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Catholic Church warns of threat posed by organized crime in upcoming elections in Mexico

Mar 5, 2024

By Diego López Colín

The Mexican Bishops’ Conference urged authorities responsible for public safety to “guarantee protection and an environment of peace” during the... Read more

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Leaked files reveal transgender group’s ‘pseudoscientific’ crusade, ethical abuse

Mar 5, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Members of a transgender advocacy organization admitted that children who receive transgender procedures are too young to be capable of... Read more

Pope Francis meets with members of the Pontifical Academy for Life on Feb. 12, 2024, at the Vatican.

Vatican on France’s abortion amendment: There cannot be a ‘right’ to take a human life

Mar 5, 2024

By Matthew Santucci

“The Pontifical Academy for Life reiterates that precisely in the era of universal human rights, there cannot be a ‘right’... Read more

The Holy See Press Office announced on March 5, 2024,  that Monsignor Shane L. Kirby has been named the Substitute Promoter of Justice of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.

Pope Francis appoints American priest to role in Vatican’s highest court

Mar 5, 2024

By Courtney Mares

Monsignor Shane L. Kirby has been named the substitute promoter of justice of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. Read more

Father Custodio Ballester serves a parish in the Archdiocese of Barcelona, Spain.

Priest battles ‘hate crime’ charges for criticizing Islam

Mar 5, 2024

By Martin Barillas

A Spanish priest is facing up to three years in prison on “hate crime” charges for his heated words about... Read more

A mother and child

Ireland at a crossroads: Redefining family, motherhood on the ballot

Mar 5, 2024

By AC Wimmer

Proposed changes to the Irish Constitution would abolish “all reference to motherhood,” Ireland’s bishops argue. Read more

A Rural Parish Clinic mobile unit makes the rounds, featured on “EWTN News in Depth” March 1, 2024.

Catholic-run mobile medical and dental clinic fills needs in rural Missouri

Mar 5, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Catholic volunteers staffing mobile medical and dental units have helped to fill the gaps for hundreds of patients. Read more

The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center in New York City.

Military makes policy providing abortions for service members permanent

Mar 4, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is making permanent a policy to provide abortions in certain circumstances to service members. Read more

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Finnish study: Transgender surgeries for minors do not solve mental health issues

Mar 4, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

While some have claimed that puberty-blocking drugs and transgender surgical procedures are “life-saving medicine,” the study disputes that claim. Read more

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty's Lori Windham joins Montse Alvarado, president and COO of EWTN News, and Josh Payne, a lawyer with Campbell Miller Payne, on “EWTN News In Depth” on March 1, 2024.

Indiana Catholic couple ‘living every parent’s nightmare’ after transgender custody case

Mar 4, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

After Mary and Jeremy Cox didn’t use the pronouns requested by their teenage son, Indiana Child Services removed him from... Read more

An attendee prays the rosary during a demonstration called by the association “La Marche pour la vie” against abortion and euthanasia in Versailles, southwest of Paris, on March 4, 2024.

French bishops call for fasting and prayer as France enshrines abortion in constitution 

Mar 4, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The French National Assembly in January voted to introduce a “right to abortion” in the French Constitution. Read more

U.S. Supreme Court building.

Supreme Court says states cannot remove Trump from 2024 ballot

Mar 4, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

The 9-0 decision, issued Monday morning, reversed a December 2023 ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court. Read more

A view of the Notre Dame College administration building from the south, including its tower.

Historic Notre Dame College in Ohio to close this spring after 100 years

Mar 4, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Though the school has been struggling with debt for the past few years, the announcement was sudden, falling just months... Read more

Speaking in his Angelus address on March 3, 2024, about the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis made an emotional plea for negotiations to reach a deal that both frees the hostages immediately and grants civilians access to humanitarian aid.

Pope Francis urges ‘an immediate cease-fire in Gaza’ that frees hostages, grants aid 

Mar 3, 2024

By Courtney Mares

In his Angelus address on March 3, the pope made an emotional plea for a deal that both frees the... Read more

Cardinal-elect Víctor Manuel Fernández was appointed by Pope Francis on July 1, 2023, to become the next prefect for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

What is inclusive language and why is it dangerous?

Mar 3, 2024

By Julieta Villar, CNA Staff

Inclusive language has been identified as “one of the tools” of gender ideology, a school of thought that has been... Read more

Woolen scarves produced at the Rafedìn tailoring workshop in Amman, Jordan. The workshop is hosted in the premises of the Latin parish of Mar Yousef and it provides employment for approximately 20 young Iraqi women who sought refuge in Jordan.

This tailoring shop in Jordan helps Iraqi refugees knit their lives back together

Mar 3, 2024

By Marinella Bandini

Founded by Father Mario Cornioli, the shop called Rafedìn has been helping Iraqis rebuild their lives over the past eight... Read more

St. Michael's Media founder and CEO Michael Voris during an interview for local television news before the "Bishops Enough Is Enough" rally at the MECU Pavilion Nov.16, 2021, in Baltimore.

Church Militant to shut down following $500,000 defamation lawsuit brought by priest

Mar 2, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The controversial website will cease operations next month following a $500,000 defamation judgment against it. Read more

Pope Francis engages with a youngster at the inauguration of the 95th Judicial Year of the Vatican City State on Saturday, March 2, 2024.

Pope Francis opens Vatican’s Judicial Year, has aide read speech due to ‘bronchitis’

Mar 2, 2024

By Matthew Santucci

The pope’s remarks to the Vatican magistrates highlighted the virtue of courage, which he observed was at the very center... Read more

Pope Francis poses with a woman and three children during a lunch in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall for over 1,000 poor and economically disadvantaged people on Nov. 19, 2023.

Pope Francis to the world’s children: ‘If we really want to be happy, we need to pray’

Mar 2, 2024

By Matthew Santucci

The pope asked children to pray the Lord’s Prayer “every morning and every evening, in your families too, together with... Read more

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Catholic priest finds kidney donor through parishioner

Mar 2, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Pennsylvania priest Father Tim O’Sullivan found a match unexpectedly right in his own parish. Read more