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In Fight Against Antisemitism, Israel Steps Up US Catholic Outreach

View of Aug. 13, 2026, meeting attended by a delegation of U.S. Catholic influencers in Haifa, Israel, with, from left to right: Tammy Ben-Haim, head of Religious and Interfaith Affairs, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Father Stephen Akers of the Diocese of Monterey, California; Archbishop Youssef Matta, Melkite Greek archbishop of Acre, Haifa, Nazareth, and All Galilee; and Cesare Marjieh, senior director of the Christian Department of Israel’s Ministry of Interior Affairs.

The Coalition of Catholics Against Antisemitism has been tapped by the Government of Israel as part of its latest outreach to American Catholics.

AI Isn’t Evil — but Prudence Is Essential

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A newly constructed hyperscale data center stands in Eemshaven, Groningen province, the Netherlands.

COMMENTARY: As we enter into this new world of AI technology, we will have to be ethically cautious and vigilant.

Sixth Chinese Bishop Ordained Under Pope Leo XIV

Several episcopal appointments and recognitions have taken place in China since Leo’s election.

Bishop Paolo Liu Honggang is the third bishop ordained in China in two months and the sixth episcopal consecration during Leo’s pontificate amid implementation of the Vatican-Beijing agreement.

Cardinal Invites Young People to ‘Farm Aura’ With Christ

Under the Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s 'Slang and Trending' category, aura farming means 'the act of doing something to look cool, impressive, stylish, etc.'

Archbishop Fernando Chomali of Santiago, Chile, took the opportunity to reference a trend among Latin American youth to redirect their ambitions in life from looking cool to serving Christ with joy.

China Pressured a US Catholic Group to Censor Its Keynote Speaker. They Complied.

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Fenggang Yang, a professor of sociology at Purdue University and director of its Center on Religion and Chinese Society, is the author of ‘Religion in China: Survival and Revival Under Communist Rule.’

Emails obtained by the Register show that the US-China Catholic Association canceled a prominent professor’s keynote address after Chinese government officials requested his removal from the conference program.

Hope for Broken Marriages: One Couple’s Story

Harold Figueras and Mariela Villanueva.

Starting out their marriage without God at the center, the couple became estranged and the husband left, but things began to change when their daughter asked her mom, “Teach me to pray.”