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US Capitol at sunset.

With laws set to threaten religious liberty in DC, Senate is last legal hope

Mar 19, 2015

By Matt Hadro

With religious freedom under assault in the U.S. capital, the Archdiocese of Washington is rallying behind its “only legislative recourse”... Read more

Birth Control.

Court rejects Catholic concerns about new contraception mandate rules

Nov 14, 2014

A U.S. appeals court ruled Friday against Catholic organizations with objections to the Obama administration’s latest opt-out rules for mandated... Read more

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Left to right: Paolo Carozza, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame; Christine Rosen, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Carter Snead, a Notre Dame law professor and bioethicist, discuss “the corporeal dimension of human identity in an age of virtual reality” at the New York Encounter in New York City on Feb. 15, 2025.

New York Encounter: Technology is costing us our humanity, experts say

On Feb. 15, 2015, ISIS militants brutally executed 21 Coptic Christian prisoners on a beach in Libya. Now, on the 10th anniversary of their deaths, a short animated film called “The 21” is honoring these 21 men who died because of their unwillingness to deny their faith in Jesus Christ.

New animated film honors legacy of 21 Coptic Martyrs on 10th anniversary of their martyrdom

Sister Raffaella Petrini.

Sister Raffaella Petrini appointed president of Vatican governorate

A recent meeting of various members of the ecumenical initiative Easter Together 2025.

Ecumenical initiative calls for unity to celebrate Easter together

Top row from left: Pierangelo Capuzzimati, Sr. Clare Crockett, Matteo Farina. Bottom row from left: Helena Agnieszka Kmieć, Akash Bashir, Carlo Acutis.

A new generation of saints? 6 millennials on the road to canonization

A view of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis was delivered Feb. 14, 2025, to receive treatment for bronchitis.

Pope Francis ‘peaceful’ after first night in Rome hospital

The co-founders of Eden Invitation, Shannon Ochoa (left) and Anna Carter (right).

Eden Invitation founder: Chastity helps us view people as ‘worthy of reverence and dignity’

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Fertility rates show pro-life laws saved 22,000 lives in 2023, study finds 

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks at the 61st Munich Security Conference on Feb. 14, 2025, in Munich, Germany.

Vance draws attention to lack of religious freedom, free speech in Europe

Pope Francis is hugged by a young visitor at his general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.

Pope Francis hospitalized: Live updates

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