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Man who killed Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman receives consecutive life sentences

Vance Boelter was sentenced for the murder of Rep. Melissa Hortman, a Catholic lawmaker who once taught Sunday school and volunteered in her parish’s children’s faith formation program.

Ann Teresa O’Neill, healed in Seton canonization miracle, dies at 78

As a young girl, Ann Teresa O’Neill’s miraculous cure from leukemia was accepted as a miracle to advance St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s path to sainthood.

Federal guidance on religious liberty reflects church autonomy, parental rights rulings

The update is the first revision to the guidance since 2017.

House panel clashes over Delaney Hall conditions amid accounts of detainee mistreatment

Republicans insisted reports of medical neglect, spoiled food, and blocked oversight were “false narratives,” while Democrats pointed to deaths in ICE custody and allegations of substandard care.

Nearly 60 lawmakers urge investigation of ‘D.C. Five’ aborted babies

In 2022, police found the remains of at least five aborted fetuses at the Washington, D.C., home of an activist affiliated with the group Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising.

Jury orders New Jersey Marianist retreat center to pay $3 million to victim of 1970s abuse

The Marianist Family Retreat Center in Cape May Point is facing several other lawsuits over allegations of decades-old abuse.

Maryland parish pays off public school lunch debt for entire county

A Maryland Catholic parish paid off $11,800 in school lunch debt in Frederick County, expanding a ministry that has provided weekend meals to children since 2014.

St. Mary Magdalene: The first witness to the Resurrection

Once known as a sinful woman, Mary Magdalene became the Apostle to the Apostles and the first witness to the Resurrection.

U.S., Catholic Relief Services send first Cuba aid flight under Rubio plan

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) will deliver kits of prepackaged food and hygiene kits for up to 700 Cuban families.

Mount Cristo Rey bill seeks to block federal land seizure

Two border bishops have expressed support for legislation that would block the government from taking diocesan land by eminent domain for border fence construction.