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Virginia March for Life highlights importance of gubernatorial election
Pro-life Virginians took to the streets of Richmond on Friday as part of the third annual Virginia March for Life. Read more
Bishops warn against abortion funding in reconciliation bill
The U.S. bishops’ conference on Friday warned against abortion funding in a massive spending bill being considered by Congress. Read more
Supreme Court poised to hear biggest challenge to Roe v Wade in 48 years
Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Mississippi’s lone abortion clinic, presented its legal argument Monday for why the U.S. Supreme Court should... Read more
Senators ask Google why it removed ads for abortion pill reversal
A dozen U.S. senators on Thursday sent a joint letter to Google’s CEO asking why pro-life ads for abortion pill... Read more
Mexican episcopate won't cover medical expenses of priests with COVID-19 who aren't vaccinated
The financial assistance service of the Mexican bishops’ conference stated last month that it will not cover the medical expenses... Read more
Afghanistan’s Christians ‘completely ignored’ in European Parliament resolution
ADF International estimates that 10,000 Christians face danger in Afghanistan. Read more
Priest’s rumored involvement in IRA bombings revisited in lawsuit against Derry diocese
After the Northern Ireland government and police agreed to settle a lawsuit with several families of victims of a bombing... Read more
Malaysian Catholic bishops call for unity, ‘national recovery’ from pandemic
The archbishop of Kota Kinabalu and the bishop of Keningau, both in Malaysia, called on Malaysians “to rise above” the... Read more
Philippine cardinal, 130 nuns, convent staff test positive for COVID-19
Cardinal Jose Advincula of Manila has tested positive for COVID-19, two days after a religious congregation in the Philippine capital... Read more
Pope Francis hopes new ministry of catechist will ‘awaken this vocation’
The pope formally instituted the new lay ministry in May. Read more
Polish Catholic leader expresses ‘deep pain and sadness’ as report on charismatic priest faults Dominicans
Poland’s Dominican province apologized ‘for the wrong that has been done.’ Read more
Pope Francis tells elderly priests: ‘Aging is a privilege’
He said: ‘Please, pray for me who is a little old and a little, but not too much, sick!’ Read more
Weekly COVID-19 testing a 'good' alternative to vaccine mandate, bioethicist says
As the Biden administration prepares to require COVID-19 vaccinations at many workplaces, a Catholic bioethicist urged the administration to keep... Read more
NY governor vows to help Texas women have abortions in her state
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Wednesday said that if women in Texas are seeking an abortion, she will help... Read more
Theodore McCarrick faces new sex abuse lawsuit in New Jersey
Three sex abuse lawsuits, including one naming disgraced former archbishop Theodore McCarrick as the alleged abuser, were filed on Thursday,... Read more
Catholics the most vaccinated religious group for COVID-19, new study shows
Catholics are the religious group most vaccinated against COVID-19 in the United States, according to a new national survey by... Read more
Federal judicial nominee grilled over 1990s religious freedom case
Multiple senators accused a judicial nominee of being hostile to religious freedom during her confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 14. Read more
Benedict XVI: Legalization of same-sex marriage is ‘a distortion of conscience’
He made the remark in an introduction to a new anthology of his writings, which has a preface by Pope... Read more
Pope Francis warns leaders of Catholic movements not to abuse power
The pope said that “true service is free and unconditional.” Read more
Court date set for Finnish MP facing jail after tweeting Bible verse
Päivi Räsänen could be given a two-year prison sentence for the tweet. Read more
