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Le Mans Hall at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana.

UPDATE: Indiana Catholic women’s college now accepting men who identify as women

Nov 27, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana will now be accepting men who identify as women, the college confirmed this... Read more

Harvard Memorial Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Harvard Catholic Center engages intellectual tradition with new forum

Jun 9, 2021

By Joe Bukuras

The Harvard Catholic Center is in its first year of launching an initiative to engage the university, academic professions, and... Read more

Pope Francis speaks to students during his visit to Roma Tre University Feb. 17, 2017.

Integration key to quelling fear of migrants, Pope Francis says

Feb 17, 2017

By Elise Harris

On Friday Pope Francis paid a visit to Rome’s “Roma Tre” university, stressing to students the importance of dialogue, listening... Read more

Priest shot with rubber bullets during student protest in South Africa

Oct 11, 2016

A Jesuit priest was shot in the face with rubber bullets by police in Johannesburg while trying to protect student... Read more

Pope Francis stands before a statue of Mary in St. Peter's Basilica on Nov. 30, 2013.

Be counter-cultural, Pope encourages university students

Nov 30, 2013

During evening prayer with local college students on Nov. 30, Pope Francis emphasized the importance of remaining faithful to the... Read more

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From left: John Hinshaw, Jonathan Darnel, Lauren Handy, Joan Bell, and Jean Marshall are among the pro-life activists who are still in prison or awaiting prison sentences on federal charges brought by President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice for protests at abortion clinics — but President-elect Donald Trump has signaled he will likely grant them presidential pardons.

Meet the pro-life prisoners whom Trump is expected to pardon

St. John’s Cathedral in the Netherlands is lit up for Red Wednesday on Nov. 23, 2022.

Churches around the world lit up red in honor of persecuted Christians

Despite an online petition posted to change.org in mid-October that garnered over 53,000 signatures in protest of the evergreen to be used for the Vatican Christmas tree being chopped down, the tree arrived as scheduled in St. Peter’s Square at 7 a.m. on Nov. 21, 2024.

Vatican Christmas tree wreathed in controversy over environmental objections

Father Max Josef Metzger, a Catholic priest executed by the Nazi regime in 1944 for his peace activism and ecumenical work, was beatified Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in Freiburg, Germany.

Church beatifies German priest who was executed by Nazis in 1944

Cardinal Kevin Farrell celebrates Mass for the World Meeting of Families 2022 on June 25, 2022.

Pope Francis assigns U.S. cardinal to carry out ‘urgent’ overhaul of Vatican pension fund

“In Jesus there is no contradiction between truth and charity,” notes professor Marta Rodríguez Díaz, who teaches in the philosophy department of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.

Gender: The problem isn’t the term but the anthropology behind it, Catholic expert says

“We think of these stories of saints that have withstood all this persecution as belonging to the Middle Ages,” said Bill McGurn, godfather of Jimmy Lai. “It’s going on right now, and we can see it.”

Jimmy Lai’s godfather assesses trial: ‘He’s a real champion of freedom’

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Wyoming governor pledges to appeal after judge blocks state pro-life laws

Alessandro Allori, “The Presentation of Mary,” 1598.

What do we know about the presentation of Mary?

Archbishop Philip Anyolo of the Nairobi Archdiocese in Kenya.

Nairobi archbishop declines Kenyan president’s donations to Catholic parish

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