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Cardinal Camillo Ruini answers questions at the Vatican press office on June 17, 2014.

Cardinal Ruini sees ‘risk of schism’ in Germany after Vatican ‘no’ to same-sex blessings

May 4, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

“I hope with all my heart that there will not be any schism, and I pray for this,” said the... Read more

Newly ordained priests are vested during their Mass of Ordination in St. Peter's Basilica, April 26, 2015.

Former vicar general of Rome: Ordaining married men in Amazon a 'wrong choice'

Nov 5, 2019

By Hannah Brockhaus

Cardinal Camillo Ruini, who served as Vicar General of Rome for 17 years and was a close collaborator of St.... Read more

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Silvio Alvarado with his wife, Paulina, and their two children.

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Edoardo Santini.

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Texas judge’s ruling that woman can have abortion leaves hospitals liable to prosecution

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a memorandum in 2022 announcing that the department would provide paid leave and reimbursement for travel expenses for service members who seek to obtain an abortion.

Congress drops amendment banning military spending on abortion and sex change surgeries  

A sonogram picture in the second trimester of a woman’s pregnancy.

Wisconsin court rules that pro-life law doesn’t apply to abortion

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‘Social emergency’ of low fertility may be driven partly by pesticides, study shows

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Religious sisters sue Smith & Wesson for ‘facilitating’ mass shootings

Cardinal George Alencherry preaches at St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam, India, on Palm Sunday 2021.

Pope Francis accepts resignation of head of Syro-Malabar Church, Cardinal Alencherry

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Data shows most states moving away from use of the death penalty

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