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Pope Leo XIV to Publish Encyclical on AI on May 25

  VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, will be published on Monday, May 25, addressing artificial intelligence and the protection of human dignity, Vatican officials announced on […]

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Weekly Schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

For the week of May 18 – 24, 2026: Monday, May 18, at 10:00 a.m. – Meeting of Bishop’s Cabinet, Archbishop Noll Center, Fort Wayne Tuesday, May 19, at 11 […]

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News Briefs: May 17, 2026

Marco Rubio, Pope Leo XIV Discuss Iran War at Vatican Meeting VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican […]

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M.Div. Program Connects Students with Real-World Ministry

  After arriving in South Bend before beginning the University of Notre Dame’s Master of Divinity (M.Div.) program, Donny Robbins began to experience God calling him toward pro-life ministry. Through […]

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The Church Brings Us to Jesus — and Jesus to Us

  Many dioceses in the United States this weekend liturgically celebrate the feast of the Ascension of the Lord. Other dioceses observe this weekend as the Seventh Sunday of Easter. […]

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St. Vincent de Paul School Marks Feast of Our Lady of Fatima

  On Wednesday, May 13, nearly 800 students from St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School in Fort Wayne, along with dozens of teachers, administrators and support staff, filled the parish […]

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The Clubhouse Transforms Mental Health Support

  At Clubhouse of St. Joseph County, adults living with mental illness are not defined by diagnoses or limitations. Instead, they are welcomed as members of a community rooted in […]

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Bishop Blesses Renovated Spaces at St. Gaspar del Bufalo

For more than nine months, the Catholic community in Rome City has been worshipping not at St. Gaspar del Bufalo, their parish church, but half a mile south on Highway […]

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Priest Retirement and Assignments

  Priest Retirement Reverend Evaristo Olivera, Parochial Vicar, St. John the Evangelist Parish, Goshen, has been granted retirement, effective June 16, 2026.   Priest Assignments The Most Reverend Kevin C. […]

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The Little Rose Shop: Beauty that Forms

  I work with people who are exceptionally astute both theologically and pastorally — people who build programs, teach the teachers and form leaders in evangelization. My colleagues speak and […]

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‘Grandpa Core’ and the Lost Art of Playing Cards

  As a native Michigander, I am familiar with the stereotype that everyone from Michigan plays Euchre. I see your stereotype and raise you, because not only do I play […]

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Parish in Need Grants Awarded to 9 Diocesan Communities

  St. Paul wrote in his letter to the Galatians, “While we have the opportunity, let us do good to all, but especially to those who belong to the family […]