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Cardinal Dolan's arrival on Twitter draws thousands

May 17, 2012

By Kevin J. Jones

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York debuted on Twitter last week, adapting his engaging, humorous style to the popular microblogging... Read more

The Blessing of the Child in the Womb and Archbishop Gregory Aymond.

Bishops publish blessing for unborn child

May 10, 2012

Ahead of Mother’s Day, the U.S. bishops’ conference has published a prayer to bless an unborn child, the child’s pregnant... Read more

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Cardinal Aguiar and his auxiliary bishop, Francisco Javier Acero Pérez, OAR, met with Pope Leo on Jan. 14, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Mexico’s Cardinal Aguiar: Pope Leo XIV would like to visit Mexico ‘soon’

The pope closed the large bronze doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2025, when the Jubilee of Hope concluded. | Credit: Vatican Media

St. Peter’s Holy Door to be sealed Jan. 16

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Republican senators urge more regulations on abortion pill in Senate hearing

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during an end-of-year press conference in the State Department Press Briefing Room in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 19, 2025. | Credit: Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. is working with Catholic Church to get post-hurricane aid to Cuba, Rubio says

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for relations with states and international organizations of the Holy See. | Credit: Santosh Digal

Archbishop Gallagher: Surrogacy is a ‘new form of colonialism’

Pope Leo XIV next to the new mosaic of him that will be added to St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica in Rome. | Credit: Vatican Media

Mosaic bearing Pope Leo XIV’s portrait readied for St. Paul Outside the Walls

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UPDATE: Ohio moves to close nursing home amid ‘widespread care failures’ after purchase from Catholic nuns

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. | Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Cardinal Pizzaballa: There is a longing for justice and human dignity in Iran

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services headquarters building in Washington, D.C. | Credit: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Trump administration restores Title X funding to Planned Parenthood

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Multistate lawsuit challenges ‘gender conditions’ tied to HHS funding

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