Archive for January 17, 2025

Archbishop Nelson Pérez at his installation Mass on Feb. 18, 2020, at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Philadelphia archbishop launches ‘missionary hubs’ to reach the ‘missing 83%’

Archbishop Nelson Pérez has decided to launch a missionary outreach program to reach the 83% of baptized Catholics who are... Read more

Friar Paolo Benanti is president of Italy’s Commission for Artificial Intelligence.?w=200&h=150

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Franciscan expert on artificial intelligence addresses its ethical challenges

Franciscan friar Paolo Benanti emphasized that “the reality we are facing is different from that of 10 or 15 years... Read more

Participants at the OneLife LA walk in Los Angeles on Jan. 21, 2023,.?w=200&h=150

By Jim Graves

Annual OneLife LA will go on despite the wildfires that have devastated Los Angeles

Earlier this week archdiocesan officials in Los Angeles announced the OneLife LA event would be held entirely in the Cathedral... Read more

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By Tyler Arnold

Becket survey: Overall support for religious liberty grew in 2024

The sixth Religious Freedom Index survey found that religious freedom overall continues to grow with its religious freedom index hitting... Read more

President Joe Biden at the White House on Aug. 28, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Biden says ‘Equal Rights Amendment’ is ‘law of the land’

The declaration appeared to carry no legal weight but could set off a protracted political and legal fight for the... Read more

Men ride mules in Via della Conciliazione as they take part in the feast of San Antonio Abate (St. Anthony the Abbot), the patron saint and protector of animals, in Piazza Pio XII in front of the Vatican, in Rome on Jan. 17, 2025. Italian farmers and member of the Coldiretti farmers association gathered in the Vatican where families and animals received a benediction from Cardinal Mauro Gambetti.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Italian farmers come to the Vatican for blessing of animals

Italian farmers brought their animals to the Vatican on Friday to be blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti on the feast... Read more

Women demonstrate for the Equal Rights Amendment in 1978.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

‘Legally meaningless’: Experts respond to Biden’s Equal Rights Amendment declaration

The president on Friday proclaimed that the ERA — a measure abortion advocates have said could help legalize abortion nationwide... Read more

Archbishop Dionisio Guillermo García of Santiago de Cuba prays before an image of Mary in the Basilica National Sanctuary of Our Lady of Charity on March 24, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Eduardo Berdejo

Cuba’s release of prisoners motivated by economics and politics, expert says

The Cuban government’s announcement of the release of 553 prisoners has been described by an analyst and the opposition as... Read more

The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, speaks with Father Gabriel Romanelli, pastor of Holy Family Church, during his December 2024 visit to Gaza.?w=200&h=150

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Cardinal Pizzaballa on truce between Israel and Hamas: ‘It was absolutely necessary’

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa said that in the Holy Land “people are happy because this war has worn us down, exhausted... Read more

Pro-life demonstrators listen to President Donald Trump as he speaks at the 47th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24, 2020. Trump was the first U.S. president to address in person the country’s biggest annual gathering of pro-life campaigners.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

6 things the pro-life movement is hoping the incoming Trump administration will do

Pro-life advocates and policy experts are hopeful that the new administration will take concrete actions on behalf of the unborn... Read more

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By Tyler Arnold

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban planned for Sunday

TikTok, which has more than 100 million active users in the United States, will be banned on Sunday, Jan. 19,... Read more

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By Kate Quiñones

Texas judge rules states can revive challenge to abortion pill

Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled Thursday that Idaho, Kansas, and Missouri can pursue legal action to prohibit the FDA from... Read more

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By Tyler Arnold

Supreme Court will decide on parental right to shield children from gender ideology in school

Parents are suing the Montgomery County, Maryland, Board of Education over a policy that prohibits parents from opting their children... Read more