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Poll: Trump trails Pope Leo by 54 points in favorability rating

by Kate Scanlon - OSV News June 4, 202

Left: Pope Leo XIV waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Right: President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. Credit: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Alex Brandon)

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A new poll shows President Donald Trump trailing Pope Leo XIV by 54 percentage points in net favorability.

The Economist/YouGov survey, released June 2, was conducted May 29 to June 1, after the release of Pope Leo’s new encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” addressing the human dignity concerns posed by artificial intelligence. It also comes amid souring public sentiment on the war in Iran.

 

One in four Gen Z women in Ireland ‘will never have children’

Sarah Mac Donald

05 June 2026, The Tablet

Irish women are having significantly fewer children than their mothers and grandmothers and Gen Z women are on course for an historically high level of childlessness according to a new report.

“Choice or Circumstance? Rising Childlessness in Ireland” predicts that one in four Gen Z women in Ireland will never have any children. The study was commissioned by Iona Institute, a Christian advocacy and research body.

It tracks a consistent trajectory of increasing childlessness as each passing generation of Irish women has entered their 30s and warns that there is no sign of a turnaround.

Bishop Barron and the American founding: A tale of unnecessary confusion

 

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Bishop Barron and the American founding: A tale of unnecessary confusion

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Something is wrong with the modern university. Catholic social teaching offers a solution.

by Richard A. Greenwald June 3, 2026

Something has gone badly wrong in the American university. The stories are numerous, but two examples give a sense of where we find ourselves. First, a lecturer at the University of California’s Berkeley campus finds himself suspended for discussing politics after class ends. And at Cornell University, when a law professor complains that a colleague’s course on Gaza is antisemitic, the interim president publicly criticizes the course—prompting the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors to condemn “an egregious threat to academic freedom.”

Your Catholic Guide to the 2026 N.B.A. Finals: Spurs Sisters vs. Villanova Knicks

 Your Catholic Guide to the 2026 N.B.A. Finals: Spurs Sisters vs. Villanova Knicks

by Edward Desciak June 3, 2026

Credit: Will Gualtiere/AP/NBA

Time to hoop like it’s 1999.

Tonight is the start of the championship matchup between two teams who last competed for the Larry O’Brien Trophy 27 years ago, when the Spurs won the first of their five titles, and the Knicks entered a quarter-century of humiliation. The series is also likely to become a flashpoint for many a cultural battle—Texas v. New York, Republican v. Democrat, rural v. urban and…Augustinian v. Salesian?

As America’s executive vice president of sports analytics, I’m here to tell you everything you need to know—as a Catholic and as a sports fan—before Game 1 tips off tonight on ABC at 8:30 p.m.

In 'Magnifica Humanitas,' Pope Leo proposes synodality to the whole world

 

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In 'Magnifica Humanitas,' Pope Leo proposes synodality to the whole world

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Reflections on Pope Leo’s First Encyclical

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With the media coverage of Pope Leo’s first encyclical, Magnicifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in a Time of Artificial Intelligence, we might assume that we know what he says without reading the text ourselves. I confess to wondering if I had the energy to take it on, but the opening paragraph drew me in: