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Vol. I · No. 1 · National Edition Omnia in veritate — All things in truth August 12, 2026

American Catholic News

Truth · Faith · Public Life


Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Reflects on Liturgy as the Church’s Primary School of Prayer

Pope Leo XIV gathered with pilgrims and visitors at St. Peter’s Basilica on August 5, 2026, for his weekly general audience, offering a sustained reflection on…

Pope Leo XIV Reflects on Liturgy as the Church’s Primary School of Prayer
Public Life

Arizona Supreme Court Shields Clergy From Child Abuse Reporting Duty in Confession Cases

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that mandatory child abuse reporting laws do not require clergy members to disclose allegations made during religious confession, citing…

Vatican

Pope Leo XIV expands Vatican leadership roles to include non-cardinals in new constitution

Pope Leo XIV has promulgated a new constitution for Vatican City State, formally enshrining the eligibility of non-cardinals to serve as president of the governing commission—a…

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The Church

Rome, the bishops, and the life of the dioceses.

Church
Jesuits to Consolidate Five U.S. and Canadian Novitiates Into Two Regional Centers by 2028

The Jesuits of the United States and Canada have announced plans to merge their five novitiates into two…

Church
Al Smith, New York’s Four-Term Governor, Battled Poverty and Anti-Catholic Bias on the Road to the White House

Among the most compelling figures in American Catholic public life, Alfred Emanuel Smith rose from the tenements of…

America

Faith and the shape of our common life.

Family · Essay
The Quiet Return of the Family Dinner, and Why It Matters

Sociologists find what the catechism long assumed about the table.

Culture · Review
A Catholic Literary Revival, Twenty Years in the Making

A generation of novelists takes the faith seriously again.

Stewardship

Land, energy, and the care of what we are given.

Economy
Property and Stewardship

Catholic Social Teaching

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