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Reem Alsalem (right), the United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, opposes surrogacy at an Oct. 9, 2025, U.N. event hosted by the Italian government.

European Parliament discusses harms of surrogacy after EU condemns the practice

Nov 20, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

The European Parliament and the United Nations have officially condemned the practice of surrogacy following reports of human rights violations. Read more

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International group launches proposal to ban surrogacy worldwide

Mar 6, 2023

By Solène Tadié

A signed document aims to raise global awareness of surrogacy, which the group considers to be a practice that violates... Read more

'Hope for Gammy' fundraising page.

Disbelief, horror follow desertion of baby with Down syndrome

Aug 7, 2014

Advocates for those with Down syndrome are appalled and grieved by the reported abandonment of a baby who had been... Read more

Jennifer Lahl, president of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network.

Surrogate pregnancy bill in DC draws criticism

Jun 8, 2013

By Mary Farrow

A lack of information about the dangers of surrogate pregnancy could soon allow the practice to become legal in Washington,... Read more

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Andre Mahanna, a former Maronite Catholic priest.

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Leo XIV eliminates commission for donations to Holy See created by Pope Francis

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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Catholic bishops back Trump’s removal of gender ideology in refugee forms

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools

Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’

Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee.

Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross

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