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COMMENTARY: The history of early public schools should make Catholics wary of allowing public officials to dictate religious affairs.In 1859, 10-year-old Thomas Whall was beaten with a stick by a public-school administrator for refusing…

Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is defending his campaign’s controversial advertisement featuring the estranged mother of Democratic rival Amy Acton. Appearing Monday on “Fox & Friends,” Ramaswamy showed no…

You’ve talked to a cute barista at your favorite coffee shop for months, but you only see her when she’s working.You’ve become good buddies with a guy at work, but you’ve never hung out with him outside the office.You really enjoy…

Archbishop Jeffrey Grob said his “intention was never to cause confusion, anger, or disappointment among the people entrusted to my care” and that the meeting was publicized without consent.Archbishop Jeffrey Grob of Milwaukee on Sunday…

Embattled Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar scrubbed a post from her social media that identifies her father, a key piece of evidence towards the claim that she married her brother.Omar deleted a 2013 post that said, “Happy Father’s Day…

Alliance Defending Freedom has urged Egyptian authorities to free six young Christians after they posted a TikTok video that authorities considered offensive to Islam.CAIRO — Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has urged Egyptian…

A Somali rap song that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), whose real name is “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi,” according to the Department of Justice, set as background music in a video of a lakeside stroll threatens to punish, humiliate, and subjugate the…

The attack took place during a funeral Friday, and security authorities are continuing their investigation and search for the perpetrators.The death toll from the armed attack on St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Hamoud, in southern…

The half-sister of Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed wrote in 2016 that federal agents had searched the home she shared with their mother, the Washington Free Beacon reported Saturday.Eman Abdelhadi, a University of…

The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Central Giza saidaid no one was hurt after a fire was set inside the Church of the Virgin Mary in Giza.The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Central Giza announced that a small fire broke out inside the Church of…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a Spanish-language video Friday instructing residents on how to respond to encounters with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including how to refuse agents entry into private spaces,…

Why your protein powder costs so much more now. Back in 2018, I wrote a guide to chugging whey as a cheap, low-hassle way to hit your protein goals. Whey protein is still a low-hassle way to hit your protein goals, but it ain’t cheap…

In Nashville, Vesper Club is creating a space for young adults to build friendships and community without having to choose between their faith and a social life.Suits and ties mingled with long dresses as several hundred young adults…

Republicans say California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting push could become a “national embarrassment,” pointing to a new poll showing Republican Jim Desmond just three points behind his Democrat opponent despite millions of…

Missouri voters have a chance to reverse an expansive 2024 pro-abortion measure, but the Show-Me State remains a complicated pro-life battleground.On Nov. 3, Missouri could become the first U.S. state to reverse a previously passed…

Meghan Markle has responded to the allegations that her estranged father was in possession of child pornography, after her half-brother revealed this week that he found “hundreds, if not thousands” of child sexual abuse images in their…

COMMENTARY: All catechesis should be incremental, communal, prayerful, liturgical, doctrinal and transformative.What does it take to make someone a Catholic? The waters of baptism bring new birth, yet when we look around, we find many…

The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into former Homeland Security adviser Corey Lewandowski over allegations that he improperly profited from his influential position at the department.The inquiry follows a…

From an outfielder who minored in theology to a pitcher whose mom is a Catholic school teacher, the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays both have players — and storylines — that Catholics can get behind.Pope Leo XIV’s beloved Chicago…

Country music legend John Anderson died at the age of 71, just days after attending the Country Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Nashville.“It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share the passing of our beloved husband,…