Archive for January 8, 2025

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By Jonah McKeown

Abortion pills: Where are they legal and illegal?

Abortions done via medication, also called chemical abortions, currently account for about half of the abortions that are done in... Read more

Parents protest the Montgomery County School Board's policy blocking them from opting out their children from pro-homosexual and transgender materials.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Poll finds most parents, including Catholics, oppose transgender ideology in schools

Nearly three-fourths of Catholic parents surveyed also oppose biological males on girls’ sports teams and nearly 60% oppose biological males... Read more

St. Francis Xavier statue in front St. Joseph Cathedral in Beijing, China, Feb. 25, 2016.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

China’s oldest priest dies at 104: a life of faith amid 25 years of persecution

Father Joseph Guo Fude was one of the few remaining Catholic priests in China who had been ordained prior to... Read more

Sister Simona Brambilla, the new Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Here’s what to know about the first female Vatican prefect in the Catholic Church’s history

Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla is the new prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of... Read more

Pope Francis greets young people gathered for his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Pope Francis: Christians have a duty to prevent, condemn child exploitation

Putting a spotlight on the “scourge of child labor,” the Holy Father lamented that there are “too many children forced... Read more

A priest gives Communion to children at the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Marina

U.S. bishops launch annual collection for Church in Latin America

The USCCB has announced the launch of its annual collection in support of the Church’s mission in different areas of... Read more

Students at St. Dominic Academy in Auburn, Maine.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Catholics challenge Maine law excluding faith-based schools from tuition assistance program

Catholic parents who live in rural Maine are challenging a state law that excludes most faith-based schools from Maine’s rural... Read more

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark, New Jersey.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Cardinal Tobin announces synodal ‘pastoral conversion’ initiative for Archdiocese of Newark

“Pastoral conversion requires nothing more or less than our willingness to be open to what God’s word is saying to... Read more

Firefighters run as a brush fire burns in Pacific Palisades, California, on Jan. 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned buildings and sparked evacuations as “life-threatening” winds whipped the region.?w=200&h=150

By María J. Moriarty

Wildfires in Los Angeles area level church, force school closures

A raging wildfire in the Pacific Palisades sector of Los Angeles has destroyed Corpus Christi Catholic Church and forced the... Read more