Catholic Nutshell News: Monday 5/18/26

Topics include: Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical; Seizing diocesan land near El Paso; Catholic colleges and the demographic cliff; & Opinions on trans rights have barely budged

“Worth your weight in walnuts”

Today's sources are Crux, Graphs about Religion, Aleteia, The PILLAR, OSV News, Catholic Culture, & EWTN News. (Catholic Nutshell is a subscription service for faithful, hopeful, & curious Catholics willing to exercise the Catholic News Muscle)