Archive for August 31, 2015

Pope Francis celebrates Mass for the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple in St. Peter's Basilica, Feb. 2, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Ann Schneible

Pope to Catholic lawmakers: Be strong. Protect life.

On Sunday, Pope Francis urged Catholic legislators to be protectors of human life, calling them to “be strong” against a... Read more

Margaret Sanger, founder of the birth control movement, at the Neo-Malthusian and Birth Control Conference in New York City. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

Black leaders to Smithsonian: Don’t honor Planned Parenthood founder

While Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger is sometimes hailed as a champion of women’s rights, she was no savior to... Read more

Pope Francis at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on August 26, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

Pope Francis holds virtual audience with Americans in Chicago, Texas, LA

Pope Francis on Monday took part in a virtual audience with a group of Americans, less than a month before... Read more

U.S. Capitol Building. ?w=200&h=150

Citing Pope Francis, bishops call on Congress to renew religious freedom commission

Congress has only one month to reauthorize the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Many human rights activists and religious... Read more

Pope Francis speaks with journalists aboard the papal plane en route to Sri Lanka, Jan. 12, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

Ahead of US visit, Pope Francis is popular among Americans

Most Americans have a favorable view of Pope Francis and think he has a message for all the country's citizens,... Read more

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Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, chapel and statue.

Franciscan University rejects Biden administration’s transgender policies in Title IX

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U.S. birth and fertility rates drop to record lows, according to CDC report

There are now more than 100 priests in the four dioceses of Sierra Leone.

Most priests in Sierra Leone are sons of Muslims, bishop says

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne attends a German Synodal Way assembly on March 9, 2023.

Four German bishops resist push to install permanent ‘Synodal Council’

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Biden Title IX changes affect state laws on women’s sports, locker rooms, lawyers warn

Families, donors, and others gather with Bishop Erik Pohlmeier for the dedication of the “Precious Ones Baby Mausoleum” at the San Lorenzo Cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida, on April 23, 2024.

Florida diocese opens ‘Precious Ones’ mausoleum to support couples who lose children

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opened up to veteran EWTN News anchorman Raymond Arroyo about his family’s strong faith growing up, how his faith helped him overcome drug addiction and how it impacts him in his day-to-day life in the travails of U.S. presidential politics.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks Catholic faith, abortion, Title IX in exclusive EWTN interview

Students, faculty, monks, and staff at Belmont Abbey College took part in their first “Cover to Cover” Bible Marathon Reading Event from April 8–12, 2024..

Belmont Abbey College hosts Bible marathon reading event

An aerial view of Washington Square in San Francisco on May 22, 2020.

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