Archive for May 4, 2014

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By Kevin J. Jones

UK rules exclude pro-life medical professionals from diploma

U.K. requirements that medical professionals seeking a specialist diploma must be willing to prescribe contraception and abortion-causing drugs have sparked... Read more

Pope Francis delivers a General Audience address in St. Peter's Square, Jan. 8, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

Francis will not be prisoner to public opinion, analyst says

Vatican observer Sandro Magister has said that Pope Francis’ “formidable praise” for Paul VI’s “Humanae Vitae” is key to understanding... Read more

Pope Francis greets the faithful at St. Stanislaus parish in Rome on May 4, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

Pope: Jesus journeys with us in the Eucharist

In his Sunday homily delivered at a Polish parish in Rome, Pope Francis meditated on the presence of Jesus Christ... Read more

Participants in Italy's 2014 March for Life walk towards St. Peter's Basilica. ?w=200&h=150

Pro-life leaders hold international conference in Rome

Leaders in the movement to protect human life from conception to natural death held a conference in Rome on Saturday... Read more

Participants in Italy's 2014 March for Life carry a sign reading "Abortion is Violence." ?w=200&h=150

Italy’s March for Life draws global participation

The fourth annual March for Life held in Rome May 4 drew attendees from across Italy, Europe and the United... 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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