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NFL legend Mike Ditka was a Catholic coach

The Chicago Bears icon, who died on Friday, gave to charities, lectored at Mass, and belonged to the Knights of Columbus.

Transnational online scam operations on the rise, U.S. State Department says

Fraudulent online romance, gambling, and cryptocurrency schemes have defrauded people in more than 125 countries, with Americans losing at least $18.2 billion in 2025, according to a new report.

U.S. Catholic bishops condemn ‘barbaric’ plan to livestream military execution

The decision to livestream the execution of Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan faced strong criticism from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Iowa bishop calls for government to release immigrant mother facing deportation

Davenport Bishop Dennis Walsh said Fatou Traore has resided in the community for more than two decades and has been a legal resident since a 2011 withholding-of-removal order.

EWTN names Ursula Murua to succeed Montse Alvarado as head of EWTN News

A Catholic journalist for more than 30 years, Murua covered a talk by EWTN’s foundress, Mother Angelica, as a 20-year-old reporter in Peru.

U.S. bishops to elect secretary, committee chairs at November meeting

The bishops will serve one year as chair-elect and assume the positions in the fall of 2027.

‘Nearly every Catholic health care institution’ in Illinois shielded from suicide law in court order

Multiple religious objectors are suing the state over its newly instituted assisted suicide regime.

Holy See calls for abolition of death penalty at UN

“The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person,” the Holy See’s permanent observer to the U.N. said during the 81st General Assembly.

Notre Dame religious liberty scholars urge Supreme Court to strike down Texas Ten Commandments law

The Texas law “forces state-sponsored religious instruction” on public school students, the filing says.

Archbishop Weisenburger promotes poll chaplains as groups train for elections

Catholic organizations are participating in efforts to recruit and train poll chaplains, who serve an unofficial peacekeeping role at voting locations.