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Judge Frank Caprio served for decades as chief municipal judge in Providence, Rhode Island.

Frank Caprio: ‘The world’s kindest judge’ faces toughest battle of his life with cancer

Feb 23, 2025

By Diego López Marina

Judge Frank Caprio has become one of the most recognizable faces in the U.S. judicial system for his acts of... Read more

Dr. Charles P. Nemeth, director of the Center for Criminal Justice, Law, & Ethics engaging with students at Franciscan University of Steubenville

New criminal justice program in Steubenville ‘rooted in the Catholic tradition’

Mar 7, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Franciscan University of Steubenville, founded in 1946, announced the launch of the program in a press release last month. Read more

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Nebraska Facebook abortion case: Baby was reportedly 29 weeks, 5 days old boy

Aug 31, 2022

By Katie Yoder

More details are coming out in a Nebraska case where authorities are relying on private Facebook messages to claim that... Read more

Upper two levels of Alcatraz cells.

More funding needed to deliver real reform in prisons, Senate committee hears

Nov 19, 2019

More funding for prisons is essential to properly implement criminal justice reform, the director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP)... Read more

James Dailey.

Florida bishops ask governor to stay planned execution

Oct 22, 2019

The Catholic bishops of Florida have called on Governor Ron DeSantis to halt the scheduled execution of James Dailey, who is... Read more

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Livia Tossici-Bolt is awaiting a verdict in her case in which she was charged with violating a “buffer zone” that restricts pro-life speech near abortion clinics.

U.S. State Department ‘monitoring’ UK government arrest of pro-life advocate

“Today we run the risk that our organizations, so dependent on the welfare state ... could be easily confused with a very bureaucratic NGO [nongovernmental organization],” said Archbishop Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference.

Secularization: Being born in Spain no longer means you’re Catholic, archbishop says

U.S. Vice President JD Vance waves to the crowd at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast.

Report: Vice President JD Vance intends to visit Rome at Easter

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks to attendees at the 2022 Student Action Summit at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida.

Oklahoma governor signs order directing state to prioritize religious freedom

An EF2 tornado in the early hours of March 31, 2025, in Grand Prairie, Louisiana, tore off the roof of the St. Peter Parish catechism building.

‘Our saints and relics helped protect us’: Tornado wreaks havoc on Louisiana parish

The “Caravaggio 2025” exhibition revives the legend of the baroque genius in Rome.

PHOTOS: Caravaggio 2025: Baroque master’s works on display as part of Jubilee of Hope

Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 5, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican.

This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of April

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New Jersey bookkeeper accused of stealing nearly $300,000 from 2 parishes

Pope Francis gives a thumbs up gesture from his window at Gemelli Hospital in Rome during his first public appearance in weeks on Sunday, March 23, 2025.

Pope Francis says he has experienced ‘Christian joy’ amid ongoing illness, recovery

Father José Luis Quijano is one of the 500 priests who participated in the March 28-30, 2025, Jubilee of Priests Instituted as Missionaries of Mercy.

This missionary of mercy accompanied a former priest imprisoned for pedophilia

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