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How the American Revolution changed the future of Catholics in America

As America marks its 250th anniversary, the Revolution’s promise of religious liberty transformed Catholics from a persecuted minority into full participants in the new republic.

Wyoming Catholic College student wins Presidential 1776 Award

A Wyoming Catholic College student wins a White House civics competition, Benedictine College shows off its new library, and more in this week’s roundup of Catholic education news in the U.S.

What is the SSPX? A look at the traditionalist Catholic group in schism with the Church

The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is a traditionalist group that is not in full communion with the Catholic Church and has a canonically irregular status.

Seton Hall president ‘not implicated’ in internal sex allegation report, Newark Archdiocese says

Cardinal Joseph Tobin said Monsignor Joseph Reilly "responded promptly" to sexual harassment allegations, though he failed to follow Title IX requirements due to a lack of training.

Nun arrested by ICE while walking to Sunday Mass in Texas released after lawmakers’ intervention

The incident comes amid heightened immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, which has included operations near houses of worship.

Supreme Court will hear Catholic-backed Jewish religious liberty suit involving ‘finality’ rule

Daniel Grand is asking the high court to rule on his long-running lawsuit against the city of University Heights, Ohio.

Quantum physics meets Catholic theology at first-of-its-kind gathering

A new international meeting of physicists, philosophers, and theologians will take place July 12–15 at Chapman University in Orange, California.

A New Mexico mountain with Christ at the top is the latest battleground in U.S. immigration debate

Mount Cristo Rey in the Diocese of Las Cruces stands over a disputed patch of borderland that the U.S. government is attempting to seize from the Catholic Church.

Major relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque to visit Baltimore basilica

The reliquary that is touring the U.S. weighs nearly 150 pounds with its protective case. It contains St. Margaret Mary Alacoque’s clavicles, two of her ribs, and a small piece of her brain.

Supreme Court says states can ban men from competing in women’s sports

The high court said federal law allows schools to provide separate men’s and women’s sports teams.