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HarperCollins Christian Publishing announces launch of Harper Catholic

The new imprint will serve Catholic readers, authors, booksellers, parishes, and organizations.

A sign of peace at the ballpark: White Sox honor Pope Leo XIV with ‘pope night’

To pull off the unique promotion respectfully, the White Sox marketing team collaborated early on with Chicago priest Father Tom Hurley.

Lilly Endowment awards $5 million grant to Notre Dame

A grant for Notre Dame’s New Horizons program, a California Catholic school replaces pride flags, a Kansas formation house to become a seminary, and more in this Catholic education news roundup.

Catholic bishops urge compassion, access to care be reflected in Medicaid rule

U.S. bishops are encouraging changes to the rule that enforces work requirements for Medicaid recipients to ensure that people in need do not lose coverage.

Haiti bishop says gangs target Church as violence shuts parishes, schools

The Church is “the last remaining bulkhead — moral, ethical, spiritual, and prophetic,” Bishop Joseph Gontrand Décoste said. “That is why they want to eliminate us.”

Texas court orders hospitals to provide lifesaving care to baby at center of surrogacy dispute

A Texas district court ruled that UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center of Dallas were obligated to care for Gabriel, a baby due to be born to surrogate mother McKenna West.

Medicaid formally ends funds for ‘sex-rejecting procedures’ for minors with final rule

The development formalizes a policy of the Trump administration. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has urged government action in this area.

Oklahoma Catholic parish launches medical‑debt relief effort to help families facing crushing bills

St. Eugene Catholic Church’s $25,000 gift erased more than $6.5 million in medical debt.

Pope Leo XIV: Women and men in religious life ‘are called to become experts in synodality’

Pope Leo expressed gratitude for “the longstanding contributions” of religious institutions, highlighting their work in “evangelization, education, and caring for the poor and marginalized.”

Springfield Bishop Thomas Paprocki joins doctors, nursing home in suit against Illinois suicide law

The suit argues that Illinois’ “End-of-Life Options” law requires doctors to participate in helping patients kill themselves even if they conscientiously object to doing so.