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Giorgia Meloni, prime minister of Italy; Viktor Orbán, prime minister of Hungary; and French President Emmanuel Macron were among European leaders who offered congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump on his victory Nov. 6, 2024.

European leaders pledge cooperation with Trump after historic comeback victory

Nov 6, 2024

By AC Wimmer, Hannah Brockhaus

European leaders expressed readiness to work with Donald Trump following his historic reelection, emphasizing transatlantic cooperation and shared values. Read more

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UPDATE: 3 states vote against school choice, projections indicate

Nov 6, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

These votes against school choice bucked the ongoing trend in the U.S. in favor of school choice. Read more

Pope Francis shakes hands with pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 6, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis at general audience urges people to pray for Spain flood victims

Nov 6, 2024

By Kristina Millare

“I wished to greet the Virgen de los Desamparados,” the pope told the crowds of pilgrims at the Vatican after... Read more

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UPDATE: Assisted suicide ban holds lead in West Virginia

Nov 6, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

The amendment, titled Protection Against Medically Assisted Suicide, would bar persons, physicians, and health care providers from participating in the... Read more

A pro-life sign is seen on a roadside in Agnew, Nebraska, on May 14, 2024.

3 states reject pro-abortion ballot measures while 7 other states expand abortion

Nov 6, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The rejection of pro-abortion measures in three states on Tuesday represent the first victories at the ballot box for pro-life... Read more

Marijuana leaves.

Voters defeat marijuana and psychedelic drug legalization measures in 4 states

Nov 6, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Catholic bishops across the U.S. have urged Catholic voters throughout the election cycle to cast their votes against marijuana legalization... Read more

Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump points to supporters with former first lady Melania Trump during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Donald Trump wins reelection, vowing ‘strong, safe, and prosperous America’

Nov 6, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Trump secured a wide electoral and popular vote victory over Harris, with multiple news networks calling the race for the... Read more

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Catholic voters favor Trump over Harris nationally and in swing states, exit polls show

Nov 5, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Both Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, courted the Catholic vote heavily in the last few weeks of the... Read more

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‘Profoundly relieved’: Major abortion amendment in Florida fails to pass

Nov 5, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The failure of Amendment 4 offers a sharp rebuke to the pro-abortion lobby, which poured more than $100 million into... Read more

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks with EWTN News in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024.

Speaker Mike Johnson on EWTN News: Catholics, Pennsylvanians are key to election

Nov 5, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

“[Trump] often asks me, ‘Will the Catholics like this? Will the evangelicals like this?'” Speaker Mike Johnson said. Read more

Missionaries of Charity during a religious procession in the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Convent founded by Mother Teresa burned down in continued escalation of violence in Haiti

Nov 5, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

According to a report, the devastating attack took place on the night of Oct. 26. The group of attackers was... Read more

Interior of St. George Martyr Parish in Paiporta in Valencia province, Spain, in the aftermath of recent flooding in Spain.

Torrent of mud catches parishioners by surprise during Eucharistic adoration in Spain

Nov 5, 2024

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

“We’re not dead because a neighbor came looking for her mother [and warned us] while we were adoring the Blessed... Read more

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, OFM Cap, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), speaks at a press briefing for the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican on Oct. 24, 2024.

Cardinal raises questions on ‘hasty beatification’ plans for King Baudouin of Belgium

Nov 5, 2024

By ACI Africa

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo raised a “red flag” about the pope’s announcement in Belgium about opening the beatification cause of King... Read more

Activist Marguerite Stern poses for a picture in an artist squat in Paris on Sept. 6, 2019.

Radical feminist who desecrated Notre Dame Cathedral apologizes to Catholics

Nov 5, 2024

By Solène Tadié

In a video posted on social media, Marguerite Stern said she believes that by attacking the Catholic religion, she has... Read more

Rita Marker, a longtime advocate against assisted suicide, died Oct. 30, 2024, at the age of 83. She was the founder, with her husband, Mike, of the International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force, later renamed the Patients Rights Council, where Rita served as the executive director until early 2024.

Rita Marker, prolific anti-euthanasia advocate, dies at 83

Nov 5, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Marker, a mother of seven, was appointed with her husband of six decades, Mike, to the Vatican’s Pontifical Council on... Read more

Lila Rose, founder of Live Action.

Overcoming prior hesitation, Catholic Live Action President Lila Rose votes for Trump

Nov 5, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

“I will be voting for Donald Trump,” Lila Rose, who is Catholic, said in a Nov. 2 post on X,... Read more

The Vatican on Oct. 31, 2024, inaugurated a center to welcome pilgrims and tourists before they visit St. Peter’s Basilica.

Vatican opens visitor center for St. Peter’s Basilica

Nov 5, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

The space, inaugurated Oct. 31, is intended to provide practical, artistic, and spiritual information to visitors of the Vatican basilica. Read more

Pope Francis speaks to the academic community at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome on Nov. 5, 2024.

Pope Francis at Gregorian University warns of ‘Coca-Cola spirituality’

Speaking at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, the pope told faculty and students to avoid superficial approaches to faith... Read more

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Britain to get its first Catholic medical school in 2026

Nov 5, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

“We are proud to be London’s Catholic university and to launch the first school of medicine at a Catholic university... Read more

Consultant Surgeon Andrew Ready and his team conduct a live donor kidney transplant at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham on June 9, 2006, in Birmingham, England.

Can Catholics donate their organs? Here’s what the Church says

Nov 5, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The Catholic Church states that organ donation is an acceptable and even morally laudable practice, but it must always be... Read more