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Isabel Vaughan-Spruce (center-left) and Father Sean Gough (center-right) celebrate their legal win outside the Birmingham Magistrates Court in Birmingham, England, on Feb. 16, 2023.

Two UK Catholics acquitted after being charged for praying in front of abortion clinic

Feb 16, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

Father Sean Gough and Isabel Vaughan-Spruce were charged with violating a local Public Spaces Protection Order that censors speech around... Read more

Isabel Vaughan-Spruce

Woman arrested while praying silently outside abortion clinic charged with ‘intimidation’

Dec 30, 2022

By Charlotte Evans

Isabel Vaughan-Spruce is accused of “protesting and engaging in an act that is intimidating to service users.” Read more

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The Texas Supreme Court will allow the execution of Robert Roberson, who was convicted of the murder of his infant child, with the ruling coming after a legislative committee attempted in October 2024 to delay the capital sentence by subpoenaing the condemned man.

Texas Supreme Court allows previously-delayed execution of Robert Roberson to proceed

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New Jersey bishop says hundreds of diocesan donations have gone missing from drop box

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Pope Francis laicizes schismatic Argentine priest 

Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn pastor removed after secretly loaning $2 million of parish funds to lawyer

Pope Francis attends a Vatican screening of the 2022 documentary “Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” on Feb. 24, 2023.

Pope Francis conveys closeness to Ukraine in letter marking 1,000th day of war

Sarah Richardson, a sidewalk counselor with Coalition Life in Carbondale, Illinois.

Pro-life group asks Supreme Court to throw out abortion ‘buffer zone’ laws

Bishop José Ignacio Munilla was among the speakers featured at the 2024 Conference on Catholics and Public Life Nov. 15–17, 2024.

Socialism is ‘an enemy of the cross,’ Spanish bishop says

Coat of arms of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher.

What is the Jerusalem Cross?

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America’s pro-life movement readies 2025 federal- and state-level policy efforts

Pope Francis prays during the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

Pope Francis’ claim that Israel action in Gaza could be ‘genocide’ draws criticism

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