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Families reject 'academy of prostitution' in Spain

May 11, 2012

The World Congress of Families condemned a “heartless” group which they believe is taking advantage of Spain's economic crisis in... Read more

Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace listens as Aux Bishop Patrick Lynch of Southwark, England speaks.

Victim of human trafficking praises Vatican conference

May 9, 2012

A young English woman who was forced into a life of prostitution by a human trafficker lauded the Vatican for... Read more

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The Supreme Court of the state of Georgia is housed at the Nathan Deal Judicial Center in Atlanta.

Georgia Supreme Court reinstates 6-week ‘heartbeat’ law

Sherry Colvin (left) and her daughter Gabriela were among the attendees at the "Remembering October 7th" rally held in front of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 7, 2024.

Christians join supporters of Israel at rally on National Mall on Oct. 7

U.S. Supreme Court.

Supreme Court denies Biden’s attempt to force Texas emergency doctors to perform abortions

Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on Oct. 1, 2024, in New York City.

Did Tim Walz allow abortion for any reason up to birth? Here’s what the law he signed says

Procession of the relics of St. Francis Xavier in Old Goa outside Se Cathedral on his feast day, Dec. 3, 2014.

Indian police hunt for Hindu man who allegedly disrespected St. Francis Xavier

More than 400 priests, bishops, and cardinals concelebrated a Mass with Pope Francis to open the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 2, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square.

Live updates: The Synod on Synodality debates the Catholic Church’s future

Christian worshippers pray at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024.

Pope Francis: ‘Prayer and fasting are the weapons of love that change history’

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance arrives to speak at a Trump-Vance campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, 2024.

JD Vance signals Trump administration will defund Planned Parenthood

Fire and smoke rise at an area targeted by an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Oct. 6, 2024.

Beirut under fire: Church officials call for peace

Members of St. Monica Widows Group pray during Mass at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Ojolla Parish in the Archdiocese of Kisumu in Kenya.

Widows group in Kenya rescues Catholic women from polygamy, ‘wife inheritance’

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