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Democrats move to repeal federal law that forbids abortion materials in U.S. mail

Jun 21, 2024

By Matt McDonald

Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minnesota, said in a Thursday press release on her website that she had introduced a bill to... Read more

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Is there a satanic element in rock music? An expert explains

Jun 21, 2024

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Claudia Caneva warned about the influence that rock music and other subgenres such as heavy metal, death metal, or death... Read more

In exchange for the transfer of the 74-acre Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) Green Campus — formerly St. Gregory’s University — to St. Gregory’s Abbey, OBU will receive two parcels of land for future development totaling 134 acres in Shawnee, just east of Oklahoma City. The abbey and the university announced the news on June 7, 2024. 

Catholic abbey and Baptist university exchange land ‘to build up the kingdom’

Jun 21, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

In exchange for the transfer of the 74-acre Oklahoma Baptist University Green Campus to St. Gregory’s Abbey, OBU will receive... Read more

Pope Francis meets with a delegation from the Lutheran World Federation on June 20, 2024, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican.

Pope Francis to Lutherans: ‘Jesus Christ is the heart of ecumenism’

Jun 20, 2024

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

In his talk given during the audience in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, the Holy Father called this encounter... Read more

Cows in Nebraska watch as the Eucharistic Jesus passes by.

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage marches through extreme heat to bring Jesus to the people

Jun 20, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The four pilgrimage groups — currently in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Alabama, and Nebraska — will converge in Indianapolis on July 16. Read more

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square during his general audience on Wednesday, June 19, 2024.

Pope Francis fields questions from students about gender identity and LGBTQ discrimination

Jun 20, 2024

By Courtney Mares

In the one-hour conversation on June 20 organized by the Building Bridges Initiative, Pope Francis spoke directly to students from... Read more

Asylum seekers wait in line to be processed by the Border Patrol at a makeshift camp near the U.S.-Mexico border east of Jacumba, San Diego County, California, Jan. 2, 2024.

San Diego Catholic Charities struggles with security risks after accusation of ‘smuggling’

Jun 20, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Catholic Charities San Diego has been dealing with protests and harassing messages following a claim that it is hosting an... Read more

Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.

U.S. bishops issue plea for nonviolence ahead of elections

Jun 20, 2024

By Gigi Duncan

Archbishop Borys Gudziak called on Christians to address others “with the God-given human dignity” of each person when engaging in... Read more

Archbishop Carlo Vigano.

Former U.S. nuncio Viganò to undergo Church trial for schism, rejecting Pope Francis 

Jun 20, 2024

By AC Wimmer

“I have been summoned to the Palace of the Holy Office on June 20, in person or represented by a... Read more

Cake artist Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado.

Colorado baker returns to court after activist sues over ‘gender transition’ cake

Jun 20, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Philips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, who was sued for... Read more

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The ethics of IVF: Where Catholics and Baptists can agree

Jun 20, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Here’s what you need to know about the Catholic Church's position on IVF and how it differs from that of... Read more

St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Family sues over hospital’s religious exemption for euthanasia

Jun 20, 2024

By The B.C. Catholic

The lawsuit filed in British Columbia’s Supreme Court on June 17 wants the province to remove the religious exemption. Read more

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Can generous family policies help boost fertility rates?

Jun 20, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Many countries have offered generous family policies for decades, but the data on their effects on birth rates are mixed. Read more

Pro-abortion activists gather in front of pro-life advocates outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic in downtown Manhattan on Feb. 3, 2024, in New York City.

New York court puts pro-abortion amendment back on November ballot

Jun 19, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Although the proposed “Equal Rights” amendment does not use the word “abortion,” it would establish broad rights to “reproductive health... Read more

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Culture of death advances in Spain with two new developments

Jun 19, 2024

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

The culture of life suffered two setbacks recently as the culture of death advanced again in Spain. Read more

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Argentine bishops speak out about interrupting Mass with political chants

Jun 19, 2024

By Julieta Villar

Recently, participants at Mass in Argentina started chanting the political slogan “the country is not for sale,” an expression of... Read more

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs sits in the audience prior to President Joe Biden's remarks at the Tempe Center for the Arts on Sept 28, 2023, in Tempe, Arizona.

Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring insurance companies to cover trans ‘detransitions’

Jun 19, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed state Senate Bill 1511 after it passed both houses of the state Legislature. Read more

Panelists speak at the event "Towards the Abolition of Surrogacy: Preventing the Exploitation and Commodification of Women and Children,” held by the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations on Tuesday, June 18, 2024.

Holy See convenes UN panel urging global abolition of surrogacy

Jun 19, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Panelists called for “increased awareness and concrete steps at the U.N. level to abolish surrogacy and uphold human dignity.” Read more

Pope Francis gives a blessing to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square during his general audience on Wednesday, June 19, 2024.

Pope Francis tells faithful: Learn some of the Psalms by heart

Jun 19, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

“It is necessary to make the Psalms our prayer,” the pope said at his general audience in an overcast but... Read more

Pilgrims kneel in adoration at a World Youth Day event in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 2, 2023. The event was hosted by the U.S. bishops’ conference and featured a talk by Bishop Robert Barron culminating in a eucharistic procession and Holy Hour.

U.S. bishops approve plan for youth, young adult ministry

Jun 19, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Bishop Robert Barron said he hopes the document creates “another watershed moment” like World Youth Day in Denver. Read more