ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, SLATERSVILLE RI

U.S. senators filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on behalf of home-schooling families, and more in this week’s roundup of Catholic education news.

The Diocese of Ghent in Belgium is contesting an individual’s request to be removed from Church records.

The well-known founder of the Franciscan order is considered one of the strongest Marian devotees in Church history.

The Catholic Church in the U.S. honors Respect Life Month in October under the theme “Mary, Mother of Life.”

The beloved Carmelite nun, patron saint of the missions, and youngest doctor of the Church is celebrated in the universal Church on Oct. 1.

In the business vocation, “God invites the entrepreneur to assist in his creation, to improve it, and to make it more habitable for humanity,” noted Luis Fernando Calvo.

Suspended federal funding made the refugee‑resettlement program grants financially unsustainable and forced staff cuts, the U.S. bishops’ financial report said.

Archbishop Alick Banda of the Lusaka Archdiocese was arrested over the alleged possession of a vehicle suspected to have been unlawfully obtained.

A “culture of reverence” in decades past helped priests avoid scrutiny for abuse, the lengthy report found.

The Catholic evangelist discussed America’s 250th anniversary at the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See on Sept. 30.