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France: Threat to Churches

In France, there are approximately one hundred thousand churches, of which 40,000 are still open – many of them rarely – to Catholic worship. But they are threatened by the dilution of religious practice: 2,500 to 5,000 risk abandonment, sale, or destruction by 2030. In July 2022, an information report on the state of religious […]

Pro-life in prison: Suffering for the little ones | Laura Geis

Red Rose Rescue, a pro-life organization, demands the highest levels of personal sacrifice from activists: a willingness to suffer and go to prison for the smallest among us—unborn babies in the womb. The pro-life activism of Red Rose Rescuer Laura Geis is no exception, nor did her pro-life witness cease when she was hauled off […]

Woman charged with vandalizing Miami Catholic church, desecrating altar

Alfa Illescas, 44, was arrested and charged in connection with the June 10, 2023, vandalism at St. Timothy Catholic Church in Miami. / Miami-Dade Police, WPLG Local 10/YouTube Jun 11, 2023 Boston, Mass., Jun 13, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA). A woman has been arrested and charged after she allegedly vandalized St. Timothy Catholic Church […]

Vatican Convicts Climate Activists, Orders Them to Pay $30,000 in Damages

Wikimedia Commons Laocoön and his sons, also known as the Laocoön Group. Marble, copy after an Hellenistic original from ca. 200 BC. Found in the Baths of Trajan, 1506 Viero and Goffi superglued their hands to the marble base holding Laocoön and His Sons, an ancient marble sculpture on display in the Vatican Museums, on […]