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Rosa María Payá coordinates the pro-Cuba democracy platform Cuba Decide. She is the daughter of the revered late Catholic Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá.

‘Cuba Decides’ initiative says Cubans are ready to transition to democracy

Mar 21, 2024

By Eduardo Berdejo

The Cuba Decides initiative is calling on the international community to support the country’s peaceful transition to democracy. Read more

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U.S. Catholic school report highlights steady enrollment, school choice

Mar 21, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The National Catholic Educational Association reported that enrollment remained steady with a 0.0% change in enrollment. Read more

The St. Mary's mens basketball team wins the West Coast Conference, earning themselves a spot in the NCAA tournament.

St. Mary’s Gaels men’s basketball team makes history, heads to NCAA tournament

Mar 21, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The St. Mary’s Gaels men’s basketball team made history this season by winning the West Coast Conference regular season and... Read more

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Montana Supreme Court OKs pro-abortion measure for voters in 2024

Mar 21, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The measure as described on the secretary of state’s website would “[prohibit] the government from denying or burdening the right... Read more

Carissa Carroll, pictured with her son Jack, founded the nonprofit organization Jack's Basket to celebrate babies with Down syndrome

CUA panel: Prenatal testing poses unique threat to preborn children with Down syndrome

Mar 21, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

A panel of pro-life leaders and scholars is calling attention to the threat that prenatal testing poses to preborn children... Read more

German bishops in Rome on Nov. 17, 2022.

German bishops to discuss Synodal Way with Vatican amid controversy

Mar 21, 2024

By AC Wimmer

A delegation of German bishops is expected in Rome this Friday for talks with the Vatican about the German Synodal... Read more

Veronica Webb leads a seminar for parents in fall 2023.

Notre Dame Law grad pilots legal program for parents of children with disabilities

Mar 21, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Veronica Webb launched the Special Education Law Clinic in November 2023 to help parents of children with disabilities. Read more

Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie during a visit to Unbound's headquarters in Nov. 2023.

Jonathan Roumie of ‘The Chosen’ to be Catholic University’s 2024 commencement speaker

Mar 20, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The Catholic University of America (CUA) announced Wednesday that Jonathan Roomie, who plays Jesus in “The Chosen,” will speak at... Read more

Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo (left) and her husband, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega

Nicaraguan dictatorship trying to totally eradicate the faith, lawyer charges

Mar 20, 2024

By Andrés Henríquez

With Holy Week just a few days away, Catholics in Nicaragua are preparing for religious celebrations in the midst of... Read more

Father Joseph Friend, Father Artur Bubnevych, and Father Donald Planty are among five U.S. parish priests who have been selected to attend a global gathering of 300 priests at the Vatican from April 28 to May 2, 2024, as part of the ongoing Synod on Synodality.

Five U.S. Catholic priests chosen to attend Synod on Synodality meeting at the Vatican

Mar 20, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

In a March 20 announcement, the USCCB said the five priests consist of four Latin rite priests and one Eastern... Read more

David Daleiden, founder of the Center for Medical Progress, and Terrisa Bukovinac, founder of Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, share testimony in a Capitol Hill panel March 19, 2024, accusing the abortion industry of harvesting aborted baby organs.

House members highlight ‘horrific’ organ harvesting of aborted babies

Mar 20, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

The panel featured testimony that Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics throughout the country are selling the organs and body... Read more

In 2023, over half a million migrants headed toward the United States crossed the Darien Gap, the inhospitable jungle region between Colombia and Panama.

Pope Francis addresses migrant crisis in Darien Gap: ‘Every refugee challenges us’

Mar 20, 2024

By Matthew Santucci

“As Christians, every refugee and migrant who leaves his or her homeland challenges us,” Pope Francis wrote. Read more

When Biden was a senator (pictured with former Rep. Henry Hyde), he consistently supported and voted for the Hyde Amendment, which banned federal spending on abortion.

Biden pushes for taxpayer-funded abortion nationwide in 2025 budget plan

Mar 20, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The $7.3 trillion budget would eliminate two safeguards that prevent taxpayer-funded abortion: the Hyde Amendment and the Dornan Amendment. Read more

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed into law a 12-week abortion ban and a ban on transgender surgery on minors on May 22, 2023.

Ballot initiative in Nebraska would prohibit abortion after 12 weeks

Mar 20, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The amendment would outlaw abortion after 12 weeks except in medical emergencies or when an unborn child is the result... Read more

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on March 20, 2024.

Pope Francis highlights importance of prudence, calls for end to war

Mar 20, 2024

By Matthew Santucci

“War is always a defeat. You can’t go on in war. We must make all efforts to negotiate, to negotiate,... Read more

A screenshot of Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo during the March 17 interview with KTO.

African cardinal: Fiducia Supplicans seen as ‘cultural colonization, Western imperialism’

Mar 20, 2024

By Jude Atemanke

In a March 17 interview, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo deplored the lack of “synodality” in the release of the DDF document... Read more

Sister Inah Canabarro and her nephew Kléber Canabarro.

World’s oldest nun is 115-year-old Brazilian

Mar 20, 2024

By Nathália Queiroz

“My secret, my great secret, is to pray,” says Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest nun in the world at... Read more

Monstrance for adoration, stock photo.

There is still time to receive a plenary indulgence during Lent

Mar 20, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Did you know that there are four ways you can gain a plenary indulgence during Lent? Read more

People use a car to light themselves on a dark street during a blackout in Bauta municipality, Artemisa province, Cuba, on March 18, 2024.

Power outages, food shortages trigger social unrest in Cuba

Mar 19, 2024

By Diego López Marina

Layman Osvaldo Gallardo and Catholic priest Father Alberto Reyes shared with ACI Prensa the causes of this latest crisis in... Read more

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Supreme Court declines to hear Catholic couple’s lawsuit over transgender child custody

Mar 19, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The Supreme Court rejected without comment an Indiana Catholic husband and wife’s petition over a dispute involving custody of their... Read more