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Smoke increases after Israeli airstrikes on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 10, 2023.

What you need to know about the war between Israel and Hamas

Oct 17, 2023

By Diego López Marina

The ongoing tension in the Middle East has flared up again in a war between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian... Read more

A Palestinian man injured during an air strike is wheeled into the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis on the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 17, 2023.

Hamas says Israel behind deadly hospital blast; Israel blames terrorist group

Oct 17, 2023

By Daniel Payne

News reports on Tuesday said Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist hospital had been hit with a strike that killed as many as... Read more

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Florida attorney general seeks to block pro-abortion measure from 2024 ballot

Oct 17, 2023

By Jonah McKeown

Attorney General Ashley Moody claims the measure “does not satisfy the legal requirements for ballot placement.” Read more

Auxiliary Bishop-elect Emmanuel Tois of Paris.

Pope Francis names an auxiliary bishop for Paris

Oct 17, 2023

By Walter Sánchez Silva

The Vatican Press Office announced Oct. 17 that Pope Francis has appointed Father Emmanuel Tois as a new auxiliary bishop... Read more

Former President Donald J. Trump makes remarks at the 2023 CPAC on March 4, 2023.

Trump runs pro-life ads in Iowa following criticism over abortion comments

Oct 17, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

The ads come following criticism of former President Donald Trump’s controversial comments on abortion. Read more

Rocket shells are left on the grass outside a house where civilians and soldiers were killed by Hamas militants days earlier, Oct. 11, 2023 in Be'eri, Israel.

‘It touches every family’:  Israeli man says niece among those kidnapped by Hamas

Oct 17, 2023

By Daniel Payne

Elad Levy, the uncle of Roni Eshel, told “EWTN News Nightly” that the family last heard from Eshel just before... Read more

The Sejm, the lower house of the Polish Parliament.

Polish elections point to possible shift in country’s abortion laws, ‘political clashes’

Oct 17, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

Liberal opposition parties won a significant political victory over Poland’s conservative Law and Justice Party on Sunday. Read more

“As a woman, I’m not focused at all on the fact that I’m not a priest,” Renée Köhler-Ryan, one of 54 women delegates to the Synod on Synodality, said at a press briefing Oct. 17, 2023.

Theologian at Synod on Synodality: There’s ‘too much emphasis’ on women priests

Oct 17, 2023

By Hannah Brockhaus

“As a woman, I’m not focused at all on the fact that I’m not a priest,” Renée Köhler-Ryan said at... Read more

Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 6, 2023.

A papal visit to the South Pole? Pope Francis looks to new peripheries

Oct 17, 2023

By Courtney Mares

In a new interview, the pope said someone had recommended he make a visit to Antarctica the next time he’s... Read more

Pope Francis smiles during his general audience in St. Peter's Square Sept. 27, 2023.

Pope Francis in new interview: ‘Church has to change’ in favor of human dignity

Oct 17, 2023

By Shannon Mullen

Pope Francis, speaking in a new interview published by a media outlet in his native Argentina, said the Church must... Read more

The ancient Portico d'Ottavia in the heart of Rome's Jewish ghetto was the site of the March for Remembrance on Oct. 16, 2023.

Rome remembers 80th anniversary of Nazis’ expulsion of the city’s Jews 

Oct 17, 2023

By Matthew Santucci

This annual event has been held for the past 30 years and is jointly organized by the Catholic community of... Read more

Ultrasound of baby at 12 weeks.

Facility-based abortions drop 30% in North Carolina after 12-week abortion ban, data show

Oct 17, 2023

By Matt McDonald

In May the state Legislature enacted a bill largely banning abortions after 12 weeks, with some exceptions. The state’s previous... Read more

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Pro-life groups warn of late abortions in Ohio Issue 1. Here’s what the initiative says

Oct 17, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

Vague language in the proposed amendment could strip away parental rights and lead to late-term, partial-birth abortions on demand there,... Read more

Pope Francis prays at the opening Mass for the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 4, 2023.

Pope Francis says his Argentinian friends may be among Hamas attack victims

Oct 17, 2023

By ACI Digital

Israeli journalist Henrique Cymerman posted on his social networks a video of the telephone conversation he had with the pope... Read more

Bishop Olivier Leborgne of Arras, France.

Islamist kills teacher at French high school, bishop condemns the terrorist attack

Oct 16, 2023

By Walter Sánchez Silva

The bishop of Arras, France, Olivier Leborgne, condemned the murder of a teacher by a young Islamist and the terrorist... Read more

Archbishop José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez.

Synod on Synodality ‘cannot remove pages from the Bible,’ synod archbishop says

Oct 16, 2023

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Archbishop José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez, the archbishop of Manizales in Colombia, shares his experience at the Synod of Synodality. Read more

A view of Baltimore's Basilica nestled amid the city's famed row houses.

Pastor removed from ministry after report about $200,000 in sex abuse hush money

Oct 16, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

Father Paschal Morlino, OSB, who has been removed from his 30-year tenure as pastor of a local parish, denies any... Read more

"The Chosen" Season Four poster.

‘The Chosen’ announces Season 4 theatrical release, new trailer

Oct 16, 2023

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

For the first time, the full season of the hit Christian series will be shown exclusively in theaters before its... Read more

Israel unleashed an attack in the northern Gaza Strip on Oct. 12, 2023, in Gaza City, Gaza.

U.S. bishops urge faithful to join in day of prayer and fasting for peace in Holy Land

Oct 16, 2023

By Jonah McKeown

The Latin Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, last week urged Catholics to devote Oct. 17 to prayer. Read more

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Catholic Relief Services calls for ‘immediate humanitarian access’ to Gaza Strip

Oct 16, 2023

By Jonah McKeown

The charity group on Saturday asked for aid access “before a dire humanitarian situation becomes a catastrophe.” Read more