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Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, Lebanon.

American, European bishops urge support for Lebanon

Mar 1, 2022

By Christine Rousselle

A group of American and European bishops released a statement on Tuesday, March 1 calling for increased protections for the... Read more

A February 2022 pro-life march in Bogota.

Across Colombia, half a million march for life after court decriminalizes abortion

Mar 1, 2022

By ACI Prensa

Across Colombia, around half a million people marched on Sunday to defend the lives of the unborn, rejecting the recent... Read more

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Ukrainian Catholic priest in D.C.: Russia has list of church leaders

Mar 1, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

A Ukrainian Catholic priest who is the dean of theology at the Catholic University of America says church leaders have... Read more

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Appeals court: Navy service members requesting religious exemption to COVID vaccine should not be punished

Mar 1, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

A federal appeals court on Monday ruled to keep a lower court order in place, temporarily preventing the Navy and... Read more

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Ukrainian Catholic leader: ‘Let us pray for our enemies’

Mar 1, 2022

By CNA Staff

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk deplored the deaths of women and children amid the Russian invasion. Read more

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Who are the 13 Catholic senators who voted for 'shameful' pro-abortion bill?

Mar 1, 2022

By Katie Yoder

Thirteen Catholic lawmakers in the U.S. Senate voted Monday in favor of a failed attempt to pass a sweeping new... Read more

An explosion in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Feb. 24, 2022.

Ukraine conflict: Catholic priest in Kyiv shares how Caritas is helping children find shelter

Mar 1, 2022

By Courtney Mares

‘In my house, we have 37 people,’ Father Vyacheslav Grynevych said. Read more

A memorial to Father Ignacio Ellacuría and his companions at the site of their killings at the Central American University in San Salvador.

El Salvador ex-president and others face charges for 1989 murders of Jesuits

Mar 1, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

Former El Salvador president Alfredo Cristiani and a dozen others, including former military officers, now face charges related to the... Read more

Cardinal Angelo Becciu.

Vatican finance trial to continue with Cardinal Becciu first to testify

Mar 1, 2022

By Hannah Brockhaus

Cardinal Becciu said that ‘finally the hour to speak the truth has arrived.’ Read more

Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, head of the Maronite Church. Credit: Aid to the Church in Need.

Cardinal: Lebanon’s political crisis poses challenge for papal trip

Mar 1, 2022

By Courtney Mares

‘We need stability,’ said Cardinal Rai. Read more

The damaged diocesan chancery in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine.

Ukraine conflict: Bomb hits Catholic diocese’s headquarters in besieged city

Mar 1, 2022

By CNA Staff

Forty people were sheltering in the basement, but no injuries were reported. Read more

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Hackers interrupt Catholic charity’s online press conference on Ukraine

Mar 1, 2022

By Courtney Mares

Speakers were drowned out by a stream of obscenities. Read more

Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk, Latin Rite bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine.

Ukrainian Catholic bishop is sheltering with Orthodox counterpart in besieged city, says charity

Mar 1, 2022

By CNA Staff

‘I wish for this war to end as quickly as possible,’ Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk said. Read more

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Dozens of headstones overturned at Ukrainian Catholic cemetery near Baltimore

Mar 1, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

The day before Russia invaded Ukraine last week, about 49 headstones at a Ukrainian Catholic cemetery in the outskirts of... Read more

Cardinal George Pell gives an interview to EWTN News in Rome, Italy, on Dec. 9, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Cardinal Pell condemns ‘illegal and ferocious Russian invasion’ in letter to Ukrainian Catholic leader

Mar 1, 2022

By CNA Staff

The Australian cardinal said he regretted the ‘absence of support’ for Ukrainians. Read more

Senator James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) speaks against the Women's Health Protection Act on the Senate floor, Feb. 28, 2022.

Pro-abortion Women's Health Protection Act fails in US Senate

Feb 28, 2022

By Katie Yoder

The U.S. Senate failed to move forward with the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) on Monday, striking down what some... Read more

Death row in an American prison.

Bishops in Texas urge clemency for woman on death row

Feb 28, 2022

By Christine Rousselle

The state of Texas should grant clemency to a woman set to be executed in April, a Catholic organization and... Read more

Closeup shot of a woman holding her hands together and praying over an open Bible.

Ideas to help you have a fruitful Lent

Feb 28, 2022

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Lent is a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. We, as Catholics, are called to walk through the desert with... Read more

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What do abortion laws look like in Latin America? Here's a country-by-country map

Feb 28, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

After Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruled 5-4 last week to decriminalize abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, abortion advocates hailed... Read more