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A firefighter in Rome pays tribute to the Blessed Virgin Mary by laying a wreath of fresh flowers at her statue atop a column near the Spanish Steps at dawn on Dec. 8, 2023.

Immaculate Conception on an Advent Sunday: When to go to Mass?

Dec 7, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated each year on Dec. 8. This year its observance is “transferred” to... Read more

Ryan Clarke, Harrison Tinsley, and Adam Vena, who have each faced custody battles over their opposition to transgender ideology, rally on the steps of the United States Supreme Court with activist and detransitioner Chloe Cole on Dec. 4, 2024.

Fathers who lost their children to gender ideology: ‘I feel so betrayed’

Dec 7, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Demonstrating alongside activists, lawmakers, and medical professionals, the three men shared their stories with CNA. Read more

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White House backs off enforcing underage contraceptive rule in Texas

Dec 6, 2024

By Daniel Payne

In July, the Texas attorney general sued the HHS over the change to Title X that eliminated parental consent requirements... Read more

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8 Republican senators sign letter opposing military draft for women in defense proposal

Dec 6, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

“Never in our history have women been forced to register for the draft,” the senators wrote. Read more

An earthquake was recorded off the coast of northern California near the town of Eureka on Dec. 5, 2024.

Northern California parish evacuates after earthquake, tsunami warning

Dec 6, 2024

By Matt McDonald

The earthquake, which measured 7.0 on the magnitude scale, was felt at about 10:45 a.m. local time in Humboldt County,... Read more

Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson on “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo” Dec. 5, 2024, said he originally wrote a book “three times” as long as his latest, “We Who Wrestle with God: Perceptions of the Divine,” and said that there’s “another book coming that includes the story of Job and the and the story of the Passion.”

Jordan Peterson: The Bible is a collection of ‘world-ordering’ ideas

Dec 6, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Renowned Canadian psychology professor Jordan Peterson on Thursday described the Bible as a collection of “world-ordering,” “civilization-engendering” ideas. Read more

The U.S./Mexico border in El Paso, Texas.

New Mexico bishops come out strongly against mass deportations

Dec 6, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

“We urge the new administration to rethink this proposed deportation policy and instead return to bipartisan negotiations to repair the... Read more

The last ordinary public consistory to create new cardinals took place on Sept. 30, 2023.

What is a consistory? Your questions answered

Dec 6, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Here’s everything you need to know about this Saturday’s consistory. Read more

Pro-life activist Matthew Engelthaler places signs in front of Camelback Family Planning, an abortion clinic in Phoenix, on April 18, 2024.

CDC: Abortions declined slightly following reversal of Roe v. Wade

Dec 5, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Here is a roundup of the latest pro-life and abortion-related policy developments in the United States.  Read more

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Hawley warns feds: Retain records on Catholic investigation, pro-life convictions

Dec 5, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The senator accused the federal agencies of engaging in “unprecedented abuses of the justice system." Read more

St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, New York.

Court approves New York diocese’s record $323 million abuse settlement

Dec 5, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The New York diocese announced in September that it had reached the massive settlement for abuse victims after a four-year-long... Read more

Activist and detransitioner Chloe Cole was among the speakers at a rally on the steps of the United States Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024, as justices heard oral arguments in a challenge to a Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries for minors.

Detransitioner Chloe Cole, Matt Walsh speak at rally on the steps of the Supreme Court 

Dec 5, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Tensions were high at times, as a rally organized by a coalition of trans-rights activists shared the space outside the... Read more

U.S. national and rainbow flags are pictured on the U.S. embassy in Moscow on June 30, 2022.

Trump could reverse State Department, USAID’s efforts to push gender ideology, abortion

Dec 5, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Under President Joe Biden’s administration, officials have used USAID and DOS to promote transgenderism and other elements of gender ideology... Read more

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Bible boom: Why are people buying so many Bibles?

Dec 5, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

As recently reported by the Wall Street Journal, Bible sales rose 22% in the U.S. through the end of October... Read more

Zion Lutheran Church in Long Valley, New Jersey, is one of two churches that have won a victory against county officials who were excluding them from a historic preservation grant program.

Judge says New Jersey county can’t exclude churches from historic preservation grant

Dec 4, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The parishes were supported in their lawsuit by the First Liberty Institute and the University of Notre Dame School of... Read more

Opponents of transgender treatments on children gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2024, as justices hear oral arguments for a challenge to a Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries and hormones for minors.

Supreme Court seems skeptical of claim that Tennessee’s transgender law is discriminatory

Dec 4, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Tennessee’s law restricting transgender surgeries and drugs for minors is being challenged by President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice and... Read more

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a legal brief in which he argued that Missouri’s regulations on abortion providers are consistent with Amendment 3 and are justified on grounds of patient safety and informed consent.

Missouri attorney general defends pro-life abortion laws amid legal fight over new amendment

Dec 4, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Missouri’s Amendment 3 mandates that the government “shall not deny or infringe upon a person’s fundamental right to reproductive freedom.” Read more

Father Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty this week to kidnapping and raping a teenage boy in the 1970s, heading off a long-delayed trial that launched with an indictment last year. 

New Orleans priest pleads guilty to 1970s kidnapping, rape of teenager

Dec 4, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Father Lawrence Hecker’s trial was repeatedly delayed this year amid Hecker’s ill health and uncertainty over his mental competency to... Read more

Main lobby of Orr Elementary in Tyler, Texas.

New Bible curriculum in Texas public schools faces scrutiny

Dec 4, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Critics of the curriculum cite fear it will “entrench religion in public life” and could “diminish the protections that are... Read more

Church of Panagia tou Arakos, triumphal arch, wall paintings, Lagoudera, Cyprus — north side, St. John of Damascus.

7 things to know about the last Church Father

Dec 4, 2024

By Jimmy Akin

On Dec. 4 we celebrate St. John of Damascus, also known as St. John Damascene, priest and religious, who also... Read more