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One of Europe’s most wanted arrested for murdering priest, injuring nun

Nov 27, 2024

By Walter Sánchez Silva

According to a police statement posted Nov. 25 on their website, the man was arrested in Girona province in the... Read more

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Florida church bookkeeper sentenced to federal prison after stealing $875,000 from parish

Nov 15, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Heather Darrey will spend 27 months in prison on a wire fraud conviction over her $875,323 theft from Christ the... Read more

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Migrant parents socialize outside the Annunciation House on June 26, 2018, in El Paso, Texas.

Catholic Annunciation House defends against ‘alien harboring’ claim at Texas Supreme Court

A soldier passes by a wall covered with photos of hostages held by Hamas after the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack in a Tel Aviv train station on Jan. 14, 2025, Tel Aviv, Israel.

BREAKING: Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire deal in Gaza, includes hostage release

Pope Francis meets with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on June 20, 2023, at the Vatican.

Cuban government announces release of 553 prisoners through mediation of Pope Francis

Church at the Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna, Nigeria.

Nigeria tops report for number of Christians killed, kidnapped in 2024

Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in the Paul VI Audience Hall for his Wednesday general audience on Jan. 15, 2025, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis calls for global commitment to eradicate child labor and exploitation

On Jan. 7, 2025, two religious sisters were kidnapped in the Archdiocese of Onitsha in Nigeria.

Religious sisters abducted in Nigeria released, ‘in good health’ after weeklong captivity

The Vatican City’s Governor’s Palace (Palazzo del Governatorato in Vaticano), the building that is the seat of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State in the Vatican Gardens.

Vatican cracks down on illegal entry into its territory

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House passes bill to block males from competing in girls’ and women’s sports

Ordinandi lie prostrate during the Litany of Saints during an ordination Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sept. 29, 2016.

Italian bishop denies policy change on ordination of homosexuals

The Catholic Medical Association is arguing that the federal government acted unlawfully when in July 2022 it directed that hospitals and emergency rooms would be required to perform abortions under the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). 

Catholic medical group sues Biden administration over emergency room abortion rule

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