Archive for April 1, 2022

Pope Francis met with the Italian Autism Foundation in the Vatican's Clementine Hall on April 1, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis advocates for inclusion of people with disabilities in society

The pope underlined that the Church in particular is called to help those with disabilities to “make their voices heard.” Read more

Pope Francis meets members of the First Nations at the Vatican on March 31, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis to visit Indigenous peoples in Canada in July

“I will be happy to benefit again from meeting you by visiting your native lands, where your families live,” Pope... Read more

Pope Francis meets Canadian Indigenous leaders at the Vatican on April 1, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis expresses ‘sorrow and shame’ for Catholic role in abuse against Indigenous peoples

“I want to say to you with all my heart: I am very sorry,” Pope Francis said. Read more

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk records a video message on March 23, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Don’t let certain news be the ‘inner occupier of your person,’ says Ukrainian Catholic leader

“Let us eradicate evil from our hearts. Let us be Christian and human, even in the circumstances of war,” Shevchuck... Read more

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By David Ramos

Is the Vatican about to dissolve the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae?

In the most recent of a series of articles on the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, the online newspaper Crux suggests that... Read more

A red-brick row house (C) is seen where DC Metro Police said they found five fetuses inside where anti-abortion activists were living earlier this week in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on April 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. Nine people, some of whom lived or stayed in the house, were indicted Wednesday on federal civil rights counts, with prosecutors alleging that they violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act when they blockaded an abortion clinic with chain and rope in 2020. Authorities do not know how the fetuses were obtained or how they got into the home where anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy was staying before she was arrested.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

After police find aborted fetal remains at home of DC pro-life activist, group pledges full explanation

Police on Wednesday found the remains of at least five aborted fetuses at the Washington, D.C. home of activist Lauren... Read more