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What is a consistory? Your questions answered
Here’s everything you need to know about this Saturday’s consistory. Read more
Naples’ new cardinal sees red hat as call to ‘embrace the cross of the weakest’
Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples, Italy, said he sees the appointment not as a personal honor but as a call... Read more
CDC: Abortions declined slightly following reversal of Roe v. Wade
Here is a roundup of the latest pro-life and abortion-related policy developments in the United States. Read more
Hawley warns feds: Retain records on Catholic investigation, pro-life convictions
The senator accused the federal agencies of engaging in “unprecedented abuses of the justice system." Read more
Nicaraguan dictatorship kidnaps and expels another priest
The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua has kidnapped and expelled from the country Father Floriano Ceferino Vargas, a priest... Read more
Pope Francis: Beauty urges us to take Christ out into the streets and bring him to people
In a message to participants in this year’s conference on popular piety in Seville, Spain, from Dec. 4-8, the pope... Read more
Court approves New York diocese’s record $323 million abuse settlement
The New York diocese announced in September that it had reached the massive settlement for abuse victims after a four-year-long... Read more
Detransitioner Chloe Cole, Matt Walsh speak at rally on the steps of the Supreme Court
Tensions were high at times, as a rally organized by a coalition of trans-rights activists shared the space outside the... Read more
Why is legalization of abortion making rapid advances in Mexico?
Over the past six years, the legalization of abortion has accelerated rapidly in Mexico, with 19 of the country’s 32... Read more
Experts laud Italian ban on surrogacy abroad as step toward universal abolition
On Oct. 16, Italy’s Senate passed a bill making it possible to prosecute Italian citizens for pursuing surrogacy abroad. Read more
Trump could reverse State Department, USAID’s efforts to push gender ideology, abortion
Under President Joe Biden’s administration, officials have used USAID and DOS to promote transgenderism and other elements of gender ideology... Read more
Bible boom: Why are people buying so many Bibles?
As recently reported by the Wall Street Journal, Bible sales rose 22% in the U.S. through the end of October... Read more
Iraqi Christian youth voice their views on the Church and their future
A survey conducted between 2022 and 2024 by ACI MENA revealed young Iraqi Christians’ views of the Church and of... Read more
A sign of ‘renaissance’ in Paris: Notre Dame Cathedral to reopen this weekend
The Paris cathedral reopens on Dec. 8, but the celebrations for the cathedral’s return to worship will last until Pentecost... Read more
International pro-life summit: Faith isn’t imposed but doesn’t hide either
The theme for this year’s Political Network for Values Transatlantic Summit from Dec. 1–2 in Spain was “For Freedom and... Read more
Judge says New Jersey county can’t exclude churches from historic preservation grant
The parishes were supported in their lawsuit by the First Liberty Institute and the University of Notre Dame School of... Read more
Supreme Court seems skeptical of claim that Tennessee’s transgender law is discriminatory
Tennessee’s law restricting transgender surgeries and drugs for minors is being challenged by President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice and... Read more
Missouri attorney general defends pro-life abortion laws amid legal fight over new amendment
Missouri’s Amendment 3 mandates that the government “shall not deny or infringe upon a person’s fundamental right to reproductive freedom.” Read more
Pope Francis, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán talk Ukraine and family policies
Pope Francis received the prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, at the Vatican on Wednesday. Read more
Palliative care doctors in UK say assisted suicide bill rests on ‘misconceptions’
The Association of Palliative Medicine in the U.K. is opposed to changing the law on assisted suicide in England and... Read more
