliness and serving as a barrier to fruitful, holy relationships.</p>]]>
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