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Cuba’s release of prisoners motivated by economics and politics, expert says
Jan 17, 2025The Cuban government’s announcement of the release of 553 prisoners has been described by an analyst and the opposition as “a swap” to obtain economic benefits.
‘Legally meaningless’: Experts respond to Biden’s Equal Rights Amendment declaration
Jan 17, 2025The president on Friday proclaimed that the ERA — a measure abortion advocates have said could help legalize abortion nationwide — is “the law of the land.”
Italian farmers come to the Vatican for blessing of animals
Jan 17, 2025Italian farmers brought their animals to the Vatican on Friday to be blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti on the feast of St. Anthony the Abbot.
Biden says ‘Equal Rights Amendment’ is ‘law of the land’
Jan 17, 2025The declaration appeared to carry no legal weight but could set off a protracted political and legal fight for the incoming Trump administration.
Annual OneLife LA will go on despite the wildfires that have devastated Los Angeles
Jan 17, 2025Earlier this week archdiocesan officials in Los Angeles announced the OneLife LA event would be held entirely in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
Becket survey: Overall support for religious liberty grew in 2024
Jan 17, 2025The sixth Religious Freedom Index survey found that religious freedom overall continues to grow with its religious freedom index hitting 70 out of a possible 100.
Pope Francis’ health: Here’s a timeline of his medical issues in recent years
Jan 17, 2025The pope, who turned 88 last month, has faced a few health challenges in recent months, including a fall requiring his arm to be placed in a sling.
Franciscan expert on artificial intelligence addresses its ethical challenges
Jan 17, 2025Franciscan friar Paolo Benanti emphasized that “the reality we are facing is different from that of 10 or 15 years ago and it’s a reality defined by software.”
Italian farmers come to the Vatican for blessing of animals
Pope Francis’ health: Here’s a timeline of his medical issues in recent years
1,600 of Rome’s poor attend ‘Bernadette of Lourdes’ premiere
Vatican secretary of state calls Cuba prisoner release ‘a sign of great hope’
Vatican: Pope Francis suffers bruised arm from fall
Texas judge rules states can revive challenge to abortion pill
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban planned for Sunday
6 things the pro-life movement is hoping the incoming Trump administration will do
‘Legally meaningless’: Experts respond to Biden’s Equal Rights Amendment declaration
Biden says ‘Equal Rights Amendment’ is ‘law of the land’
Cuba’s release of prisoners motivated by economics and politics, expert says
Cuban government announces release of 553 prisoners through mediation of Pope Francis
Nicaraguan dictatorship shuts down more organizations, including Dominican nuns
Exorcists: 9 practices to avoid when fighting the devil
Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw moves closer to beatification
Franciscan expert on artificial intelligence addresses its ethical challenges
Italian bishop denies policy change on ordination of homosexuals
Historic Italian naval ship chosen to be a jubilee church in 2025
Sister Clare Crockett’s beatification cause opens in Spain
Catholic courtship is not a mini-marriage, expert says
Christians in northeast India unfazed by bid to revive 46-year-old anti-conversion law
Indonesian archbishop rejects government energy plans in majority Catholic island of Flores
India’s Syro-Malabar Church reshuffles leadership amid liturgical row
Black Nazarene procession attracts millions in the Philippines
China’s oldest priest dies at 104: a life of faith amid 25 years of persecution
Cardinal Pizzaballa on truce between Israel and Hamas: ‘It was absolutely necessary’
Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire deal in Gaza, includes hostage release
Nigeria tops report for number of Christians killed, kidnapped in 2024
Religious sisters abducted in Nigeria released, ‘in good health’ after weeklong captivity
Cardinal Parolin: Christians essential for peace, ‘fraternal coexistence’ in the Middle East
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Philadelphia archbishop launches ‘missionary hubs’ to reach the ‘missing 83%’
Jan 17, 2025Archbishop Nelson Pérez has decided to launch a missionary outreach program to reach the 83% of baptized Catholics who are missing from the pews in his archdiocese.
Virginia pro-abortion ballot proposal advances
Jan 16, 2025The amendment would ensure a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom,” protecting abortion in the first two trimesters and in the third trimester with some restrictions.
ACLU files suit against West Virginia over $5 million grant to Catholic trade college
Jan 16, 2025The American Humanist Association contends in its lawsuit that the grant violates the state constitution’s guarantee of freedom of religion.
1,600 of Rome’s poor attend ‘Bernadette of Lourdes’ premiere
Jan 16, 2025A musical that tells the story of St. Bernadette, visionary of Our Lady of Lourdes, made its debut in Rome on Jan. 14.
