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WARNING: This article contains graphic images. Reader discretion is advised. The well-preserved body of an early modern saint was put on display in Spain on Sunday, months after she was discovered "miraculously incorrupt" last year. St. Teresa of Jesus, also called was a Discalced Carmelite nun who was born in 1515 and died in 1582. This weekend, her body was put on public display in Alba de Tormes, Spain, for the first time since 1914. Pictures show Catholics visibly taken aback by the display, which was part of the opening...

Pope Leo XIV becomes first from the US to head Catholic Church, succeeding Pope Francis Pope Leo XIV shakes the hands and greets people of the press after an audience with thousands of journalists and media workers on May 12, 2025 at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, Vatican. The audience with journalists has become a tradition among newly elected popes. Christopher Furlong, Getty Images Pope Leo XIV walks past a Swiss guard while arriving to hold an audience with thousands of journalists and media workers on May 12, 2025...

The Catholic church’s social service arm has long offered resources to women with unplanned or unwelcome pregnancies to give them alternatives to abortion, which the church’s leadership opposes. But Catholic Charities in Chicago is using a lobbying firm that also represents an abortion provider, and the same lobbying firm and its employees have given campaign money to politicians and groups backing abortion rights, the Chicago Sun-Times found.

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, said on Sunday that he thinks Pope Leo XIV will carry forward Francis’s commitment and focus on immigration, climate change and human trafficking. “I think he’s going to help complete and complement our political agenda,” Cupich told ABC News’s Martha Raddatz in a “This Week” interview from the Vatican City. “He’ll still talk a lot about the immigrants as well because he knows about the sufferings of people and the real needs that they have for a better life. And he knows too...

I’m 72 and a life long Catholic. I’m also a retired social worker so you can guess where my beliefs landed. The Catholic Church is so big it is like the Bible. You can find many viewpoints that completely contradict one another. The Vance view is a simple one and it is best explained by something I remember from the 1950’s. We went to church every Sunday. For several weeks the pastor preached on the same topic and every week my Dad was compelled to talk about it to us,...

The Bulletin discusses the abortion-pill court case, this week’s Israel-Iran clash, and the popularity of Twitch influencer Hasan Piker. In this episode of The Bulletin, Russell, Mike, and Clarissa discuss the current abortion-pill court case with CT’s political correspondent. Then, Jonathan Schanzer joins the show to talk about this week’s clashes between Israel and Iran. Finally, Russell, Mike and Clarissa discuss Twitch streamer and influencer Hasan Piker who offers a mash-up of hot topics and politics. What do people love about him? GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: • Join the...