How papal prayer intentions are chosen, according to head of Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network
More than 22 million Catholics across the globe make up a network dedicated to praying daily for the challenges facing humanity and the Church, uniting their prayers with Pope Leo…
Parishioners in western New York ask Vatican to let them save 160-year-old church
“ will not receive an extension or any second chances.” That’s the urgent message Catholics in western New York are telling the local faithful in their bid to preserve a…
Surviving the abortion pill: Women call for safety regulations
“I thought that I was going to die that day.” Haile McAnally’s words still ring years after her experience with abortion pills sent her to the hospital. Alone in her…
Attorney general nominee pledges to enforce ‘pro-life acts’
U.S. attorney general nominee Todd Blanche has pledged to enforce a federal law already on the books that would allow the federal government to end the shipping of chemical abortion…
Catholic leaders in Maine and Texas speak out after fatal ICE shootings
Catholic leaders are offering prayers and calls for peace and justice after federal immigration agents fatally shot two immigrants in the span of one week. The Diocese of Portland, Maine,…
Scottish teacher takes legal action after dismissal over pro-life views
A Catholic teacher based in Arbroath, Scotland, is filing suit after she was fired over her pro-life views. Supported by pro-life group the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children…
Priest arrested for alleged child sexual abuse in Mexico City
The Mexico City attorney generalʼs office announced the arrest of a priest from the Archdiocese of Mexico accused of aggravated child sexual abuse against a 17-year-old girl and stated that…
Catholic, Orthodox bishops join in dialogue and prayer at Washington, D.C., conference
Catholic and Eastern Orthodox bishops exchanged dialogue and joined together in prayer at an ecumenical conference in Washington, D.C., this week with a hope that one day the Eastern and…
Catholic Charities distributes thousands of masks in Twin Cities amid widespread wildfire smoke
Catholic Charities workers in Minnesota distributed thousands of masks to vulnerable residents this week amid widespread smoke from raging wildfires both in Minnesota and in Canada. Data from the Canadian…
Swiss churches warn end of clergy military exemption will hurt pastoral care
Christians in Switzerland have protested a new military law that ends the long-standing exemption from compulsory military service for clergy, accusing the federal government of revising the legislation without consulting…
Mother of euthanized 25-year-old Spanish woman says her daughter was raped twice
The mother a 25-year-old Spanish woman who died by euthanasia in March following a long legal battle has filed two criminal complaints against the yet-to-be identified men who allegedly raped…
Pakistan court to review ruling in forced conversion, child marriage case
The Federal Constitutional Court of Pakistan will review a previous ruling that allowed a 13-year-old Christian girl, who was forced into child marriage and religious conversion, to stay with her…