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Bill Donahue of the Catholic League.

Catholic League urges veto of 'discriminatory' Calif. abuse bill

Sep 11, 2013

California Gov. Jerry Brown should veto an abuse lawsuit bill that is “flagrantly discriminatory” and “targeted at the Catholic Church,”... Read more

Romanian Catholics celebrate Divine Liturgy at a cemetery in Sisesti, June 24, 2012.

Romania implored to return Communist-seized churches

Aug 16, 2013

By Adelaide Mena

A group of 20 U.S. lawmakers is pushing the State department to encourage Romania's government to return property confiscated from... Read more

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, California.

California abuse bill could still threaten Catholic Church

Aug 16, 2013

A California bill accused of unfairly targeting the Catholic Church and other groups with lawsuits on decades-old abuse charges has... Read more

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Holy Land Franciscans lament ban on co-ed schools in Gaza

Jul 23, 2013

A law in the Gaza Strip segregating classrooms by sex threatens the existence of Christian schools in the territory, according... Read more

Repairs on the walls of St. Virgilius Catholic Church in the Broad Channel neighborhood of Queens.

Bill helping Sandy-wrecked worship houses draws praise

Jul 13, 2013

By Carl Bunderson

Religious leaders have praised senators who introduced a bill this week which would ensure that houses of worship are not... Read more

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St. John’s Cathedral in the Netherlands is lit up for Red Wednesday on Nov. 23, 2022.

Churches around the world lit up red in honor of persecuted Christians

Despite an online petition posted to change.org in mid-October that garnered over 53,000 signatures in protest of the evergreen to be used for the Vatican Christmas tree being chopped down, the tree arrived as scheduled in St. Peter’s Square at 7 a.m. on Nov. 21, 2024.

Vatican Christmas tree wreathed in controversy over environmental objections

Father Max Josef Metzger, a Catholic priest executed by the Nazi regime in 1944 for his peace activism and ecumenical work, was beatified Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in Freiburg, Germany.

Church beatifies German priest who was executed by Nazis in 1944

Cardinal Kevin Farrell celebrates Mass for the World Meeting of Families 2022 on June 25, 2022.

Pope Francis assigns U.S. cardinal to carry out ‘urgent’ overhaul of Vatican pension fund

“In Jesus there is no contradiction between truth and charity,” notes professor Marta Rodríguez Díaz, who teaches in the philosophy department of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.

Gender: The problem isn’t the term but the anthropology behind it, Catholic expert says

“We think of these stories of saints that have withstood all this persecution as belonging to the Middle Ages,” said Bill McGurn, godfather of Jimmy Lai. “It’s going on right now, and we can see it.”

Jimmy Lai’s godfather assesses trial: ‘He’s a real champion of freedom’

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Wyoming governor pledges to appeal after judge blocks state pro-life laws

Alessandro Allori, “The Presentation of Mary,” 1598.

What do we know about the presentation of Mary?

Archbishop Philip Anyolo of the Nairobi Archdiocese in Kenya.

Nairobi archbishop declines Kenyan president’s donations to Catholic parish

Jimmy Lai’s wife, Teresa (left), and retired Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun arrive at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts to attend Hong Kong activist publisher Lai’s national security trial in Hong Kong on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.

Jimmy Lai takes the stand in yearslong Hong Kong national security trial

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