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The March for Life before the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2017.

Pro-lifers join Good Friday prayers to abortion clinic witness

Apr 19, 2019

A pro-life group is coordinating ecumenical Good Friday services and Ways of the Cross outside of abortion clinics in more... Read more

A display of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary is part of Holy Week processions in Seville, Spain.

Holy Week terrorism suspect arrested

Apr 18, 2019

Authorities from Spain and Morocco have arrested a 23-year-old man in Rabat, Morocco, who is suspected of planning an attack ... Read more

Oklahoma advances abortion drug reversal bill. Is it well-founded?

Apr 18, 2019

Oklahoma legislators have passed a bill requiring physicians to tell women that a drug-induced abortion procedure can be reversed, but... Read more

Miami archbishop warns flock against fake Fathers

Apr 18, 2019

The Archdiocese of Miami is warning Catholics against a spate of fake priests who are scamming parishioners for money and... Read more

Ryan Prasad and Bob Buckham at St. Mary's. Courtesy of Ryan Prasad.

'I've encountered Him' - how one inmate lost everything and found Christ

Apr 18, 2019

By Kate Veik

Ryan Prasad desperately wanted to change his life.  Read more

St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.

Arson charges for man who carried gasoline into NYC’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Apr 18, 2019

The man who attempted to enter New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral carrying gasoline, lighter fluid, and a lighter will face... Read more

St. Mary's historic church in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

‘Nones’ rise amid declining church attendance, survey shows

Apr 18, 2019

Church membership in the United States has dropped considerably in the last two decades, and the number of people who... Read more

Supreme Court of the United States.

Supreme Court hears petition to overturn Louisiana abortion law

Apr 18, 2019

The Center for Reproductive Rights formally presented its petition April 17, after the court granted a stay in February which... Read more

Father James Schall, S.J., who died April 17, 2019. Photo courtesy of Ignatius Press.

Jesuit Father James Schall has died at age 91

Apr 18, 2019

Father James Schall, S.J., a longtime professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and the author of numerous books and essays,... Read more

Pope Francis kisses the foot of a prisoner during Holy Thursday Mass April 18, 2019.

Pope Francis urges inmates to be at service to one another

Apr 18, 2019

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis celebrated the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at a prison in the suburbs of Rome Thursday, urging the... Read more

Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark moderates a panel at the 2018 World Meeting of Families.

Cardinal Tobin: Catechism language 'very unfortunate' on homosexuality

Apr 18, 2019

The Archbishop of Newark said Wednesday that the language used by the Catechism of the Catholic Church to describe homosexual... Read more

Pope Francis celebrates the Chrism Mass April 18, 2019.

Pope Francis: Like holy oil, priests must pour themselves out for others

Apr 18, 2019

By Hannah Brockhaus

The holy oil blessed at the Chrism Mass is a reminder of the priest’s call to be close to the... Read more

St. Patrick's Cathedral at night, in Manhattan, New York.

Man arrested entering St. Patrick’s cathedral with gasoline

Apr 17, 2019

By Christine Rousselle

The man was apprehended by cathedral security around 8 p.m. and taken into police custody by officers with the NYPD... Read more

In Texas, bipartisan vote protects abortion survivors – but in NC, veto looms

Apr 17, 2019

Republicans and Democrats in the Texas legislature voted to strengthen protections for babies born after surviving attempted abortions, but in... Read more

Fr. Thomas Rosica, CSB.

Rosica's Pope Francis text plagiarized from anti-Catholic blog, report says

Apr 17, 2019

A Canadian priest’s controversial 2018 characterization of Pope Francis was plagiarized, according to a recent media report. The priest, Fr.... Read more

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.

L.A. archdiocese pays abuse victim of layman $8 million

Apr 17, 2019

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $8 million to a female teenager who was sexually abused and... Read more

Illinois Congressman Dan Lipinski

Pro-life Democrat Lipinski faces another primary challenge

Apr 17, 2019

Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL), narrowly defeated challenger Marie Newman in 2018 by 2,145 votes.  He will face her again in... Read more

Pete Buttigieg campaigns in New Hampshire, April, 2019.

Analysis: How politics is shaping morality, and how religious voters might respond

Apr 17, 2019

By Ed Condon

As the 2020 Presidential race begins in earnest, between the two parties sits a growing number of voters motivated by... Read more

Children amid destroyed buildings in Gaza.

CRS welcomes senators' call for humanitarian funding to West Bank, Gaza

Apr 17, 2019

Catholic Relief Services was among 18 organizations that have welcomed the introduction of a Senate Resolution calling on the Trump... Read more

The spire of Notre Dame, topped by the rooster weathervane, collapsed in the April 15 fire.

Notre-Dame weathervane comes home to roost

Apr 17, 2019

A copper rooster containing relics and thought to have been destroyed in the collapse of Notre-Dame de Paris has been... Read more