Georgia Supreme Court Upholds ‘Heartbeat’ Law Banning Abortion
Gold dome of the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the state’s law that bans abortion at six weeks and recognizes the personhood of unborn babies.
Amazon cardinal says consumerist cultures must learn from Indigenous
“The Amazon really is a symbol, a symbol of the need to change our mentality, to be less consumeristic, to chase after money less,” said Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, the first cardinal from the Amazon region.
In letter to diocese, Patriarch Pizzaballa urges: ‘It is time to stop this war’
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, patriarch of Jerusalem. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 24, 2023 / 08:25 am (CNA). Editor’s note: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, published this l… […]
Vatican statistics: Africa had biggest increase in Catholics, while numbers fell in Europe
Pope Francis arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Jan. 31, 2023. The streets of the pope’s five-mile drive from the N’Dolo Airport to the presidential residence were lined with thousands of locals who cheered and waved flags. / Credit:… […]
Ukraine Parliament advances bill seen to ban Russia-linked Orthodox church from country
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s unicameral legislative body, located in Kiev. / Credit: Drop of Light/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 24, 2023 / 10:50 am (CNA). The Ukrainian Parliament this month advanced legislation widely seen as a… […]
Pilgrims trek 12 miles to St. John Paul II shrine to honor feast day
Pilgrims walk from Silver Spring, Maryland, to the St. John Paul II National Shrine on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, the day before his feast day. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Saint John Paul II National Shrine Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 24, … […]
Monk shot, body thrown in river following kidnapping at Nigerian monastery
null / Credit: Cathopic ACI Africa, Oct 24, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA). A diocese in Nigeria announced that Brother Godwin Eze, a monk who was kidnapped on Oct. 17 alongside two others from the Benedictine monastery in Eruku, was murdered.In a note … […]
Nip it in the “Catholic but…”
Several months ago, I sat down with a Catholic high school principal to inquire about his reasoning for allowing a young man who chose to come to school dressed as a woman to remain on […]
James Dickey, America’s ‘bare-chested bard’
James Dickey’s public persona of fighter pilot, champion athlete and hard-drinking woodsman who wrote of “country surrealism” gave him an everyman appeal, even as he was perhaps the nation’s greatest poetic talent.
Activists Push for the Sexualization of Children
WASHINGTON (ChurchMilitant.com) – A U.S. pediatrician is suggesting colleagues adopt more “inclusive” language when talking to children about sex and body parts. Dr. Ilana Sherer In a presentation on Sunday at the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAPs’) National Conference and Exhibition held in Washington, D.C., Dr. Ilana Sherer advocated for renaming parts of the body that distinguish boys […]