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Pope Francis hosts Bill Clinton and foundation head Alex Soros

July 06, 2023

Pope Francis met with former U.S. President Bill Clinton in a private audience at the Casa Santa Marta papal residence on Wednesday. Clinton’s delegation included several prominent Americans, including Alex Soros of the Open Society Foundations. Clinton, who now focuses his efforts on philanthropy and public affairs, had visited Albania July 3-4 and received from

Nebraska bans abortion at 12 weeks and sex change surgery for minors

May 30, 2023

Nebraska will now ban abortion 12 weeks into pregnancy and ban gender-altering surgery for minors. A new bill, signed into law on Monday, also regulates other drugs used in purported gender-transition therapies for minors. “It’s about protecting our kids and saving babies. Pure and simple,” Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen said Monday, the Associated Press

Leading Catholics and rabbis agree: help terminally ill, reject assisted suicide

May 16, 2023

Leading Israeli rabbis and Catholic Church leaders have signed a joint declaration on the ethics of treating the terminally ill, and rejecting assisted suicide and euthanasia, while also advocating for improved palliative care. “For both Jews and Christians, taking care of the terminally ill with belief, respect and love means truly to light the lamp

Bishop strips U.S. school of Catholic status for flying Black Lives Matter and gay pride flags

June 20, 2022

After a months-long impasse, A Jesuit middle school in Worcester, Massachusetts, has had its Catholic status revoked by the local bishop for defying his order to stop flying flags supporting LGBT pride and the Black Lives Matter movement. “The flying of these flags in front of a Catholic school sends a mixed, confusing and scandalous

New South Wales becomes final Australian state to legalise euthanasia

May 20, 2022

New South Wales has become the sixth and final Australian state to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide. Its legislation forces health care and elder care organisations with religious objections to allow the practice on their premises. “If a civilisation is to be judged by how it treats its weakest members, the New South Wales parliament

Sir David Amess killer convicted of murder

April 12, 2022

A jury has convicted a British-born Muslim of the murder of Catholic MP Sir David Amess and for preparing acts of terrorism. Ali Harbi Ali, 26, of Kentish Town in north London, said he was motivated by targeting MPs who had voted in favour of airstrikes in Syria. Sir David was stabbed more than 20

End war in Ukraine before it ends humanity, pleads Pope

March 28, 2022

Pope Francis has again lamented the war in Ukraine and appealed for peace more than a month after Russia’s invasion. “Enough. Stop it. Silence the weapons. Move seriously toward peace,” Pope Francis said again in remarks after the Sunday Angelus. Speaking to a crowd of some 30,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday,

Alleged vandal faces hate crime charge after major damage to Denver’s Catholic cathedral

January 14, 2022

A 26-year-old woman has turned herself in on two charges related to some $10,000 in vandalism damage to Denver’s Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. Madeline Ann Cramer faces one charge of criminal mischief and another of a bias-motivated crime in connection with an Oct. 10 incident, the Denver District Attorney’s Office said Jan. 13. Both

Former priest files new sexual abuse lawsuit against Theodore McCarrick

November 24, 2021

A former Catholic priest who has previously alleged that ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick sexually abused him when he was a seminarian has filed a lawsuit against McCarrick and the Newark archdiocese. “I’m only doing the lawsuit mainly because three years ago when I did that, I also wrote a letter to Cardinal (Joseph) Tobin, and the

Father Gregor Pawlowski, Jewish Holocaust survivor and Catholic priest, laid to rest in Poland

November 15, 2021

Father Gregor Pawlowski died in Israel Oct. 21 at the age of 90, but he wanted his body to be buried in Poland alongside his Jewish family and other victims of the Holocaust. “Fr. Pawlowski lived in Jaffa for more than 50 years, serving the faithful ang giving the testimony of love for the Messiah,”

Vandalism of cross-shaped pro-life display at Catholic university caught on video

November 12, 2021

St. Louis, Mo., Nov 11, 2021 / 17:01 pm A cross-shaped display of flags commemorating the lives lost in abortion was targeted by vandals at Saint Louis University, a Jesuit school, soon after it was set up on campus Monday morning. The university’s pro-life group, a Students for Life chapter, set up hundreds of small

Open comment on Northern Ireland abortion clinic buffer zone bill ends soon, critics warn

November 10, 2021

Belfast, Northern Ireland, Nov 9, 2021 / 17:01 pm Peaceful sidewalk efforts to reach women considering an abortion are in peril if a proposed “draconian” Northern Ireland bill passes, pro-life advocates have warned, calling for concerned citizens to respond to the public comment period ending on Friday, Nov. 12. “The purpose of the bill is

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