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Pope Francis speaks to pilgrims gathered in the Paul VI Audience Hall for his general audience on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis releases World Day of Peace message, renews call to end death penalty

Dec 12, 2024

Pope Francis on Thursday released his message for the 58th World Day of Peace, commemorated annually on Jan. 1, with three concrete proposals.

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Euthanasia in Canada jumped nearly 16% last year with more than 15,000 deaths

Dec 12, 2024

Health Canada’s fifth annual medical assistance in dying report reveals that MAID accounted for nearly 1 in 20 deaths in the country last year.

Pope Francis received Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Vatican on Dec. 12, 2024, for discussions focused on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and prospects for peace in the Holy Land.

Pope Francis meets Palestinian leader Abbas amid Gaza crisis

Dec 12, 2024

During the “cordial talks,” both parties “reiterated the condemnation of all forms of terrorism” while emphasizing the importance of protecting Jerusalem’s special status.

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British government makes puberty blocker ban for kids permanent

Dec 12, 2024

The decision is based on “independent expert advice from the Commission on Human Medicines,” which determined “there is currently an unacceptable safety risk.”

The bishops of Haiti denounced the “dehumanizing violence” that has plagued the country since the beginning of 2024 and are asking all citizens to “go on with life without becoming discouraged” and to be witnesses of hope.

5,000 murders in Haiti this year: Bishops decry ‘dehumanizing violence’

Dec 12, 2024

The bishops of Haiti denounced the “dehumanizing violence” that has plagued the country since the beginning of 2024.

Bishop António Francisco Jaca of the Diocese of Benguela in Angola speaks on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Radio Ecclesia, Angola’s Catholic Radio on Dec. 8, 2024.

African bishop exhorts Catholic journalists to uphold standards

Dec 12, 2024

The 70th anniversary of Angola’s Catholic Radio was the occasion of a bracing plea for Catholic journalistic integrity by Bishop António Francisco Jaca.

Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Russian Orthodox patriarch writes to pregnant women to encourage them to keep their babies

Dec 12, 2024

In his letters, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill offers encouragement and congratulations to the new mothers, wishing them “many blessings from Christ.”

The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico.

Fact or fiction? 9 popular myths about Our Lady of Guadalupe

Dec 12, 2024

In the almost 500 years since Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared, her image has become the subject of several popular myths and legends, especially in Mexico.

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The Church of the Gesù, where a Mass and prayer vigil for LGBT Christians are scheduled in September 2025 in Rome during the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope.

Organizers and supporters reluctant to discuss planned LGBT jubilee day in Rome

Dec 11, 2024

The Vatican’s jubilee organizers say they are neither supporting nor opposing the event while the figures behind it are declining to comment.

The most recent murder of a priest in Mexico occurred Oct. 20, 2024.

Report: 80 priests murdered in Mexico over last three decades

Dec 11, 2024

Father Omar Sotelo Aguilar noted that “as never before in the history of Mexico, violence has reached worrying levels, striking all sectors of society.”

Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy (third from the left, with president of ABC Entertainment Karey Burke, Caitlin Jenner,  and producer Jane Cha Cutler at at fundraiser event for the Center for Transyouth Health and Development-Children's Hospital on Feb. 1, 2020) is being sued by a woman who says she was rushed into a gender transition.

Woman alleges doctors ‘fast-tracked’ her into gender transition as preteen, files lawsuit

Dec 11, 2024

The lawsuit, filed by UCLA student Kaya Clementine Breen, claims that “her body has been profoundly damaged in ways that can never be repaired.”

The interior of St. Boniface is seen in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin parishioners launch GoFundMe to appeal to Vatican to save 150-year-old church

Dec 11, 2024

Advocates for St. Boniface Church in Manitowoc are hoping to raise $8,000 to bankroll an appeal at the Vatican to stop its diocese from shuttering the church.

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