Pope Leo XIV’s acknowledgment of the Church’s role in slavery is “only proper and just,” said Bishop Roy E. Campbell Jr., who is president of the National Black Catholic Congress.

Bishop John Huston Ricard, S.S.J., was memorialized June 1 for his ability to make everyone feel they belong, in various communities and particularly in the Catholic Church.

The scent of incense drifted through the sanctuary of St. Joseph Church in Fullerton as hundreds of parishioners gathered on the final day of May for a rare and symbolic moment in the life of their parish. On Holy Trinity Sunday, Archbishop William E. Lori consecrated the church’s new altar, marking the completion of a major sanctuary renovation that capped a three-year parish campaign.

Bishop Adam J. Parker, auxiliary bishop of Baltimore, returns for another installment of Catholic Review Radio’s popular “Ask a Bishop” series. In this episode, Bishop Parker takes on a wide range of listener questions gathered from Catholic events across the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on artificial intelligence is now a core document on AI ethics — one that offers hope amid grave warnings, while serving as a call to a shared moral discernment, Catholic experts told OSV News.