The Dialog

Immigrants' rights activists and demonstrators attend a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington April 29, 2026. Hundreds of faith leaders and organizations urged the Trump administration to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador before it expires in September.

Pope Leo XIV embraces a woman during a meeting with members of the Spanish nongovernmental organization Marsodeto Federation in the Vatican's Clementine Hall Aug. 24, 2026. (OSV News photo/Elisabetta Trevisan, Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV said Aug. 24 that recognizing Jesus in the face of each person with disabilities helps to advance society.

Father Dennis Zehren, pastor of Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis stands outside the church Aug. 11, 2026. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit) MINNEAPOLIS  — Four leaders had barely arrived at Annunciation Church and School in Minneapolis when they found themselves helping a wounded community to heal and find a way toward hope. A shooting during an all-school Mass that took the lives of two students and wounded others sent the Annunciation community reeling Aug. 27, 2025.

Following a shooting at Annunciation Church, first responders stand at the entrance to nearby Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis Aug. 27, 2025.

A counselor with the St. John's Summer Program prays in front of a statue of Mary during Eucharistic adoration July 21, 2026, at St. John Francis Regis Church in Hollywood, Md. (OSV News photo/Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard) HOLLYWOOD, Md. — Teenagers and young adults serving at St. John’s Summer Program at St. John Francis Regis Parish in Hollywood told the Catholic Standard, Washington’s archdiocesan news outlet, what draws young people to the Church and gives them a reason to stay.

A man is seen in a file photo holding signs and prays during the annual March for Life rally in Washington. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller) At the end of every March for Life I see them: Dozens of women in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington holding up signs that read, “I Regret My Abortion.” They share their stories each year with tens of thousands of pro-life marchers — and writers like me. They talk about the pain abortion inflicts on women. They give faces and names to an issue.

Mike Carney, the chair of the Building Champions campaign at Saint Mark's High School, checks out the unfinished Coach B. Fitness and Training Center on Aug. 18. Dialog photo/Mike Lang MILLTOWN — After a few years of planning and fundraising, the Saint Mark’s High School gymnasium expansion project has been making steady progress since groundbreaking in May. Much of it has occurred out of public view, but that will change by the end of September, when the Coach B.

Small sparks of feeling that become all-consuming conflagrations can happen at any time, even, sadly, as one is preparing for Mass. I write, of course, from experience. The details aren’t important. Life is hard, sometimes. Living with others, even when we love and value them, can still be a challenge.

The uncovered facade of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary is pictured at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southwestern France in April 2023. The facade showcases the artwork of Father Marko Rupnik, a priest and former Jesuit, who is currently under investigation after accusations of spiritual, psychological and sexual abuse by multiple adult women. Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes said March 31, 2025, that the sanctuary will cover the mosaics on the door of the basilica.

Louis DeAngelo, Superintendent of Catholic Schools, talks duirng the Catholic Schools Administration Meeting at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Monday, August 12, 2024. Dialog Photo/Don Blake The celebration of the semi-sesquicentennial of the United States on July 4, 2026, marked not only a significant political event in our history, but also our identity as a country.