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White House Religious Liberty Commission Presents Recommendations

Members of the White House Religious Liberty Commission, including Bishop Robert Barron and Ethics and Public Policy Center President Ryan Anderson, delivered their final report to President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on June 26, 2026.

The panel urged repeal of the Johnson Amendment, creation of religious liberty violation hotlines, Know Your Rights posters, and presidential religious freedom awards.

Catholic Women’s Leadership Forum Tells Young Women: ‘You Are a Gift’

EWTN News' Colm Flynn interviews Mother Agnes Mary Donovan of the Sisters of Life about receiving the 2026 Given Fiat Award in a broadcast that aired March 6, 2026.

GIVEN will bestow Mother Agnes Mary Donovan, of the Sisters of Life, with its Fiat Award, which honors women whose lives embody the response of Our Lady through faithful leadership, service and love.

Cardinal Müller Calls SSPX Consecrations Schismatic, Defends the Latin Mass

Cardinal Gerhard Müller, former prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks during an interview with EWTN News In Depth on June 19, 2026.

The former Vatican doctrine chief likened the Society of St. Pius X to the ancient Donatist schism, days before its planned July 1 episcopal consecrations at Écône.

Can Cinema Itself Be Catholic?

Henry Travers (l) and James Stewart portray Clarence Odbody and George Bailey in Frank Capra’s 1946 film, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

Hollywood’s Golden Age carried a sacramental vision of the world long before the rise of the modern ‘faith-based’ genre

The Catholic Priest Who Forged a Lifelong Friendship With Harry Truman

President Harry S. Truman and Father L. Curtis Tiernan, chief chaplain of the U.S. Army Forces in the European Theater, speak after Mass during the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany, on July 22, 1945. The two first met while serving together in World War I.

During World War I, Father Curtis Tiernan and Capt. Harry Truman discovered they shared the same values — and forged a friendship that endured for the rest of their lives.

Are We Sure the Kids Will Be All Right?

Zuyeu Uladzimir
‘Lonely’

COMMENTARY: A social media dustup between a children’s rights group and a college basketball coach illustrates the types of problems predicted by the opponents of the 2015 Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex civil marriage.

Bishops’ Migration Committee Urges Trump to Let Haitian, Syrian Migrants Stay

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People pray during a candlelight vigil for Haitians living in the U.S. under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) immigration program in Miami, Florida on Feb. 3, 2026.

The Supreme Court's decision on June 25 paves the way for possibly deporting more than 300,000 Haitians and more than 6,000 Syrians.

Pope Leo XIV Defends Synodal Consistory As Path To ‘Grow in Communion’

Pope Leo XIV addresses 178 cardinals on the first of two days of discussions for the second extraordinary consistory of cardinals, held in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on June 26, 2026.

Acknowledging reservations among some cardinals, the Pope urged confidence in the format in his opening address, and asked that they offer him their 'strong, explicit and public' support.