Cheers and applause filled the parking lot of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School on the first day of school as students were dropped off and greeted by staff and the school’s mascots, cougars Max and Cocoa, Aug. 25. 

A federal judge in Maine declined on Aug. 25 to prevent the government from stripping Medicaid funding from a network of abortion providers in Maine, arguing that doing so would circumvent “the will of the people as expressed by Congress.”

Cameroonian Bishop Sosthène Bayemi of Obala is facing accusations of alleged sexual misconduct following the circulation of a video on social media.

Catholic leaders from multiple organizations are calling for an immediate ceasefire and an end to attacks on Gaza, amid ongoing civilian casualties, famine and threats of forced population transfers.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Jose Arturo Cepeda, who has served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit for 14 years, as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.