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Family members of Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli hostages gather in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

Families of Israeli hostages met with Catholic support during D.C. visit

Mar 12, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

An intimate group of about 20 people attended the panel, including several representatives of the Philos Project, a multi-denominational Christian... Read more

St. John Paul II at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 21, 1981.

John Paul II’s biographer says late pope is a model for Catholics in fighting antisemitism

Mar 13, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Speaking at a conference on Monday, George Weigel reflected on John Paul II’s “distinctly personal” relationship with the Jewish people. Read more

A Planned Parenthood facility in Indianapolis.

Senators press small business agency on Planned Parenthood’s ‘unlawful’ use of COVID funds

Mar 12, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Sens. Rand Paul and Joni Ernst sent a letter requesting documents and records related to Planned Parenthood’s receipt of Paycheck... Read more

Massacre in Plateau, Nigeria, on Dec. 24, 2023.

Nearly 150 Catholic priests kidnapped across Nigeria in past decade, at least 11 killed

Mar 13, 2025

By Agnes Aineah

A report published March 12 by Agenzia Fides shows that of the 145 Catholic priests kidnapped in Nigeria between 2015... Read more

Google offices in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York.

FCC grills Google over alleged faith-based discrimination in YouTube TV programming

Mar 13, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

The allegations stem from YouTube TV’s refusal to permit faith-based television network Great American Family to stream on its platform. Read more

Pope Francis speaks in an empty St. Peter’s Square during a Holy Hour and extraordinary urbi et orbi blessing, March 27, 2020.

PHOTOS: Remembering moments of grace and mercy when the COVID pandemic shut the world down

Mar 11, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

On the fifth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns around the world, CNA takes a look at some of... Read more

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Wyoming governor signs bill to bolster religious freedom protections

Mar 10, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

With the adoption of this law, Wyoming becomes the 29th state to enact these protections at the state level. Read more

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople during an audience at the Patriarchal headquarters in Istanbul with the German Association of the Holy Land, March 12, 2025.

Patriarch Bartholomew says 1054 church division ‘not insurmountable’ as Nicaea anniversary nears

Mar 15, 2025

By AC Wimmer

While Pope Francis previously announced plans to travel to Turkey, one possible obstacle to a universal agreement could be tensions... Read more

Entrance to the Izaguirre ranch.

Death camp in Mexico: Church denounces ‘cruelty and human wretchedness’

Mar 14, 2025

By Diego López Colín

The Catholic Church in Mexico expressed its “profound indignation and grief” following the discovery of an organized crime training and... Read more

Sebastian Lai speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol about his father’s imprisonment on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

Catholic democracy advocate Jimmy Lai ‘fighting for his beliefs’ during long trial

Mar 12, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Jimmy Lai, the founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and a human rights activist, has been on trial since... Read more

Jay Bhattacharya testifies during a U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on his nomination to be director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 5, 2025.

Trump NIH director nominee calls for ethical alternatives to aborted fetal tissue research

Mar 12, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya said he would seek ethical alternatives to using medical research based on cell lines taken from fetal... Read more

Bishop Isaac Martínez Chuquizana leads the diocese of Cajamarca, Peru.

Peruvian bishop denounces ‘direct attack’ on Church’s freedom of speech

Mar 14, 2025

By Walter Sánchez Silva

A Peruvian bishop has denounced an attack on the Church’s freedom of speech by LGBTQ+ activists who accuse the Church... Read more

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Trump’s top lawyer at FDA resigns after outcry over record defending abortion pill

Mar 13, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

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

Archbishop Jean-Abdo Arbach.

‘No future for Syria without Christians’: Archbishop calls for justice for massacre victims

Mar 14, 2025

By Andrés Henríquez

The Greek-Catholic archbishop of Homs, Jean-Abdo Arbach, condemned the massacres of civilians that occurred in Syria last weekend, which left... Read more

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Federal judge orders Trump administration to pay foreign aid contracts for finished work

Mar 12, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to make foreign aid payments to nongovernmental organizations for completed work. Read more

Legatus President Stephen Henley speaks at the organization’s 2025 annual conference in February in Naples, Florida.

Catholic businesspeople transforming culture: Legatus

Mar 13, 2025

By Emily Chaffins

With nearly 90 chapters across the U.S., Legatus aims to empower Catholic business leaders to become what St. Paul coined... Read more

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Ohio Catholic hospital resolves First Amendment dispute over ‘body cavity’ search

Mar 13, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The suit had alleged that police brought a “detainee” to the hospital’s ER and requested doctors “perform a body cavity... Read more

Highlands El Encinar School in Madrid.

Regnum Christi to review abuse prevention policies following arrest of former official

Mar 13, 2025

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Regnum Christi has announced that it will review the protocols it has in place in Spain following five allegations of... Read more

Normally busy streets in Manhattan are deserted April 10, 2020, after officials imposed a COVID-19 lockdown.

UPDATED: Which states protect churches from closure, 5 years after COVID lockdowns?

Mar 13, 2025

By Jonah McKeown, Zelda Caldwell

There is now legal precedent at the federal level suggesting that states may never shut down worship entirely again. Read more

Hallow’s Lent Pray40 Challenge: “The Way.”

St. Josemaría Escrivá’s ‘The Way’ tops Amazon charts thanks to Hallow’s Lent challenge

Mar 15, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The book consists of 999 points that aim to help the faithful pray and encourage them to love God, live... Read more