Archive for September 12, 2025

The premiere of “Triumph of the Heart” in Dallas on Sept. 8, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

New film on St. Maximilian Kolbe’s final days highlights hope amid darkness

A new film called “Triumph of the Heart” depicts St. Maximilian Kolbe’s last days on earth in a starvation bunker... Read more

Regiane Cichelero.?w=200&h=150

By Nathália Queiroz

Brazilian court denies mother’s right to home-school her child

The Santa Catarina State Court of Justice in Brazil has denied Regiane Cichelero’s request to home-school her son. Read more

Alveda King has suffered three assassinations in her family: that of her father, Rev. Alfred Daniel Williams King; her grandmother, Alberta King; and her renowned uncle, Martin Luther King Jr.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Alveda King responds to Charlie Kirk’s assassination: ‘We’ve got to care again’

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk at a college campus, Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,... Read more

Pope Leo XIV greets participants in the third edition of the World Meeting on Human Fraternity at the Vatican on Sept. 12, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV tells World Meeting on Human Fraternity to welcome migrants, care for poor

Pope Leo XIV spoke out on Friday against what he called the business of wars while condemning attitudes of rejection... Read more

Pope Leo waves to the crowds in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 6, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Amira Abuzeid

Pew survey: 8 out of 10 U.S. Catholics view Pope Leo XIV favorably

A new report from a Pew Research Center survey finds that 8 out of 10 American Catholics view Pope Leo... Read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with bishops on Sept. 11, 2025, at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Leo XIV: Inappropriate behavior of the clergy ‘cannot be kept in a drawer’

Pope Leo XIV exhorted new bishops to address issues related to inappropriate behavior on the part of the clergy: “They... Read more

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C., where Archbishop Timothy Broglio, USCCB president, said the Subcommittee for the Promotion of Racial Justice and Reconciliation will continue “important work.”?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

U.S. bishops’ conference creates a permanent subcommittee to address racism

The newly-created Subcommittee for the Promotion of Racial Justice and Reconciliation reflects the U.S. bishops conference’s “commitment to addressing the... Read more

A 45-year-old Iraqi Christian who fled his homeland to escape Islamist persecution was stabbed to death in Lyon in southern France on the evening of Sept. 10, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Solène Tadié

Christian in wheelchair killed while livestreaming his faith in France 

A 45-year-old Iraqi Christian who fled his homeland to escape Islamist persecution was stabbed to death in Lyon in southern... Read more

The World Health Organization’s Model List of Essential Medicines 2025 no longer has the caveat that abortion drugs should only be used where “legally permitted or culturally acceptable.”?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

World Health Organization promotes abortion drugs on essential medicines list

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Read more

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Andre Mahanna, a former Maronite Catholic priest.

Former Maronite priest still presenting himself as a cleric, Denver Archdiocese warns

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Leo XIV eliminates commission for donations to Holy See created by Pope Francis

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1 in 4 post-abortive women regret abortion decades later, study finds

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Catholic bishops back Trump’s removal of gender ideology in refugee forms

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools

Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’

Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee.

Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross

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