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Ohio legislature passes bill to require burial or cremation of aborted babies
The legislature of Ohio has passed a bill that would require the bodies of babies killed in surgical abortions to... Read more
Indonesian Catholic bishops call for justice in local elections
The bishops of Indonesia urged Catholics to participate in the upcoming local elections by voting for Catholics who honor the... Read more
US Supreme Court urged to protect KY religious schools from shutdown
An order shuttering in-person education until Jan. 4 in Kentucky amid rising COVID-19 cases amounts to religious discrimination, the US... Read more
Belarus to be consecrated to Mary on Immaculate Conception feast
The metropolitan archbishop of Minsk has asked all churches in Belarus to pray an act of consecration of Belarus to... Read more
End executions for Advent, Catholic bishops tell Trump
Leading U.S. bishops are imploring the Trump administration to stop scheduled federal executions during the season of Advent. Read more
Scots College in Rome to change location in the city
The Scottish seminary in Rome is looking to relocate closer to the city center next year, after determining that needed... Read more
Australia celebrates 10th anniversary of St. Mary MacKillop’s canonization
Australia is celebrating the 10th anniversary this year of the canonization of the country’s first and only saint, St. Mary... Read more
Pro-life leaders react to Biden's 'extreme' HHS pick
Pro-life leaders have warned against Joe Biden’s “aggressively pro-abortion” pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. California... Read more
Report: Vatican seeks 8-year jail sentence for ex-Vatican bank president
The Vatican’s Promoter of Justice is seeking an eight-year jail term for a former president of the Institute for Religious... Read more
Belgian Catholics organize legal challenge to public Mass ban
Catholics in Belgium are seeking to take legal action against the government after it decreed that public Masses will remain... Read more
EWTN Spain to launch on Feast of the Immaculate Conception
A new EWTN channel in Spain will begin broadcasting television programs Dec. 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Read more
Report: Two-child limit on UK tax benefits pushes some women to abortion
Nine months after UK Catholic leaders called for the abolition of a two-child limit on tax credits and other benefits... Read more
Pope Francis: Ask God for the gift of conversion in Advent
We should ask God for the gift of conversion this Advent, Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Sunday. Read more
English bishops say AstraZeneca’s vaccine may be received without sin
A coronavirus vaccine developed from cell-lines originating from the cells of an unborn child who was aborted in 1983 can... Read more
Pope Francis approves overhaul of Vatican’s financial watchdog
Pope Francis approved Saturday sweeping changes to the Vatican’s financial watchdog authority. Read more
Analysis: What is waiting for Bishop Fisher in Buffalo?
Awaiting Bishop Fisher is a chancery with a tarnished reputation, a diocese named in hundreds of clergy abuse lawsuits, an ongoing... Read more
Swiss court suspends public worship ban in Geneva
A court suspended Thursday a ban on public worship in the Swiss canton of Geneva. Read more
Apostolic nuncio to US to hold webinar on Fratelli Tutti
Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, will present a webinar on the pope’s recent encyclical, Fratelli Tutti. Read more
Effort to buy and preserve Tolkien house in Oxford
Actors from the films trilogies the “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” have backed a campaign to turn the... Read more
Vatican archbishop expresses ‘grave concern’ at rise in attacks on believers at prayer
A Vatican archbishop expressed “grave concern” Thursday at the rise in attacks on believers praying in places of worship. Read more
