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“Thank God there is at least this memorandum,” Pope Leo XIV said this evening, when asked by journalists about the recent agreement between the United States and Iran outlining additional steps toward ending the war between the two countries.
“There will still be several points to be established,” the pope said, “but it is always better to do so through dialogue, through negotiation, rather than returning to war.”
‘At rallies organised by the pro-life movement, not only are anti-feminist, authoritarian and Christian fundamentalist ideas and positions disseminated, but they are also sometimes ethno-racist, homophobic and transphobic, or they downplay the Holocaust,’ the KFD paper alleged.
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A major German Catholic women’s group adopted a document on pregnancy-related crises that caused controversy among pro-life groups and other Catholic leaders.
During its national assembly on 4-6 June, the Catholic Women’s Union of Germany (KFD) approved by a large majority the publication of the position paper “Between protecting life and self-determination”.
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Religious scholar Huston Smith describes how the first Christians spread the gospel message through their happiness, beyond any particular words they shared:
The compassion the disciples had encountered in Jesus was powerful—victorious over everything. This conviction had transformed a dozen or so disconsolate followers of a slain and discredited leader into one of the most dynamic forces in human history, and the tongues of fire that descended upon them at Pentecost set the Mediterranean world aflame. People who were not speakers waxed eloquent. They exploded across the Greco-Roman world, preaching what has come to be called “the gospel”; in the original Greek the phrase is “the Good News.” They spread their message with such fervor that in Jesus’s very generation it took root in every major city of the region….
Vice President JD Vance, a convert to Catholicism whose faith has been central to his adult life, writes about his religious journey in a new book that could ultimately serve as a sort of origin story for a future presidential campaign.
“Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith” comes out Tuesday from Harper, and The Associated Press obtained a copy ahead of its release. The HarperCollins imprint also put out “Hillbilly Elegy,” the best-selling memoir from 2016 that helped make Vance a national figure.
Vance has been working on and off on his new book since then, a tumultuous decade that included a Hollywood movie about his youth, a short stint as a U.S. senator from Ohio and now vice president to Donald Trump.
A democratic government should serve its people through a commitment to justice, respect for the rule of law and the promotion of the common good. When developing the U.S. Constitution, the framers committed themselves to versions of these goals in the document’s preamble. Yet one might be forgiven for thinking that we are now in danger of returning to a society in which “we the people” are simply subjects meant to pay and obey, while those who govern us act only in their own interests to accumulate power and profit. Despite its lofty intentions, our Constitution is not helping matters.
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National Catholic Register - EWTN [Irondale AL]
June 14, 2026
By Faith Hakesley
Read original articleCommentary: A bad priest deeply wounded me, but through the faithfulness and holiness of other priests, I was gradually led back toward hope, healing, truth and renewal.
As Father’s Day approaches, I find myself thinking about my own wonderful dad, as well as my husband, the father of our six children.
The love of good fathers leaves lasting marks on the lives entrusted to them, and their sacrifices matter more than we realize. Thank you, fathers and father figures!
I also find myself thinking about our priests. That may sound strange coming from a survivor of clerical abuse. I was sexually abused by a priest (now laicized) when I was 15. That sort of memory doesn’t just leave you overnight but, by the grace of God, there is life after abuse. His grace shines into even the darkest of places.
Catholic priests have become the subject of countless jokes, memes…
