Elderly pro-life activist sentenced to over two years in prison under FACE Act
The three were charged with felony crimes involving conspiracy against rights and violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, also known as the FACE Act. According to…
Catholic Church responds to mental health crisis across the U.S. and globally
Ministering to people who suffer with mental illness and those who live and care for them spans not just the U.S. but also places like the Vatican, South Africa, and…
Church in Mexico wins lawsuit filed by ‘trans’ person seeking baptismal record change
By Diego López Colín ACI Prensa Staff, May 15, 2024 / 17:34 pm A Mexican court has ruled in favor of the Diocese of Querétaro, located in the north-central region…
Aparecida Shrine in Brazil inaugurates new Rupnik mosaics
Rupnik’s works are widespread In addition to the Aparecida Shrine, the works of Rupnik and the Aletti Center are present in multiple churches around the world, including the Redemptoris Mater…
It’s been 100 years since the Catholic Church’s first Council in China
The 1842 Treaty of Nanjing was the first of the “unequal treaties” granting the British the status of “most favored nation” as well as extraterritorial economic and diplomatic privileges, setting…
Supreme Court denies pregnancy center appeal to keep donor information private
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 15, 2024 / 15:26 pm The Supreme Court has denied a New Jersey pro-life pregnancy center’s appeal to keep its donor list and…
Vatican halts some parish closures in St. Louis following appeals
After studying the acts of the case for St. Angela Merici Parish in Florissant, Missouri, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy did not find just cause for the parish to…
Catholics in Chicago work to preserve historic century-old parish
On its website, the Our Lady of Lourdes Preservation Society says its goal is to “preserve Our Lady of Lourdes Church as a historical landmark, reopen and revive it as…
Pope Francis at general audience: ‘Love is charity’
“It is a love so ardent that it seems almost impossible,” the pope continued, “and yet it is the only thing that will remain of us. Love is the ‘narrow…
Heavy rains in Brazil leave hundreds dead or injured, half a million homeless, churches flooded
Barasso reported that Immaculate Conception School, run by the Franciscan Sisters of Penance and Christian Charity, which is next to the church, “was also badly damaged.” The nuns had to…
Wyoming sorority sisters sue over admission of biological man
Natalie McLaughlin, the attorney for Kappa Kappa Gamma, meanwhile maintained that the sorority is entitled to interpret its definition of a woman however it pleases. A representative for Kappa Kappa…
UK author of transgender study: U.S. groups are ‘misleading the public’
“What some organizations are doing is doubling down on saying the evidence is good,” Cass said in the interview. “And I think that’s where you’re misleading the public. You need…