What do abortion laws look like in Latin America? Here’s a country-by-country map
Credit: Syda Productions/Shutterstock. Denver Newsroom, Feb 28, 2022 / 15:35 pm (CNA). After Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruled 5-4 last week to decriminalize abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, abortion advocates hailed the ruling as part of a broader trend of abortion legalization among countries in earth’s most predominantly Catholic continent. Colombia is the third […]
Papal pleas for peace: Even if unheeded, Pope Francis continues tradition
Pope Francis knows his appeals for an end to the war in Ukraine carry little weight with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but he also knows he has an obligation to continue speaking out and rallying others to join him in praying for peace.
Donnelly will soon head to Rome as new US ambassador to the Holy See
Vice President Kamala Harris Feb. 24 held a ceremonial swearing-in of Catholic lawyer Joe Donnelly of Indiana as the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See.
The Great Emperor and the Art He Inspired
Probably, but not certainly, 1750 years ago, on February 27, 272, a great Roman emperor and a brilliant politician was born in Naissus, Moesia (now Niš, Serbia): Flavius Valerius Constantinus, also known as Constantine the Great. His father is Constantius Chlorus, Caesar (deputy emperor) of the northwest, and his mother is St. Helena. Challenging the […]
What Hugh Hefner and the demon Screwtape can teach us about Lent…
He’s usually depicted in the middle of an orgy or a debauch. We usually see Bacchus, the Roman god of agriculture, fertility and wine, eating and drinking and making merry, and in a way that in the real world, for us non-gods, ends in tears. America had its own Bacchus in Hugh Hefner, now the […]
Pope Francis hears an ‘exchange of views’ on the Order of Malta’s future…
Pope Francis met Saturday with representatives of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and Cardinal Silvano Tomasi, his special delegate to the knights, to discuss proposals for the constitutional reform of the order. The audience followed Francis’ decision, announced at the beginning of this month, that he would decide personally on the future of the […]
Putin places Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on ‘high alert’ after ‘aggressive’ NATO statements
There are concerns that nuclear weapons could be used by the Russians.Read More
Canadian man still in jail over ‘unvaccinated’ status after qualifying for parole, claims legal group
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is mounting a legal challenge against the government for denying the man his freedom.Read More
‘When we can end abortion, our nation will truly heal’: Marjorie Taylor Greene
Greene urged Americans to pray and fight for the future of a nation where sin has ‘taken root’ and is destroying its very ‘moral fabric.’Read More
Vatican won’t cooperate with civil sex abuse trial of bishop friendly with Pope Francis: reports
Bishop Zanchetta is accused of sexually abusing two seminarians, but the Vatican is dragging its heels in response to a formal request for files relating to his civil trial.Read More