Archive for September 13, 2024

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By Tyler Arnold

Ryan Anderson: The pro-life movement needs to shift to promoting chastity and marriage

For the pro-life movement to achieve its goal of eliminating abortion, it must first help bring about a dramatic change... Read more

Archbishop Mark O’Toole was installed as the eighth archbishop of Cardiff in St. David’s Cathedral, Cardiff, Wales, in June 2022.?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

Pope Francis creates new archdiocese in Wales, appoints its first bishop

The Bishops’ Conference of England Wales welcomed the move on Thursday as a “new chapter for the Catholic community in... Read more

The Pro-Life Coalition of Pennsylvania holds a "Mercy Witness for Life" rally on July 23, 2016, outside of the former site of Dr. Kermit Gosnell's closed abortion clinic in Philadelphia. Gosnell was convicted of the first-degree murder of three infants, the involuntary manslaughter of his patient Karnamaya Mongar, and other felony counts.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Post-debate explainer: The truth about late-term abortions in the United States

Despite what viewers heard during Tuesday’s presidential debate, more than a dozen states in the U.S. allow on-demand abortions after... Read more

Deacon Bob Young, representing Knights of Columbus Council 694, accepts the First Liberty Institute's Philip B. Onderdonk Jr. Religious Liberty Award award at the American Legion’s National Convention in New Orleans on Aug. 28, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Virginia Knights receive religious freedom award after spat with federal government

A Knights of Columbus council in Petersburg, Virginia, has received a religious freedom award after it won a dispute over... Read more

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about Florida’s new six-week abortion ban on May 1, 2024, in Jacksonville, Florida. Harris has made abortion policy a central issue of her presidential campaign.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Kamala Harris backers launch $15 million pro-abortion ad campaign in swing states

The advertisements will air in three important swing states: Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Read more

Pope Francis speaks to journalists aboard the papal plane during an in-flight press conference on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, on his return from his nearly two-week tour of Southeast Asia.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis: U.S. presidential election a choice between ‘the lesser evil’

Speaking aboard the papal plane, Pope Francis encouraged U.S. Catholics to vote with their conscience in the upcoming Nov. 5... Read more

Pope Francis addresses elderly and sick people on his final day in Singapore on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, marking the conclusion of his 12-day, four-country apostolic journey to Asia and Oceania — the longest trip of his pontificate to date.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Pope Francis concludes apostolic journey with elderly and youth of Singapore

The interreligious meeting concluded his 12-day, four-country apostolic journey to Southeast Asia and Oceania.    Read more

A picture taken on March 27, 2019, shows a scaffold during the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, in Paris.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis will not go to Paris for Notre Dame cathedral reopening

On the plane back to Rome after his journey to Asia and Oceania, Pope Francis definitively ruled out visiting Paris... Read more

Bishop José Ignacio Munilla speaks at the International Eucharistic Congress taking place in Quito, Ecuador, Sept. 8–15, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Marina

Bishop Munilla in Quito: Without Jesus Christ, we don’t know how to love

Bishop José Ignacio Munilla of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain, delivered a powerful summons at the International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador. Read more

French Catholic priest Abbe Pierre takes part in a demonstration on May 6, 1994.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

French bishops release files on Abbé Pierre 58 years early amid sex abuse claims

Abbé Pierre died in 2007 and in recent months, numerous allegations have surfaced regarding alleged sexual misconduct by the well-known... Read more

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By Tyler Arnold

Nebraska Supreme Court approves competing abortion initiatives for November ballot

One would establish constitutional protections for unborn children in later stages of pregnancy and the other would create a constitutional... Read more