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Abraham Foxman Never Forgot the Catholic Woman Who Saved His Life

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Abraham Foxman is seen in a Jan. 19, 2023, photo. The longtime national director of the Anti-Defamation League died May 10 at age 86.

The national director of the Anti-Defamation League, who died May 10, credited his Polish Catholic nanny Bronisława Kurpi with saving his life during the Holocaust.

Magnificent Humanity

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Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims during the general audience in St. Peter’s Square, May 27, 2026. The pope urged priests “to respect the texts and norms of the liturgy” during a reflection on the Second Vatican Council’s liturgical reform.

Pope Leo XIV has released his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the face of artificial intelligence. This week on Register Radio, Register Managing Editor Jonathan Liedl and Register Staff Writer Jonah McKeown give us their analysis. And then, what do Gen-Z’s think of AI? We are joined by Register staff writer Gigi Duncan and Will Deatherage CEO of Catholics for Hire.

Rerum Novarum

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Pope Leo XIII

May 15th marked the 135thth anniversary of the promulgation of the groundbreaking encyclical Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII. This week on Register Radio, we talk to Register contributor and theologian Larry Chapp. Register contributor and Photographer Jeff Bruno joins us to describe the launch of the 2026 Eucharistic Pilgrimage in honor of America’s 250th Anniversary.

Catholicism Makes Unexpected Inroads in Secular Estonia

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French-born Estonian Bishop Philippe Jourdan sits inside a Catholic church in Tallinn, his diocese, on March 5, 2009.

The former communist country’s first diocesan bishop says Easter brought an unprecedented number of adult catechumens, almost all of them native Estonians.

Swiss Bishops Back Ban on LGBT Conversion Measures, Cite ‘Spiritual Abuse’ Risk

The twin spires of the Church of St. Leodegar, known as the Hofkirche, rise above the lakefront in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Switzerland’s Catholic bishops backed a national ban on LGBT so-called conversion measures, warning they can become ‘spiritual abuse’ in God’s name while urging that genuine pastoral care be protected.