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New York City Mayor Eric Adams attends the campaign launch event for “We Love NYC” in Times Square on March 20, 2023, in New York City.

New York City’s Mayor Adams responds to critics of his faith-based comments

Mar 20, 2023

By Tina Dennelly

In the interview with Jen Psaki, Adams said he is concerned about America and that the root of the country’s... Read more

Father Paul Hedman, the priest behind CanonLaw.Ninja.

Canon law copyright case: Priest’s website stays online thanks to new translation

Mar 20, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

A popular canon law website will continue to offer its content to the public despite fears that it would have... Read more

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The pro-life fight: What is happening in the states?

Mar 20, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

Here is what is happening in the abortion battle right now. Read more

CompassCare Pregnancy Services, which had its facility outside of Buffalo burned down last summer,  was attacked again with pro-abortion graffiti.

NY pregnancy center that was set on fire is hit again with ‘Jane’s Revenge rhetoric’

Mar 20, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

The destruction of property at CompassCare Pregnancy Services in Amherst, New York, is the latest in a wave of attacks... Read more

Beer.

These 17th-century monks did a beer fast for Lent

Mar 18, 2023

By Matt Hadro

With the Lenten season underway, Catholics are immersing themselves in 40 days of abstaining from sweets, technology, alcohol, and other... Read more

Ian Dinkla, 21, and Bryn Taylor, 26, abortion activists and students at the University of Florida are arrested by university police.

Abortion activists at Florida university charged with assaulting police officers

Mar 17, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

According to the police arrest report, one of the arrested repeatedly shoved a police officer in attempts to resist arrest.  Read more

German Cardinal Gerhard Müller (left) and American Cardinal Raymond Burke.

Cardinals Müller, Burke rebuke German bishops over same-sex union blessings

Mar 17, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

German Cardinal Gerhard Müller and American Cardinal Raymond Burke rebuked the German bishops for approving Church blessings of same-sex unions. Read more

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Here’s why a popular canon law website will have to remove much of its content

Mar 16, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

Father Paul Hedman created the website CanonLaw.Ninja to provide users with a searchable, up-to-date translation of the Code of Canon... Read more

St. Patrick and corned beef.

UPDATE: Where are Catholics allowed to eat corned beef on St. Patrick’s Day this Lent?

Mar 16, 2023

By CNA Staff

Which dioceses are offering a dispensation from the requirement to abstain from meat? Read more

Migrants, mostly of Venezuelan origin, attempt to forcibly cross into the United States at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on March 12, 2023.

Texas lawmakers propose making illegal immigration a felony

Mar 16, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

The “Border Protection Unit Act” would create a specialized border protection police force and make illegal immigration a state felony. Read more

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany, NY.

Facing hundreds of sex abuse lawsuits, Albany Diocese to declare bankruptcy

Mar 16, 2023

By Kevin J. Jones

The diocese has been named in more than 400 lawsuits filed from August 2019 to August 2021 under the Child... Read more

Plan B.

Miami University student group hopes to install Plan B ‘morning after pill’ vending machine on campus

Mar 15, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

Miami University’s student government association has plans to install a “Plan B” emergency contraception vending machine on its Oxford, Ohio,... Read more

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Group of Jewish parents sue state of California for equal access to special needs education

Mar 15, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

Under California law, funding for special education is not available to religious schools. Read more

Abortion Pill Reversal seeks to counter the effects of the first progesterone-blocking abortion pill, providing an opportunity to save the unborn child.

Texas man sues ex-wife’s friends for facilitating unborn child’s abortion

Mar 15, 2023

By Kevin J. Jones

The wife’s friends allegedly conspired with her “to murder her unborn child with illegally obtained abortion pills.” Read more

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak addresses the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on March 14, 2023.

National Catholic Prayer Breakfast speakers address attacks on human dignity

Mar 14, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

Addressing an audience of over 1,000, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak brought attention to the human toll of the... Read more

Cathedral of St. Eugene in Santa Rosa, CA.

Citing abuse lawsuits, California’s smallest diocese files for bankruptcy

Mar 14, 2023

By Kevin J. Jones

The Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in northern California said on Monday that it will file for bankruptcy due to... Read more

Joe Biden

Biden calls bans on transgender treatments for children ‘close to sinful’

Mar 13, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

President Joe Biden criticized Florida’s regulation of transgender medical care for children and ban on gender ideology in the classroom. Read more

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Case that could stop half of U.S. abortions set for this Wednesday

Mar 13, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

The FDA is accused of recklessly endangering women and young girls for decades by ignoring its own research and testing... Read more

Cardinal Michael Czerny.

Catholic universities should do more to respond to environmental issues, Vatican cardinal says

Mar 13, 2023

By Jonah McKeown

Cardinal Michael Czerny called for universities to provide a “concrete, visionary, and courageous response” to the problem of environmental destruction.  Read more

Police have released images from a surveillance camera of a suspect they say vandalized Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Gales Ferry, Connecticut, on March 11, 2023.

Police looking for man who vandalized Connecticut Catholic church

Mar 13, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

The suspect allegedly smashed windows and painted “hateful” messages on the floor and wall, police said. Read more