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Little Sisters argue contraception mandate case before 3rd Circuit as long fight continues

The dispute stems from a 2011 federal rule requiring employers to include contraception coverage in employee health plans under the Affordable Care Act.

Pennsylvania Catholic schools brace for possible tax-credit cuts

If a bill passed by the state House eliminating the tax credits becomes law, scholarship organizations would lose their funding source and students would lose tuition assistance.

Texas immigrant legal aid ministry faces closure after federal payments withheld

Estrella del Paso in El Paso, Texas, has seen its cash reserves depleted since payments stopped arriving in December 2025, according to executive director Melissa Lopez.

Planned Parenthood regains federal funding after yearlong pause

Advocates for unborn children criticized the administration for failing to maintain the defunding of the abortion giant.

Various U.S. bishops ‘invite home’ SSPX attendees after excommunications of leadership

Catholic bishops with Society of St. Pius X locations in their areas are forbidding Catholics from attending SSPX services and urging attendees and SSPX priests to return to the Catholic Church.

China releases detained Christian pastor Ezra Jin Mingri

Jin was arrested by Chinese authorities on Oct. 10, 2025.

U.S. solicitor general urges Supreme Court to stop Colorado’s exclusion of Catholic preschools

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether Colorado violated the First Amendment by excluding Catholic preschools from its universal preschool program.

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage 2026 ends in Philadelphia, mission of evangelization continues

Thousands of pilgrims braved the heat on Sunday as the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage reached its final stop in Philadelphia.

Catholic Charities Fort Worth expands research-backed anti-poverty program to Illinois

Catholic Charities Fort Worth developed the Padua program, which is an anti-poverty program that "meets clients where they are."

Pope Leo XIV praises U.S. Eucharistic pilgrims, highlights country’s ‘strong Eucharistic heritage’

The Holy Father addressed pilgrims at the close of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, which concluded in Philadelphia on July 5.