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Council of Nicaea: 1,700 years of Christian unity amid division

1 day ago | angelusnews.com | Tyler Arnold |Kate Scanlon |Joseph Joyce

In the summer of A.D. 325, more than 300 bishops gathered in Nicaea — located in modern-day northern Turkey — to promulgate a common Christian creed, settle Christological disputes that arose from the Arian heresy, and promote unity in the Church. The first ecumenical council, known as the Council of Nicaea, is still accepted as authoritative by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and many Protestant denominations.
SCOTUS rules in favor of WI Catholic agency over religious exemption

1 day ago | angelusnews.com | Kate Scanlon |Joseph Joyce |Tom Hoffarth

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 5 unanimously ruled in favor of the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin, which had asked the high court to overturn a decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court the agency argued discounted its religious identity.
Al Pacino, 'The Ritual' and crowd-pleasing exorcism tropes

2 days ago | angelusnews.com | Joseph Joyce |Tom Hoffarth |Hannah Brockhaus

When you critique film for an archdiocesan magazine, exorcism movies are something of an occupational hazard. They simply come with the territory, like splinters for lumberjacks or celibacy for aspiring screenwriters. “The Ritual,” in theaters June 6, will be my third in as many years (with several others left unreviewed out of editorial exhaustion). Fortunately if you miss one of them, you can simply see any other to catch up.
Pope Leo extends olive branch to Jews, sends subtle message on Gaza

3 days ago | angelusnews.com | Elise Ann Allen |Maria Wiering

As with any new papacy, there is a risk in these early days of over-interpreting every word or action from Leo XIV, and while that is real, when it comes to current Vatican-Jewish relations, there isn’t much that he can say or do on the issue right now that does not carry at least some subtext.
National pilgrimage leaders urge large turnouts to counter protesters

3 days ago | angelusnews.com | Maria Wiering |Kimberley A. Heatherington

Catholics are encouraged to turn out in strong numbers for the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage's Eucharistic processions to counter the growing number of anti-Catholic protesters who have afflicted the route's public events from the first week. "We need to be there. We need to show up for Jesus," said Jason Shanks, president of National Eucharistic Congress Inc. "This is the Way-of-the-Cross type of pilgrimage.
Reach out to families; let them know God loves them, pope says

4 days ago | angelusnews.com | Cindy Wooden |Gina Christian |Mike Cisneros

The Catholic Church, its ministers and its members must find new ways to reach out to and welcome families who are distant from the church and have no understanding of how much God loves them, Pope Leo XIV said. Writing to 40 theologians and pastoral ministers participating in a seminar on evangelizing with families, the pope said the first goal of outreach is to help people longing for love and meaning to find that in Jesus.
Catholic universities to support foreign students amid visa crackdown

4 days ago | angelusnews.com | Gina Christian |Mike Cisneros |Carol Glatz

Amid the Trump administration's crackdown on foreign student visas, several Catholic universities contacted by OSV News said they are actively seeking to support affected students. "Our international students, scholars and their families are important and vital members of our campus community, and we will continue working to ensure that they are welcomed and supported at Notre Dame," the University of Notre Dame told OSV News in an emailed statement May 29.
A family's love grounded in Christ is sign of peace for world

4 days ago | angelusnews.com | Carol Glatz |Mike Cisneros

Families are the cradle of the future of humanity, Pope Leo XIV said during a Mass concluding the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly. "Today's world needs the marriage covenant in order to know and accept God's love and to defeat, thanks to its unifying and reconciling power, the forces that break down relationships and societies," he said in his homily at the Mass celebrated June 1 in St. Peter's Square.
At ordination Mass, new LA priests called to be ‘open arms of the Church’

5 days ago | angelusnews.com | Mike Cisneros |Kate Scanlon

For Father Joseph Cruz, the emotions hit while prostrating before the altar. For Father Quoc Vo, it was while being vested with his stole and chasuble. For Father Allan Carodan, the whole experience was poignant. “From the moment we walk down the aisle, the procession, everything is a very gracious thing that I’ve had the profound experience with walking with the Lord,” Carodan said.
Texas Supreme Court permits Annunciation House probe to proceed

1 week ago | angelusnews.com | Kate Scanlon |Katie Yoder |Carol Glatz

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can move forward with his investigation into El Paso's Annunciation House, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants, the Texas Supreme Court said May 30.