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U.S. State Department acknowledges possible misuse of funds to promote atheism

Aug 5, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul is demanding the State Department disclose how much it knew about a pro-atheist... Read more

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In groundbreaking move, US declares Christians among victims of ISIS genocide

Mar 17, 2016

By Matt Hadro

Secretary of State John Kerry declared Thursday that Christians, Yezidis, Shi’a Muslims, and other religious and ethnic minorities are victims... Read more

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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’

Mexico’s new president, Claudia Scheinbaum, meets with the country’s bishops during their plenary assembly on Nov. 13, 2024.

Mexican bishops urge new president to address violence, defend life

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio at the Republican National Convention on July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee.

Catholic Sen. Marco Rubio is Trump’s nominee for top Cabinet post

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Senators cry foul after faith-based groups allegedly frozen out of prison program

Marian Tompson, 94, a founder of La Leche League, resigned over the group’s decision to allow men who believe they are women to participate in the organization’s breastfeeding support groups.

2 leaders resign from La Leche League over shift to include men in breastfeeding groups

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Ohio Legislature passes bill requiring school bathroom use based on biological sex

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Cardinals test out virtual reality headsets at new AI-inspired jubilee art exhibit

Archbishop John Wilson of Southwark.

UK bishops continue to speak out after release of assisted suicide bill text

Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples, Italy.

Italy’s Mafia-fighting ‘street priest’ Archbishop Domenico Battaglia to become a cardinal

Stephen Hildebrand, vice president for academic affairs at Franciscan University (left); Deborah Savage, professor of theology at Franciscan University (center); and Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, president of Franciscan University (right), at a panel discussion at the Oct. 24-26, 2024, “Man and Woman in the Order of Creation Conference.”

Franciscan University to launch Institute for the Study of Man and Woman

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