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Amid political pressure, Nebraska works to prevent abortion funding

Mar 22, 2018

By Kevin J. Jones

Following reports that some Title X funds have wrongly gone to abortion-related expenses, Nebraska is considering stronger budget restrictions, but... Read more

Governor Pete Ricketts.

Nebraska governor plans to block federal funds from abortion clinics

Jan 10, 2018

By Mary Farrow

Unveiled on Wednesday, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts’ new state budget proposal would block federal funds from going to health clinics... Read more

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A candle of St. Jude.

Illinois diocese halts St. Jude relic tour amid ‘incident’ involving priest, students

Pope Francis welcomes Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Mar Awa III to the Vatican on Nov. 9, 2024.

The Assyrian-Catholic bond: a model of unity despite differences

Pope Francis speaks on the solemnity Christ the King in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Nov. 24, 2024.

Pope Francis urges young Catholics to build a world rooted in Christ’s kingship

Nave of St. Josaphat Ukranian Catholic Cathedral in Parma, Ohio.

Eastern Catholics begin Nativity Fast to empty themselves as did Christ in the Incarnation

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on the feast of Christ the King, Nov. 21, 2021.

Christ the King: Pope Pius XI’s hope for ‘lasting peace among the nations’

“Roadmap to Reality: Carlo Acutis and Our Digital Age” is a new documentary film exploring the life of Carlo Acutis that will be coming to theaters in the spring of 2025.

Carlo Acutis film gains backing from National Eucharistic Congress, McGrath Institute

Pope Francis smiles at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.

Papal trip confirmed: Here is what Pope Francis will do in Corsica on Dec. 15

Archbishop Boris Godziak, Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archiparagi of Philadelphia.

Ukrainian archbishop encourages Trump to go to Ukraine

A groom flashes a peace sign at wedding-goers while processing out of St. Mary’s Church in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, after having his marriage sacramentally blessed at the Marriage Mass on Oct. 19, 2024.

Couples find sacramental marriages ‘in God’s perfect timing’

The relics of St. Thomas Aquinas are kept in Toulouse, France, where the Dominican order was founded.

Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas to visit Washington, DC, on international tour

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