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Report: Gänswein ordered to leave Vatican, return to home diocese without new role
According to a German media report, Pope Francis is following a custom where former private secretaries of deceased popes do... Read more
From Hinduism to Catholicism: How Blessed Carlo Acutis inspired a man to convert
The son of a Brahman Hindu priest became a Catholic through young Carlo Acutis’ joyful witness to the Eucharist and... Read more
St. Philip Neri, the ‘Apostle of Rome,’ is an example of Christian charity and zeal
Deep in the catacombs, St. Philip Neri had his spiritual epiphany on the eve of Pentecost in 1544. Today, May... Read more
Nearly 30,000 abortions in Ireland since referendum came into effect, pro-life group says
Five years after Irish voters rejected the constitutional amendment that protected “the right to life of the unborn,” more than... Read more
UK Catholic bishops join other faith leaders to oppose assisted suicide bills
The Catholic bishops of England, Wales, and Scotland issued statements recently opposing assisted suicide for terminally ill people. Read more
PHOTOS: Thousands march in Italy’s national ‘Demonstration for Life’
The walk May 20 started at Rome’s Piazza della Repubblica and concluded at the square in front of the Basilica... Read more
Woman with Down syndrome sues over abortion law at European Court of Human Rights
Heidi Crowter announced her decision to appeal to the ECHR this week after England’s Supreme Court refused to hear her... Read more
UK birth of ‘three-parent baby’ came at a high moral cost, Catholic bioethicists warn
“This is the destruction of two embryonic human individuals to create a third individual,” the Anscombe Bioethics Centre said. Read more
Pope Francis urges freedom in message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees
Pope Francis has expressed the importance of a migrant’s freedom to make the “decision to leave one’s native land.” Read more
Spanish bishops: Abortion as a right makes the unborn child ‘a true undocumented person’
The Spanish Bishops’ Conference criticized the May 9 ruling by the country’s constitutional court that upheld abortion as a right. Read more
First British baby with DNA from three people is born after IVF procedure
The first baby born in the U.K. with DNA from three parents was born after doctors performed a revolutionary IVF... Read more
Pope Francis says traditional Latin Mass was being used in an ideological way
The pope spoke about the Latin Mass in a private conversation with Jesuits on the second day of his April... Read more
French lay group travels to build crosses and restore faith in Ireland
A lay Catholic movement that restores Catholic monuments in France is in Ireland May 5–13 to build crosses with the... Read more
Here’s the prayer of a journalist saint before he died for freedom of the Catholic press
St. Titus Brandsma was a Carmelite priest whose efforts cost him his life at the hands of the Nazi regime. Read more
For centuries this Catholic family has orchestrated Britain’s most Anglican royal events
The 18th Duke of Norfolk, current Earl Marshal Edward Fitzalan-Howard, continues his family’s important role in royal spectacles. Read more
Catholic prelate to participate in British coronation for first time since Reformation
Along with other Christian leaders, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Catholic archbishop of Westminster, will bestow a special blessing on King Charles... Read more
Hate speech bill advances in Ireland amid fears it would silence J.K. Rowling and the Church
The bill bars incitement to violence or hatred against persons on account of protected characteristics. Read more
Spanish court to investigate artists for exhibiting blasphemous sculptures
The complaint alleges the so-called Collective of Southern Artists (CAS) committed the crime of derision of the Christian faith. Read more
Hundreds of faithful gather in prayer for Pope Francis at Budapest’s oldest parish church
A time of celebration, prayer, and adoration for the faithful was held on the evening of April 29 at the... Read more
Pope Francis warns of technological domination, threat to human ecology at university in Hungary
The pope also spoke about the false freedoms offered by both communism and consumerism, and encouraged people to seek out... Read more
