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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, speaks to victims and their family members as he testifies during the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing "Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis" in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2024.

Senate advances bills to protect privacy and safety of children online

Jul 25, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

In a rare show of bipartisanship, the Senate voted 86-1 on a procedural vote that paved the way for two... Read more

Cardinal Timothy Dolan attends Columbus Day parade in New York City.

Beware scammers, Cardinal Dolan warns, after online fraudster targets followers

Sep 17, 2019

By Christine Rousselle

Cardinal Timothy Dolan issued a statement Monday clarifying that he would never use social media to privately solicit donations after an online scam... Read more

For global 'peripheries,' poverty can lead to online exploitation

Oct 8, 2017

By Elise Harris

While the challenge of protecting children online is one faced throughout the world, Church leaders from Asia and Africa said... Read more

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First-of-its-kind congress leads global conversation on digital sexual child abuse

Sep 30, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

A global congress to be held in Rome next week will focus on how to protect children in the digital... Read more

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Catholic, Orthodox groups unite to promote online safety

Jun 17, 2013

A new website launched by the U.S. bishops’ communication department and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is striving to... Read more

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The motto of the modern Olympic Games, “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” was coined by French Dominican friar Louis Henri Didon.

French Dominican friar created the motto for the Olympic Games

Norwegian players Christian Sorum (L), Anders Mol (2ndL) and Australian players Zachery Schubert (2ndR) and Thomas Hodges (R) take part in a practice session ahead of the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Eiffel Tower Stadium in Paris on July 24, 2024.

Pope Francis and Holy See sports association to Olympic athletes: 'Win the medal of fraternity'

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Russian Orthodox Church Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev during a state ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on September 22, 2016.

Russian Orthodox bishop of Budapest-Hungary suspended following reports of sexual misconduct

First row (L-R) Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, and Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina. Bottom row (L-R) Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, and Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona.

Where Kamala Harris’ VP options stand on abortion and religious liberty

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Nebraska Supreme Court upholds abortion restrictions, ban on sex changes for minors

Omaha Archbishop George Lucas in a 2011 photo.

Omaha archbishop denies sexual abuse accusations

Vandalism at a Heartbeat of Miami pregnancy center in Hialeah, Florida, July 3, 2022.

Florida pro-abortion activists to pay restitution following pro-life clinic vandalism 

A vandalized statue of Mary, the Mother of God, at St. Leo Parish in Hartford, Arkansas, July 2024.

Arkansas parish hit by multiple vandalism incidents

In a July 24 press release, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem — a diocese that includes Jordan, Cyprus, Palestine, and Israel — announced that 40 tons of non-perishable food kits were delivered by Malteser International to a newly-established distribution center near the Patriarchate’s compound in the region for people in northern Gaza.

Second round of aid delivered to Gaza by Latin Patriarchate and Order of Malta

Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, left, and Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield with Andrew Hansen, director of communications for the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.

Bishops Barron and Paprocki stress the importance of ‘inviting Catholics back to Mass’

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