Articles by Matt Hadro
How Christians in Syria keep the faith amid a civil war
May 5, 2016 / 14:20 pmIn a Christian neighborhood inside war-torn Syria, a young boy was waiting to be discharged from a hospital after undergoing surgery. Suddenly the building shook from a bombing.
Cost and conscience – why more Christians are ditching health insurance for this alternative
May 4, 2016 / 02:56 amThe youngest of James Lansberry’s nine children almost didn’t survive his birth. Born with no heartbeat, he was resuscitated and spent 11 days in the neo-natal intensive care unit. The medical bill was over $200,000.
The world became more dangerous for religious believers last year
May 2, 2016 / 15:48 pmThe right to exercise religion came under sustained assault around the world in 2015, according to a new report from a bipartisan United States commission, affecting Christians, Muslims, Jews, among others.
Intervene in Christian genocide: 400,000 bring plea to UN
Apr 30, 2016 / 15:39 pmAdvocates delivered hundreds of thousands of signatures to the United Nations on Friday, calling on the body to declare that genocide is occurring against Christians and other religious minorities.
Stories of ISIS victims are emerging, and they're unbelievably brutal
Apr 29, 2016 / 14:48 pmThe stories were graphic, brutal and raw.
For Cardinal Wuerl, Pope Francis calls Christians to evangelize through marriage
Apr 27, 2016 / 15:54 pmPope Francis' apostolic exhortation on love in the family presents a special challenge to laypeople to evangelize, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington said Wednesday at the Catholic University of America.
Criminal justice reform and the high cost of incarceration
Apr 26, 2016 / 14:46 pmExperts from across the political spectrum are calling for criminal justice reform, as a new White House report shows the human and economic costs of the current justice system.
The insidious danger behind 'family balancing'
Apr 25, 2016 / 15:21 pmFor years, expectant parents have relied on ultrasounds to find out the sex of their unborn baby.
New State Department actions don't go far enough, religious freedom leader says
Apr 22, 2016 / 15:41 pmReligious freedom leaders applauded the U.S. State Department’s recent re-designation of nine countries – and the inclusion of one more – as the worst situations for religious freedom, but urged the agency to do more.
Were profits made in aborted tissue transfer?
Apr 21, 2016 / 19:58 pmA special House investigative panel is alleging that a tissue procurement company and the abortion clinics it partnered with may have illegally profited from the sale of fetal tissue from aborted babies.
No one is beyond conversion, Abby Johnson tells Georgetown students
Apr 21, 2016 / 15:54 pmNo matter how deeply someone may be entrenched in the culture of death, they are never beyond the loving reach of Christ, said former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson to a group of Georgetown University students on Wednesday.
Will the US take action to protect the victims of Islamic State genocide?
Apr 19, 2016 / 16:21 pmNow that the U.S. has declared that the Islamic State is waging genocide against religious minorities in Iraq and Syria, what will be done to help the victims move forward?
Report: Baby girls are being targeted for abortion in the West
Apr 16, 2016 / 15:38 pmThe problem of sex-selective abortion is not limited to China and India, but is increasing in communities within Western countries, a new report by the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute says.
Bono goes to Washington, gets tough on refugee crisis
Apr 14, 2016 / 19:02 pmWith global conflicts spurring refugee crises around the globe, a widening shortfall in funds needs to be remedied immediately, said Bono and humanitarian experts on Capitol Hill this week.
Little Sisters lay out alternatives to HHS mandate before Supreme Court
Apr 13, 2016 / 14:26 pmAsked whether there are ways for the government to provide contraceptive coverage that do not require them to violate their consciences, the Little Sisters of the Poor are saying “yes.”
No, Pope Francis isn't saying your 'conscience' trumps doctrine
Apr 12, 2016 / 15:56 pmIn his apostolic exhortation Amoris laetitia Pope Francis is helping priests to be better pastors, not giving individual consciences the ultimate authority to decide their spiritual state, a moral theologian and a canon lawyer both maintain.
Who's the chaplain behind college basketball's new champion?
Apr 10, 2016 / 14:04 pmHe had a courtside seat to a historic college basketball game, but Fr. Rob Hagan has actually witnessed many games over the years – and more importantly, has ministered to many players.
Not just a mother to Catholics - locals reflect on Mother Angelica
Apr 5, 2016 / 11:06 amMother Angelica may have had an international television audience, but she also left an impression in her own backyard.
Funeral marks Mother Angelica's life as a 'faithful bride' to Jesus
Apr 1, 2016 / 14:13 pmMother Angelica’s life must be viewed in reference to Jesus, the homilist at her funeral Mass said on Friday.
The 'boast' of Mother Angelica was in Christ, not herself
Mar 31, 2016 / 18:33 pmThe life of EWTN foundress Mother Angelica was a testament to St. Paul’s teaching that “God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong,” preached the celebrant of vespers at a prayer vigil offered for her repose.