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Valerie Huber, the president and CEO of the Institute for Women's Health, speaks to EWTN Pro-Life Weekly on Thursday, May 23, 2024

Pro-life leader launches ‘life-affirming, family-strengthening’ health ministry for women

May 24, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

President of the Institute for Women’s Health Valerie Huber speaks with EWTN News President Montse Alvarado on “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly.” Read more

Hundreds of Catholics join the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas on May 22, 2024.

Hundreds brave extreme heat to accompany the Eucharistic Lord in south Texas

May 24, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

The aptly named Juan Diego Route began in a place where devotion to Christ and his Virgin Mother is as... Read more

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Florida priest charged for biting arm of woman he says was desecrating Eucharist

May 23, 2024

By Matt McDonald

Father Fidel Rodriguez admitted to police that he bit the woman but said he did so only after she reached... Read more

A Virginia council of the Knights of Columbus will be permitted to hold its annual Memorial Day Mass on Monday, May 27, 2024, in a federal cemetery after the National Park Service (NPS) backed down and allowed the group to hold the observance.

Federal government backs down, allows Virginia Knights to hold annual Memorial Day Mass 

May 23, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The fraternal organization, which has “held the service at the park every year since at least the 1960s,” will be... Read more

St. Vincent de Paul Church, the oldest Catholic parish church in continuous use in Baltimore, which was dedicated in 1841, is among the churches slated for closure.

Number of Catholic parishes in Baltimore’s core will be halved, archdiocese says 

May 23, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced this week that more than half of the parishes in Baltimore’s historic city core will... Read more

The Cathedral of St. Augustine in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Michigan attorney general releases third report on alleged diocesan abuse

May 23, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has released the third of seven reports on alleged sexual abuse in dioceses throughout the... Read more

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.

Vatican reinstates Carmelite nun after bishop’s dismissal in Texas over affair with priest

May 23, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The Holy See has reinstated a Carmelite mother superior nearly a year after the bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, dismissed... Read more

The Biden administration holds that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) can be used to require emergency room doctors to perform abortions.

Biden administration launches reporting tool for health law at center of abortion dispute

May 23, 2024

By Daniel Payne, Tyler Arnold

At the center of the dispute is the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). Read more

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Analysis shows number of nonreligious Americans stabilizing after prior surge

May 23, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The number of Americans who identify as atheist, agnostic, and nonaffiliated appears to be stabilizing, according to an analysis published... Read more

"I was deeply moved by their very powerful testimony,” Archbishop William Lori said following a second bankruptcy court-ordered listening session with sexual abuse victims on May 20, 2024.

Archbishop Lori completes court-ordered ‘listening sessions’ with sexual abuse victims

May 22, 2024

By Matthew Balan

Baltimore Archbishop William Lori has completed the second of two federal bankruptcy court-ordered “listening sessions” with alleged victims of sexual... Read more

"We had to sue the Biden administration to get them to release these documents,” American Accountability Foundation President Thomas Jones told "EWTN News Nightly" anchor Tracy Sabol. “When the documents came out, we [understood] why we had to sue them.”

Catholic-run Pennsylvania migrant facility criticized for ‘deplorable’ conditions

May 22, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Emails show a Department of Homeland Security official relaying an April 2021 report from a worker out of Pennsylvania on... Read more

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Abortion on the ballot: Which states will be voting in 2024

May 22, 2024

By Daniel Payne, Jonah McKeown

Nearly a dozen states are considering abortion-related measures ahead of the November elections. Read more

The graduating senior class pioneered St. John Paul II High School in Colorado as freshmen. The 12 students are the first to have gone through all four years of the St. John Paull II program.

Catholic high school decades in the making breaks ground in northern Colorado

May 22, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Twelve seniors who pioneered St. John Paul II High School as freshmen four years ago graduated on the 44 acres... Read more

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in early May urged Catholics to join a rally to oppose the “Equal Rights Amendment” (ERA) at the state capitol in St. Paul. The proposal “fails to protect Minnesotans from discrimination based on religion, could constitutionally mandate legal abortion up to the moment of birth, and promotes harmful gender ideology,” the archdiocese said.

‘Equal Rights Amendment’ that could have expanded abortion fails in Minnesota

May 21, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis had in early May urged Catholics to join a rally to oppose the... Read more

Pope Francis sits down for an interview with Norah O'Donnell on CBS' "60 Minutes," which aired Monday, May 20, 2024.

Pope Francis on female deacons: ‘No’

May 21, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The Holy Father stressed the importance of women’s roles in the Catholic Church, describing them as “the ones who move... Read more

Bishop-elect Joseph A. Williams.

Pope Francis names Bishop Joseph Williams as coadjutor bishop of Camden, New Jersey

May 21, 2024

By Courtney Mares

Williams, 50, has served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis since 2022. Read more

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone processes over the Golden Gate Bridge with the Eucharist on May 19, 2024.

VIDEO: A look at the beginning of the four National Eucharistic Pilgrimage routes

May 20, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The EWTN News team deployed to the four corners of the nation to cover the May 19 start of the... Read more

Bishop Louis Tylka.

Peoria Diocese to reduce the number of parishes in the diocese by half

May 20, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Bishop Louis Tylka announced on Saturday that between now and May 2026, the diocese will be reshaped from 156 parishes... Read more

Archbishop Cordileone and the faithful from the Archdiocese of San Francisco process across the Golden Gate Bridge in the historic first eucharistic pilgrimage to the National Eucharistic Congress.

PHOTOS: Jesus crosses the Golden Gate Bridge at start of National Eucharistic Pilgrimage

May 20, 2024

By Jeffrey Bruno

“We were pursuing Christ. Certainly, for the photo. But maybe also so I could share this story,” writes photojournalist Jeffrey... Read more

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U.S. religious freedom watchdog’s new appointments include three Catholics

May 20, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The USCIRF is a government organization that reviews violations of religious freedom around the world and makes policy recommendations.  Read more