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        <title>U.S. Bishops Echo Pope Leo’s Concern of AI Use in War</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-04T16:22:15-05:00</pubDate>
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        </figure><p>The bishops urged that 'judgments over life and death, the gravest of human challenges, must remain bound to our living consciences.'</p>]]>
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        <title>Illinois Diocese Asks Court to Block Law Requiring It to Hire Nonbelievers</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-04T13:39:14-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>On June 3 the Alliance Defending Freedom, which is representing both the diocese and the pregnancy center, said it had filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit over the dispute.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>The Diocese of Springfield says the state Human Rights Act violates its religious freedom, including the right to hire workers who agree with its religious mission.</p>]]>
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        <title>Italian Bishop’s Call to Evangelize Muslims Wins Support From Converts’ Network</title>
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                <author>Edward Pentin</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-04T13:00:15-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>A view of the Dome of the Rock, from a window with cross ironwork, in Jerusalem.</figcaption>
        </figure><p> The St. Nicholas Tavelic Network backs his emphasis on charity and respect in proclaiming the Gospel to Muslims and the necessity of a visible Christian identity. </p>]]>
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        <title>Is the Church as Troubled as the SSPX Claims?</title>
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                <author>Larry Chapp</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-04T12:49:24-05:00</pubDate>
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        </figure><p>COMMENTARY: While the Catholic Church faces serious difficulties, the situation is not as dire as the SSPX claims. The best counterargument the Church can offer is a renewed focus on the many things that are right with the Church.</p>]]>
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        <title>Beauteous Truth: Love, Reason and Imagination</title>
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                <author>Joseph Pearce</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-04T10:56:54-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Details of Raphael’s “School of Athens” (left) and “Disputation of the Holy Sacrament,” painted between 1509 and 1510, in the Raphael Stanze at the Vatican.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>COMMENTARY: An age that can’t think objectively or love self-sacrificially can still be touched by beauty.</p>]]>
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        <title>Hero Priest Tackles Suspect and Helps Woman After Hit-and-Run in Detroit</title>
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                <author>Alyssa Murphy</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-04T10:35:56-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Rev. Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins currently serves as the pastor at St. Joseph Shrine in Detroit.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>‘Just another day in the D,’ Rev. Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins told local media after surviving the harrowing ordeal.</p>]]>
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        <title>Sister Blandina’s Canonization Cause Clears Theological Review</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-04T09:18:25-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Servant of God Sister of Charity Blandina Segale. </figcaption>
        </figure><p>'There was no debate” among Vatican theologians, but it was rather a “celebration,' petitioner Allen Sanchez said.</p>]]>
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        <title>June Consistory of Cardinals Will Address Synod, War, Artificial Intelligence</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-04T08:33:35-05:00</pubDate>
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        </figure><p>The gathering will function as 'a space for mutual listening, discernment, and shared exploration of certain issue,' Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re said.</p>]]>
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        <title>The Theology of Presence</title>
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                <author>Andrea M. Picciotti-Bayer</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-04T07:43:59-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Teresa Bayer spends time with the Simpson kids. The two families have forged a tight-knit friendship.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>COMMENTARY: It’s as old as the Visitation, and we should learn to practice it.</p>]]>
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        <title>Women Are Being Left Out of the AI Conversation: Should We Care?</title>
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                <author>Solène Tadié</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-03T22:58:15-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>What does the feminine genius have to say about AI?</figcaption>
        </figure><p>As the world increasingly turns to the Catholic Church for guidance on the ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence, is the feminine genius being stifled out of the conversation?</p>]]>
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        <title>Archdiocese of Washington Removes Prominent Exorcist Over Remarks Linking UFOs to Demonic Activity</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-03T16:52:34-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Monsignor Stephen Rossetti. </figcaption>
        </figure><p>Monsignor Stephen Rossetti's claims about aerial phenomena and demons 'gravely undermined' the Church's teachings, Cardinal Robert McElroy said.</p>]]>
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        <title>Archbishop of Westminster to Lead Record Episcopal Presence at UK March for Life</title>
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                <author>Edward Pentin</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-03T16:10:49-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>March for Life UK kicks off for 2025.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>Unprecedented turnout signals heightened priority for pro-life witness in Britain.</p>]]>
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        <title>A Cure for Clerical Loneliness: 8 Diocesan Priests Find Brotherhood Under One Roof</title>
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                <author>Zelda Caldwell</author>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-03T10:35:47-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>L to R: Msgr. Patrick Gaalaas and seminarian Max Williams face off in a friendly game of chess on May 26, 2026, at the Holy Family Cathedral rectory in Tulsa, Oklahoma.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>‘It has been wonderful to live in community,’ says Father Joshua Votruba, adding that ‘the brotherhood’ has been a tremendous support.</p>]]>
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        <title>India Tribunal Urges End to ‘Impunity’ As Anti-Christian Violence Climbs</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-03T10:05:03-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Participants attend the People&#039;s Tribunal on Violence Against Christians in India, titled &#039;Caravan of Love,&#039; in New Delhi on June 1, 2026. Catholic activist John Dayal is seated third from right. </figcaption>
        </figure><p>Christian, Hindu, and Muslim groups joined a People’s Tribunal in New Delhi that documented a sharp rise in attacks on Christians and demanded the government curb ‘impunity.’</p>]]>
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        <title>Pope Leo XIV: We Must Rediscover Signs and Symbols of the Sacred Liturgy</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-03T09:23:23-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Pope Leo XIV speaks during the general audience in Saint Peter&#039;s Square on June 3, 2026.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>The pontiff continued his catechesis on the Second Vatican Council's teaching on the liturgy during his weekly general audience.</p>]]>
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        <title>Archbishop Coakley: Encyclical Urges Keeping Human Dignity Central in Judging Tech</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-06-03T09:18:54-05:00</pubDate>
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  <figcaption>Archbishop Paul Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks a June 2, 2026, panel held by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. </figcaption>
        </figure><p>Archbishop Coakley spoke at a virtual panel held by Georgetown University's Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life that explored what the encyclical is asking.</p>]]>
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  <figcaption> Pope John Paul II, with the U.S. Capitol in the background, blesses the crowd gathered at the National Mall, where he celebrated Mass, on Oct. 7, 1979. Leaving the U.S. after his tour, the Pope said, “My final prayer is this: that God will bless America so that she may increasingly become, and truly be and long remain, ‘One nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.’ God bless America.” 
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        </figure><p>COMMENTARY: Spurred by his groundbreaking visit in 1979, the most influential Catholic in the 20th century had high hopes for the U.S. </p>]]>
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  <figcaption>Jay Richards, the director of the Heritage Foundation’s DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family, speaks at a Fidelity Month gathering on June 9, 2025, in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>Fidelity Month, a celebration of God, family, and America, has been recognized by elected officials across the country this June.</p>]]>
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  <figcaption>Sacred Heart of Jesus, we place all of our trust in you.</figcaption>
        </figure><p>America at 250: Also tune in to consecration Masses on EWTN.</p>]]>
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        <title>‘Rural Revival’? Inside the Surprising Catholic Convert Spike in America’s Heartland</title>
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  <figcaption>The faithful process through the countryside in the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa, June 2025. </figcaption>
        </figure><p>Rural dioceses are experiencing new signs of life and deserve to be as much a part of the ‘Catholic revival’ conversation as their big-city counterparts.</p>]]>
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