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Court dismisses suit over Northern Ireland abortion law, on technicality
The UK Supreme Court threw out a case challenging Northern Ireland's abortion law on Thursday, saying the commission which brought... Read more
Ninth annual Rosary Relay to cover globe in prayer for priests
Marian shrines in more than 50 countries throughout world will join in a 24-hour rosary initiative on Friday to intercede... Read more
Vanity Fair ad takes '#MeToo' campaign to victims of religious violence
A new ad in the Italian edition of Vanity Fair magazine has given the global #MeToo movement another dimension, shining... Read more
How UK Anglicans and Catholics are teaming up to fight modern slavery
Anglican and Catholic leaders in the UK are teaming up to fight modern-day slavery through a free app that helps... Read more
Sunday Mass is not optional, UK archbishop reminds Catholics
In a pastoral letter for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, Archbishop Leo Cushley of St. Andrews & Edinburgh stressed the... Read more
After Irish referendum, abortion debate heats up in Northern Ireland
After Ireland voted to legalize abortion in a referendum last week, efforts have increased to legalize the procedure in Northern... Read more
Portuguese Parliament votes against legalizing euthanasia
After heated debate, the Portuguese Parliament voted on Tuesday to reject multiple proposed laws that would legalize euthanasia in the... Read more
GK Chesterton's sainthood cause may soon be opened
As an investigation into the life of Catholic apologist G.K. Chesterton nears a close, admirers of the English writer voiced... Read more
Gender theory flourished in an ideological vacuum, cardinal says
Cardinal Gerhard Müller reflected recently on the rise of gender ideology, saying it flourished in the vacuum left by the... Read more
Irish bishop calls 'yes' voters on abortion referendum to come to confession
As the Republic of Ireland moved to legalize abortion over the weekend, one bishop has said that practicing Catholics who... Read more
Watch a 20-week baby in utero with new groundbreaking technology
When the fetal ultrasound gained popularity in the 1970s, it was hailed as a “window to the womb.” But now,... Read more
In the footsteps of a saint – St Philip Neri's Rome
The 16th century St. Philip Neri is known for joyful holiness and for the foundation of the Congregation of the... Read more
Pope makes surprise visit to school named after book-loving child
In his most recent “mercy Friday” outing, Pope Francis visited a school recently named after a little girl who passed... Read more
American seminarians to battle for the title in Rome soccer tournament
For the first time in five years, seminarians and student priests from the North American College in Rome will hit... Read more
Your vote is the unborn child's voice, pro-lifers say in Irish abortion debate
Ahead of Ireland’s abortion referendum on Friday, pro-life and pro-abortion rights debaters have squared off in a country where voters... Read more
Bigotry and politics: what this British MP said about faith in the public square
The Conservative Party member of the British parliament Jacob Rees-Mogg is in the spotlight this week for recent comments he... Read more
Wounded veterans seek healing and peace in the waters of Lourdes
American veterans in search of healing attended a recent pilgrimage to Lourdes, through the Archdiocese for Military Services and the... Read more
125,000 additional Irish register to vote on abortion referendum
In advance of an upcoming Irish referendum on abortion legal, more than 100,000 people in the country have registered to... Read more
St John XXIII's body to go on pilgrimage in his native land
St. John XXIII’s mortal remains will spend more than two weeks away from the Vatican on a “peregrination” to the... Read more
