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Illinois state capitol in Springfield.

Catholic leaders back pregnancy centers, doctors in federal suit over abortion referrals

Dec 17, 2025

The lawsuit challenges a 2016 Illinois rule that requires health care providers who refuse to perform abortions to refer women to abortion clinics. 

Army personnel stand guard in front of St. Mary’s Cathedral Church in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Dec. 23, ahead of Christmas 2024.

Bangladesh Catholics face Christmas under military guard after church attacks

Dec 17, 2025

Bangladesh Catholics face Christmas under military guard after bomb attacks on St. Mary’s Cathedral and Catholic schools in Dhaka.

San Diego Auxiliary Bishop Ramón Bejarano celebrates Mass at St. Augustine’s School on Dec. 5, 2021, to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Pope Leo XIV appoints Bishop Ramón Bejarano to lead Monterey Diocese

Dec 17, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Ramón Bejarano, currently auxiliary bishop of San Diego, as the next bishop of Monterey in California.

Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Joliet, Illinois.

Pope Leo XIV to appoint next archbishop of New York

Dec 17, 2025

Bishop Ronald Hicks, 58, will succeed Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who has led New York, the second-largest U.S. archdiocese by population since 2009.

Father Deusdedit Ssekabira of the Catholic Diocese of Masaka in Uganda is in police custody for alleged “violent subversive activities against state” following his abducted from his office in Katwe, Masaka city, by men wearing Uganda Army uniform on Dec. 3, 2025.

Uganda army confirms arrest of priest over alleged state security threats

Dec 17, 2025

According to a statement, Father Deusdedit Ssekabira was arrested in connection with what the military says is “involvement in violent subversive activities against the state.”

Carolers outside Planned Parenthood in Aurora, Illinois, on Dec. 13, 2025.

At abortion facilities across the nation, carolers bring tidings of life

Dec 17, 2025

As Christmas Day approaches, nearly 100 caroling groups across the U.S. are gathering at various abortion facilities to sing Christmas carols.

Pope Leo XIV spoke about the solution for restless hearts in his catechesis at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Dec. 17. 2025.

Pope Leo XIV: True treasure is found in the heart, not ‘too much doing’

Dec 17, 2025

Pope Leo XIV spoke about the solution for restless hearts in his catechesis at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Dec. 17. 

Pope Leo XIV looks out from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica after his election on May 8, 2025.

Vogue magazine includes Pope Leo XIV on its list of best dressed of 2025

Dec 17, 2025

Vogue magazine recently named Pope Leo XIV one of the 55 best-dressed people of 2025.

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Schoolchildren attend a ceremonial welcome and tree planting at Aras an Uachtarain, the official residence of the president of Ireland, during a state visit by His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco and his fiancee, Charlene Wittstock, on April 4, 2011, in Dublin.

Christian religious education in Northern Ireland ruled unlawful; bishops respond

Dec 17, 2025

A U.K. Supreme Court ruling has found that Christian religious education taught in schools in Northern Ireland is unlawful, but it does not apply to Catholic schools.

The European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium.

Why religion matters at the EU-Balkans summit today

Dec 17, 2025

The EU-Western Balkans summit on Dec. 17 in Brussels brings together European Union leaders and their counterparts from six Western Balkan nations.

Pope Leo XIV presides at the jubilee Mass for prisoners on Dec. 14, 2025.

With special permission, prisoners travel to Rome for the jubilee

Dec 16, 2025

The last major event of this year’s Jubilee of Hope was dedicated to prisoners around the world.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court building in Madison, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin loses second bid to block tax exemption in spat with Catholic charity

Dec 16, 2025

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Dec. 15 blocked state Attorney General Josh Kaul’s attempt to fully eliminate an unemployment tax exemption.

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