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Florida's abortion waiting period law awaits further testimony in courts
The attorney general of Florida has been given 60 days to gather evidence and testimonies in defense of a 2015... Read more
Charlie Gard's family could be allowed permanent US residency
Amid the Gard family's legal battle in the U.K. to pursue experimental treatment for their infant son, a committee in... Read more
Pope phones trash man who lost legs in accident
Maximiliano Acuña is a garbage collector in Buenos Aires who earlier this year was injured in a serious accident that... Read more
Church leaders in China remain open to dialogue with Vatican
As the Catholic Church in China journeys toward a normalized relationship with the Holy See, one priest in dialogue with... Read more
Archbishop Chaput: Civilta Cattolica got American Christianity wrong
A prominent Catholic journal’s critique of American religion and politics got quite a bit wrong, Philadelphia’s Archbishop Charles J. Chaput... Read more
Facebook restores blocked Catholic pages, citing malfunction
Facebook has restored more than 25 Catholic pages in Portuguese and English that were blocked yesterday, citing a malfunction in... Read more
Why religious leaders might be best at fighting extremism
Religious leaders, not secularists, are often in the best position to persuade violent religious extremists towards peace, the papal nuncio... Read more
Step outside the politics and encounter immigrants, bishop implores
A U.S. bishop on the border of Mexico hopes his new pastoral letter on migration will turn the hearts of... Read more
Bishops plea for two priests abducted in DRC
Gunmen have abducted two Catholic priests in the Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting the country’s bishops to plead that the... Read more
Two dozen Catholic pages blocked from Facebook without explanation
In the last 24 hours more than twenty Catholic pages, some with millions of followers, have been blocked by Facebook... Read more
Caracas archdiocese rebukes attack on voters in Venezuela referendum
Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino of Caracas has repudiated Sunday's attack on a referendum in which the vast majority of participants... Read more
Senate committee considers Callista Gingrich nomination as Vatican ambassador
Callista Gingrich, nominated by President Donald Trump as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, laid out her priorities Tuesday at... Read more
Report claims decades of abuse against 500 German choir boys
A new report claims that more students of a prestigious German choir were subjected to physical abuse than originally thought,... Read more
Father Giacomo Morandi promoted to CDF secretary
Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Father Giacomo Morandi secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Italian... Read more
Corruption trial of former Vatican hospital officials begins
One year after Vatican City charged a priest and a laywoman in the second “Vatileaks” trial, it has begun a... Read more
Vatican commission agrees to disagree on Cardinal Stepinac
A commission of Catholic and Orthodox leaders tasked with examining the wartime record of Bl. Aloysius Stepinac concluded their final... Read more
Would-be bride turns cancelled reception into feast for homeless
Many couples spend thousands of dollars on their dream wedding. But what happens when you have to call it all... Read more
Satanic monument in city park a really bad idea, Minn. Catholics say
A proposed Satanic monument in a city-run veterans’ park has drawn strong opposition from Catholics in Minnesota, who have led... Read more
What Civilta Cattolica's analysis of US Christianity missed
An analysis piece in La Civilta Cattolica alleging an “ecumenism of hate” between Catholics and Evangelical Fundamentalists is seriously flawed... Read more
In strongly Catholic Philippines, bishops' conference picks new leader
The Philippines is one of the most populous Catholic countries in the world. About 80 percent of the country's 100... Read more
