Can generous family policies help boost fertility rates?
“The goal of a good maternity leave program is to keep women attached to their jobs,” she pointed out. “They have the baby, they stay home, then they can return…
New York court puts pro-abortion amendment back on November ballot
“We continue to believe the Legislature violated the constitution when it adopted the proposal,” said David Laska, a party spokesperson, according to the AP report. “We will fight this proposal…
Culture of death advances in Spain with two new developments
In addition, the Constitutional Court upheld a provision in a recently passed law that allows minors 16 years of age and older to abort their baby without the knowledge and…
Argentine bishops speak out about interrupting Mass with political chants
Two more bishops have now commented on the matter. In an interview with Radio 10, the bishop of San Justo, Eduardo García, when asked about the “political tone” that has…
Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring insurance companies to cover trans ‘detransitions’
Oftentimes such people have been on cross-sex hormones for years, resulting in significant or irreversible changes to their bodies; in other cases, they have undergone irreversible surgeries. Extensive medical work…
Pope Francis tells Communion and Liberation leader: ‘Do not look at your navel’
Prosperi said Pope Francis said several times during the audience: “Do not look at your navel, go outside, go outside! The whole Church needs this.” “A movement, the Holy Father…
Holy See convenes UN panel urging global abolition of surrogacy
Pope Francis earlier this year called surrogacy “deplorable” and called for a global ban on the exploitative practice of “so-called surrogate motherhood” in a speech to all of the world’s…
Pope Francis tells faithful: Learn some of the Psalms by heart
“The Psalms help us open ourselves to a prayer that is less focused on ourselves: a prayer of praise, of blessing, of thanksgiving; and they also help us give voice…
U.S. bishops approve plan for youth, young adult ministry
The framework highlights mutual listening, mentorship, evangelization, and vocation, noting that formation should take place in the home and through parents, grandparents, and families but can take place in a…
Juneteenth and the life of the first Black American Catholic priest
Tolton began to attend St. Peter’s Catholic School, an all-white parish school in Quincy, Illinois, thanks to the help of Father Peter McGirr. The priest went on to baptize Tolton,…
From alcoholic to future saint: The inspiring conversion of Ireland’s Matt Talbot
The Matt Talbot Shrine in Dublin. Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Talbot was “a poor man who lived an extraordinary kind of focused life,” according to Father Hugh O’Donnell, who has served…
‘American Spartacus’: Honoring a Black Catholic Civil War hero on Juneteenth
But the Confederacy would end in ruins by 1865, and the United States would triumph, because Black Americans — making up 10% of the Union Army and suffering 10% of…