90 Texas lawmakers fight to protect state’s pro-life laws against challenge from New York abortion group
The 10 senators and 80 representatives said they ‘have a vital interest in the outcome of this litigation, which directly challenges their constitutional authority to establish public policy’ and ‘protect the lives of unborn children.’
Indi Gregory case: Baby to be removed from life support Thursday despite parents’ pleas
The Italian government decided in an emergency meeting on Nov. 6, 2023, to grant critically ill 8-month-old baby Indi Gregory Italian citizenship and to cover the cost of her medical treatment at the Vatican’s Bambino Gesù hospital. The Vatican’s pediatric hospital has offered to treat after a British court ruled that she be removed from […]
Mark Houck and Wife Sue FBI and DOJ for Malicious Prosecution: Era of Targeting Pro-Lifers ‘Is Over’
The Houck family The lawsuit notice points out that the FBI and DOJ ignored the fact that, as a volunteer at the Community Women’s Center of America pregnancy center, he had equal standing under the FACE Act, among other concerns related to violation of his rights.
‘Pure Manipulation’: Germans Continue Push for Radical Change After Worldwide Synod
Christoph Sator (L-R) German Bishops Stefan Oster, Bishop Franz-Josef Oberbeck, Bishop Georg Batzing, Bishop Felix Genn and Bishop Bertram Meier pose in front of St. Peter’s Basilica at the end of the Synod on Synodality. NEWS ANALYSIS: How German Church leaders are spinning the Synod on Synodality’s first assembly and planning to influence its concluding […]
Indi Gregory Case: Baby to Be Removed From Life Support Thursday Despite Parents’ Pleas
The Italian government decided in an emergency meeting on Nov. 6, 2023, to grant critically ill 8-month-old baby Indi Gregory Italian citizenship and to cover the cost of her medical treatment at the Vatican’s Bambino Gesù hospital. The Vatican’s pediatric hospital has offered to treat after a British court ruled that she be removed from […]
Kentucky and Mississippi governor’s races end with Democratic, Republican victories
null / Credit: andriano.cz/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 8, 2023 / 06:47 am (CNA). The gubernatorial races in Kentucky and Mississippi on Tuesday ended with two incumbent victories, one Democratic and the other Republican, with bo… […]
Christianity growing despite world’s worst persecutions, new report says
A road in Enugu State, Nigeria. / Credit: International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 8, 2023 / 08:28 am (CNA). A new report from a Christian advocacy group says that Christianity cont… […]
Christians in Gaza rush to baptize their babies as war escalates
The pastor at a Greek Orthodox church in Gaza organized a hurried baptism celebration for nine children after two unbaptized children were killed in an I.D.F. missile strike on the compound on Oct. 20.
Abortion politics played a key role in state elections—and will again in 2024
Ohio becomes the seventh state whose voters have chosen to protect access to abortion through the ballot box since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade last year.
‘The Day of Wrath’ — Judgment Day and the Souls in Purgatory
In the old form of the Roman rite, a funeral Mass or a Mass on All Souls’ Day is called a Requiem Mass. That word, “Requiem,” comes from the opening words of the Introit: Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine — “Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.” Prior to the recitation of the gospel, there is a […]