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Seeking to build on papal visit, Canada’s bishops stress indigenous reconciliation
Indigenous issues were at the forefront when about 90 Catholic bishops met in Cornwall, Ontario for the Canadian bishops’ 2022... Read more
Catholics converge on DC for a week of prayer and fasting
The week of prayer and fasting will culminate in the National Rosary Rally at the steps of the U.S. Capitol... Read more
LGBT organizations in Spain are pressuring the government to pass the ‘trans law’
Three LGBT organizations have met with the main party of the governing coalition in Spain, seeking the passage of the... Read more
Catholic organizations in Colombia call Bogotá cathedral attack by militants ‘terrorism’
Catholic organizations condemned the Wednesday night attack by abortion militants on the Bogotá cathedral and demanded authorities arrest those involved. Read more
Caritas Algeria closes at government’s behest
The Church in Algeria announced Sunday that the country has ordered the Church’s aid organization Caritas Algeria to cease its... Read more
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Catholic bishops’ pro-life chair supports 15-week abortion ban nationwide
The legislation, proposed by Graham in the Senate and Smith in the House on Sept. 13, would ban abortion after... Read more
Catholic Charities helps to pick up the pieces after Hurricane Ian
Local and national Catholic Charities agencies are working to assess needs and provide aid after Hurricane Ian devastated Florida’s Gulf... Read more
UK doctor investigated for praying with patients calls on Christians to ‘stand up and fight’
A Christian doctor has appealed to Christians in professional life to “stand up and fight” after he faced investigation for... Read more
Let your beauty shine, Pope Francis tells young people
Pope Francis on Friday told young people to let their true beauty shine, the beauty that is a reflection of... Read more
Prosecution calls witnesses as Vatican finance trial resumes
After a break of over two months, the Vatican trial on financial corruption in the Secretariat of State continued this... Read more
Cardinal Eijk: Same-sex blessings undermine Church teaching on marriage, sexual ethics
The archbishop of Utrecht has urged that the Flemish bishops be asked to withdraw their statement introducing blessing ceremonies for... Read more
Vatican cardinal says he did not compare German Synodal Way to Nazi ideology
A Vatican cardinal has defended himself against the accusation by the president of the German bishops’ conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing,... Read more
Four female athletes challenge Connecticut policy in fight to save women’s sports
Four female student athletes are at the center of an ongoing case to protect girls’ sports, which advanced to the... Read more
Cardinals Cupich, Dolan urge reconsideration of transgender mandate
The Biden administration’s proposal to force hospitals and doctors to perform gender-transition surgeries is “misguided,” the two cardinals wrote Monday. Read more
Priests reject controversial synod poster: it’s ‘out of bounds and confusing’
Two Spanish priests recently posted their analyses on social media of a controversial drawing posted to the Synod on Synodality... Read more
Vatican confirms East Timor bishop under ‘restrictions’ related to sexual abuse of minors
Two alleged victims, now in their 40s, say the bishop abused his position of power over boys in the area... Read more
Nicaraguan dictator Ortega verbally attacks pope, calls Church ‘the perfect dictatorship’
President Daniel Ortega called the pope a “holy tyrant” and said the Church is “the perfect dictatorship” during a Sept.... Read more
‘Everything is connected’: Cardinal Czerny explains future of Vatican office for integral human development
The Vatican’s office for integral human development is rethinking its work in light of the implementation of Pope Francis’ curial... Read more
What does Giorgia Meloni’s victory mean for Catholics in Italy?
In short, the reality of Meloni’s politics is much more nuanced than it may seem at first glance. Read more
Pope Francis says that he tried to help Ukraine, Russia prisoner swap
Pope Francis has said that he was involved in a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine. Read more
