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Ohio priest sentenced to life in prison for sex trafficking 

Nov 20, 2023

By Daniel Payne

Parish priest Michael Zacharias was convicted on five counts of sex trafficking by a federal jury in the Northern District... Read more

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Ohio priest convicted of sexual abuse of minors

May 15, 2023

By Peter Pinedo

Parish priest Michael Zacharias, 56, was convicted on five counts of sex trafficking by a federal jury in the Northern... Read more

Rosary Cathedral in Toledo, Ohio. Credit: Susan Montgomery/Shutterstock.

Cathedral in Ohio vandalized with message 'Jesus is Black'

Jan 19, 2021

Police in Toledo, Ohio are investigating a suspected arson attack on Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral... Read more

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Procession from Saint-Jean Cathedral to Fourvière Basilica in Lyon, France, on Dec. 8, 2022.

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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 Attorney General Ken Paxton warned Texas hospitals that despite a Dec. 7, 2023, court ruling that a woman could have a legal abortion, hospitals involved may be persecuted for violating the state's law.

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.

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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

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