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United Nations Building and the flags in Geneva Switzerland.

Trump administration rejoins pro-life Geneva Consensus Declaration

Jan 30, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

“Now 40 countries have declared that when we are talking about human rights, abortion is not one of them,” said... Read more

Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma (pictured) along with Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, introduced a resolution Nov. 17, 2022, requesting that President Joe Biden recommit the U.S. to the Geneva Consensus Declaration. Daines and Lankford, together with Republican Rep. Jody Hice of Georgia, served as congressional honorary co-chairs of a GCD commemoration luncheon held in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

Senators urge Biden to rejoin coalition finding no ‘international right’ to abortion

Nov 19, 2022

By Katie Yoder

Republican Sens. Steve Daines and James Lankford introduced a resolution Thursday requesting that Biden recommit the U.S. to the Geneva... Read more

The United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland.

Senators mark 1st anniversary of declaration rejecting push to declare abortion an ‘international right’

Nov 2, 2021

By CNA Staff

The Geneva Consensus Declaration was signed by 32 countries on Oct. 22, 2020. Read more

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Pope Francis looks out at the crowd gathered below his hospital window at Rome's Gemelli Hospital on March 23, 2025.

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Speakers present at the briefing presenting the report “Attacks on Christians in Israel and East Jerusalem” by the Rossing Center on March 27, 2025. From left to right: Hana Bendcowsky, director of the Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian Relations at the Rossing Center; Bernard Sabella, a retired professor of sociology; Federica Sasso (Rossing Center)), moderator, Hussam Elias, executive director of the project; and Jesuit Father David Neuhaus.

Christian communities in Israel face growing hostility, annual report reveals

Mural of Archbishop Oscar Romero,

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Bishop Christian Carlassare (center), President Salva Kiir (left), and Dr. Riek Machar (right).

Bishop calls for peace in South Sudan as country’s first vice president reportedly arrested

Launched in March 2025, St. Claret Maternity Center in the Nyabwina village serves the local region in the Sheema/Mbarara District of Uganda.

Inspired by John Paul II, Catholic maternal health organization celebrates 30 years

St. Paul’s Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in Mosul, Iraq.

Cardinal calls on Iraqi Christians to vote for fellow Christians in upcoming elections

The Kansas Capitol in Topeka.

Leader of ‘black mass’ arrested at Kansas Capitol after punching protester

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New York official blocks Texas order against doctor who mailed abortion pills into state

“People need genuine compassion and choices, not the false choice of pain or poison,” says Jim Towey, founder and president of Aging with Dignity, the organization behind a new watchdog effort to monitor and oppose the expansion of assisted suicide throughout the United States.

Watchdog effort launches to oppose assisted suicide in U.S.

A wildfire blazes next to a stone lantern of family tomb in Andong, South Korea, on March 26, 2025. At least 18 people have been killed in one of South Korea’s worst wildfire outbreaks, with multiple blazes burning and causing “unprecedented damage,” the acting president said.

Pope Francis sends condolences after South Korea wildfires destroy thousands of homes

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