St. Francis Xavier offers the faithful, especially young people who are itching to make a difference in the world, a wonderful example of how to find courage in prayer and spread the joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis said.

While older people love to complain about “young people today,” they must admit that the younger generations are leading the way in opposing “an economic system that is unfair to the poor and an enemy of the environment,” Pope Francis wrote.

House Republicans accused the Biden administration May 16 of a “double standard” on the enforcement of a federal law crafted to protect access to reproductive health facilities.

North Carolina’s Legislature May 16 overrode the Democratic governor’s veto of a 12-week abortion ban, allowing the measure to be enacted. The bill, an outlier among states that have passed abortion restrictions since Dobbs, now becomes law despite a pressure campaign from Gov. Roy Cooper for lawmakers to reject it.

Among the 11,500 members’ demands to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, is that any forthcoming contract agreement should “regulate use of material produced using artificial intelligence or similar technologies.”

As the U.S. marks National Police Week, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Va., has issued a statement honoring law enforcement officers, both living and dead.

Germany’s Catholic Church will be forced to give up a third of its properties in the face of dwindling membership and revenue, according to a new report, with many buildings facing demolition unless converted to other uses.

Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S. are hailing a surprise meeting between Pope Francis and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with a mixture of elation and wariness.

Pope Francis plans to ask Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville, Tennessee, to resign in response to a Vatican-ordered investigation of sexual abuse cover-up and financial mismanagement, according to a report by The Pillar.

North Carolina’s Democratic governor vetoed a 12-week abortion ban in May, but the state’s Republican Legislature may have the votes necessary to override him provided every single lawmaker holds firm against the governor’s pressure campaign.