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Sinn Féin vice president and northern leader Michelle O'Neill speaks to the media at Stormont, Jan. 9, 2020 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Sinn Féin leader in N Ireland calls for at-home medical abortions

Apr 7, 2020

After laws permitting elective abortion in Northern Ireland came into force last week, the region's deputy First Minister is urging... Read more

Parliament Buildings in Belfast, seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Democratic Unionists lament introduction of elective abortion in N Ireland

Mar 31, 2020

Politicians of the Democratic Unionist Party, the leading pro-life party in Northern Ireland, along with other pro-life leaders, are lamenting... Read more

A pro-life 'Save the 8th' rally in Dublin, March 10, 2018. Courtesy photo.

Priest in N Ireland cancels Sinn Féin meeting at parish hall over abortion

Jan 27, 2020

A pastor in Northern Ireland barred earlier this month the Irish nationalist party Sinn Féin from holding a meeting at... Read more

Carla Lockhart (C), who was elected MP for Upper Bann Dec. 12, 2019, attends the DUP Conference in Belfast, Nov. 23, 2012.

Northern Ireland MP calls for repeal of abortion law 'foisted' by Westminster

Jan 10, 2020

Carla Lockhart, a Member of Parliament for a Northern Irish constituency, urged Wednesday that the British law dealing with abortion... Read more

Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster speaks at the party's general election manifesto launch in Belfast, Nov. 28, 2019.

As general election nears, bishops across UK stress right to life

Dec 10, 2019

Every voter and politician must resist attacks on the right to life, and Catholic politicians must do so as both... Read more

In Northern Ireland, anti-abortion graffiti hits Catholic churches

Apr 25, 2018

Two Catholic churches in Northern Ireland have been targeted with graffiti bearing a message opposed to abortion, ahead of a... Read more

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St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy.

Historic St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy, will host Pope Francis this weekend

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Pro-life advocates demonstrate prior to an Arizona House of Representatives session at the Arizona State Capitol on April 17, 2024, in Phoenix.

Arizona House votes to repeal law protecting life from moment of conception

Pro-life and pro-abortion activists at a demonstration outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears arguments in the Moyle v. United States case, in Washington, D.C., on April 24, 2024. The case deals with whether an Idaho abortion law conflicts with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).

Divided Supreme Court hears emergency room abortion case: DOJ vs. Idaho’s pro-life law

A Coptic Orthodox church in Old Cairo, a historic area of the Egyptian capital.

Arsonists burn down homes of Egypt’s beleaguered Christians

Anti-death penalty activists rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to prevent the execution of Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip on Sept. 29, 2015, in Washington, D.C.

Oklahoma attorney general asks Supreme Court to halt execution of condemned convict

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End-of-life resources help Catholics ‘finish life faithfully’

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Catholic Charities in Ohio found partially negligent in 5-year-old’s 2017 death

Chuck Robbins, the chief executive of the multinational digital communications conglomerate Cisco, signs the Rome Call for AI Ethics, a document by the Pontifical Academy for Life, on April 24, 2024, at the Vatican.

Cisco CEO meets Pope Francis, signs AI ethics pledge at Vatican

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his Wednesday general audience on April 24, 2024.

Pope Francis: Theological virtues are the ‘fundamental attributes’ of a Christian life

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