Archive for March 21, 2014

Ultrasounds can be used by parents wishing to procure a sex-selective abortion. ?w=200&h=150

UK prime minister denounces sex-selective abortions as 'appalling'

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has criticized sex-selective abortion as “simply an appalling practice,” and said the British government will... Read more

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By Adelaide Mena

Down syndrome researcher’s sainthood cause a 'witness to life'

The life of Dr. Jérôme Lejeune, a French researcher who discovered the genetic cause of Down syndrome, is an example... Read more

Pope Francis leads the Ash Wednesday procession on Rome's Aventine Hill, March 5, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

Pope Francis: God’s Word lives through humility, prayer

Pope Francis warned against trying to co-opt the Word of God for one’s own purposes as did the Pharisees, urging... Read more

Bishop Malcolm McMahon, O.P., the newly appointed Archbishop of Liverpool. ?w=200&h=150

Dominican bishop of Nottingham transferred to Liverpool

Speaking Friday of his appointment as Archbishop of Liverpool, Bishop Malcolm McMahon of Nottingham has said he will strive to... Read more

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square prior to a General Audience, May 22, 2013. ?w=200&h=150

Pope Francis expresses solidarity with victims of mafia violence

At a Friday meeting and prayer vigil with families of mafia victims, Pope Francis shared his sympathy with them, and... Read more

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Scotland pauses sex-change and puberty-blocker drugs for children

Father Marko Rupnik.

Ex-Jesuit, alleged abuser Rupnik listed as consultant in 2024 Pontifical Yearbook

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Planned Parenthood reports record number of abortions in latest annual report

Cardinal Wilton Gregory speaks at an interview in Rome on April 11, 2024.

Cardinal Gregory recalls time when Black Catholics could not study in U.S. seminaries

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks during the signing of the ELVIS Act to Protect Voice & Likeness in Age of AI event at Robert’s Western World on March 21, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Tennessee names first English-language Bible translation in U.S. as official state book

A member of New South Wales Forensic Police is seen at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in the Sydney suburb of Wakeley, Australia, on April 16, 2024. Hundreds clashed with police in western Sydney on April 15 after Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed at the altar. New South Wales police have declared the attack a terror event. Police apprehended a 16-year-old in connection with the attack.

‘I forgive whoever has done this’: Australian bishop who survived stabbing speaks out

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Michigan priest resigns amid dispute over school appearance by ‘openly gay’ author 

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House Republicans call for NCAA ban on biological men in women’s sports

A bishop and a priest exchange the sign of peace during Mass.

Rite of peace is not just a greeting or friendly gesture, nun explains

Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako presides over the dedication ceremony of the altar of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Mosul, Iraq. April 5, 2024.

As new altar is consecrated at destroyed Iraq church, former parishioner recalls ‘wonderful days’

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