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Father Jacques Mourad, who recently escaped from the Islamic State.

'It's truly a miracle' – kidnapped Syrian priest escapes from Islamic State

Oct 15, 2015

A Syrian priest who was captured by Islamic State militants in May thought he would die for his faith. Now,... Read more

Islamic State released images showing its militants demolishing Mar Elian monastery outside Al Quaryatayn, Syria, August 2015.

Islamic State destroys ancient Catholic monastery in Syria

Aug 21, 2015

Reports surfaced on Thursday that Islamic State militants have bulldozed Mar Elian Monastery, an ancient structure located just outside a... Read more

The hands of a Syrian woman now living as a refugee in Jordan.

Priest urges prayer for victims, perpetrators of latest Islamic State abduction in Syria

Aug 10, 2015

A priest in Syria has called for prayer after militants of the Islamic State kidnapped dozens of both Christians and... Read more

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Attendees lay flowers at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan to mark the 109th anniversary of World War I-era mass killings on April 24, 2024.

109 years after genocide, Armenia faces another existential threat

Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, chapel and statue.

Franciscan University rejects Biden administration’s transgender policies in Title IX

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U.S. birth and fertility rates drop to record lows, according to CDC report

There are now more than 100 priests in the four dioceses of Sierra Leone.

Most priests in Sierra Leone are sons of Muslims, bishop says

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne attends a German Synodal Way assembly on March 9, 2023.

Four German bishops resist push to install permanent ‘Synodal Council’

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Biden Title IX changes affect state laws on women’s sports, locker rooms, lawyers warn

Families, donors, and others gather with Bishop Erik Pohlmeier for the dedication of the “Precious Ones Baby Mausoleum” at the San Lorenzo Cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida, on April 23, 2024.

Florida diocese opens ‘Precious Ones’ mausoleum to support couples who lose children

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opened up to veteran EWTN News anchorman Raymond Arroyo about his family’s strong faith growing up, how his faith helped him overcome drug addiction and how it impacts him in his day-to-day life in the travails of U.S. presidential politics.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks Catholic faith, abortion, Title IX in exclusive EWTN interview

Students, faculty, monks, and staff at Belmont Abbey College took part in their first “Cover to Cover” Bible Marathon Reading Event from April 8–12, 2024..

Belmont Abbey College hosts Bible marathon reading event

An aerial view of Washington Square in San Francisco on May 22, 2020.

Catholic parishioner stabbed outside Mass celebrated by San Francisco archbishop

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