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Pope Francis meets members of the International Federation of Catholic Pharmacists on May 2, 2022, in the Vatican's Santa Marta guesthouse.

Pope Francis moves meeting to Vatican home because of painful knee

May 2, 2022

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis, 85, has been suffering from an inflamed ligament. Read more

Pope Francis meets participants in a congress promoted by the Italian Society of Hospital Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Services of Health Authorities at the Vatican, Oct. 14, 2021.

Pope Francis defends conscientious objection to abortion, euthanasia in healthcare

Oct 14, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

The pope was speaking to Italian pharmacists. Read more

Walgreens.

Arizona pharmacist under investigation after declining to fill abortion drug

Jun 26, 2018

An Arizona pharmacist is under investigation after refusing to fill a medical abortion prescription, citing ethical objections.  Read more

Prescription pills.

Christians and Muslims are both concerned for the future of UK pharmacists

Jan 26, 2017

Proposed standards for U.K. medical professionals could force them to violate their religious beliefs on the job, both Christian and... Read more

'An ominous sign' – Supreme Court refuses to hear Washington pharmacy case

Jun 28, 2016

The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear a conscience rights case raised by pro-life pharmacy owners came with a stark warning... Read more

Plan B.

Court: Family-run pharmacy must carry Plan B despite religious objections

Jul 24, 2015

By Matt Hadro

Owners of a pharmacy in Washington state must provide the morning-after contraceptive pill against their religious beliefs after a federal... Read more

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Image of Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ, beside sealed boxes of documents compiled during the diocesan phase of his canonization cause.

Diocesan phase completed for canonization of Father Pedro Arrupe

Bishop Thomas Daly of Spokane, Washington, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Catholic Education, speaks to CNA during the USCCB’s fall plenary assembly on Nov. 13, 2024.

U.S. bishops embrace Dignitas Infinita to combat ‘widespread violation of human dignity’

Bishop Carlos Herrera is president of the Bishops’ Conference of Nicaragua.

Dictatorship in Nicaragua expels president of country’s bishops’ conference

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Florida church bookkeeper sentenced to federal prison after stealing $875,000 from parish

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Angelus address on Nov. 10, 2024.

Pope Francis asks Rome’s Catholics to help combat ‘housing emergency’ during 2025 jubilee

Left: Protesters burn a bishops’ circular in front of St. Mary’s Basilica, the cathedral of Ernakulam Archdicoese in India. Right: An elderly woman puts a burning circular into a bin in front of Vazhakkala, India, church.

Liturgical conflict resurfaces in troubled Indian Syro-Malabar archdiocese

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New Senate majority leader John Thune an ‘unwavering defender of life’

Pope Francis meets with Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley on Nov. 14, 2024, at the Vatican ahead of a meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Life titled “Common Good: Theory and Practice” in which Mottley was a panelist. The academy’s meeting discussed the global financial system in light of the social doctrine of the Catholic Church and crises that have impacted the world.

Vatican meeting highlights ‘common good’ as key objective to reform global financial order

Ernest Board (1877-1934), “Albertus Magnus Teaches in the Streets of Paris.”

St. Albert the Great: The Church and science are in harmony

Immigrants at Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley humanitarian respite center in McAllen, Texas.

U.S. Catholic bishops urge immigration reform with ‘fair and humane treatment’

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