Nagorno-Karabakh: A Vast Christian Desert
While Russian intervention troops have begun their withdrawal from Nagorno-Karabakh (now a province of Azerbaijan), Armenia is accusing Azerbaijan of having carried out a vast ethnic cleansing operation which resulted in the disappearance of Christians from the enclave. All of this has transpired with the international community focused on the war in Ukraine and the […]
Chicago: The “Quasi-Marriage” of a Same-Sex Couple
OSV News, Catholic News Agency, National Catholic Register, and other news outlets have reported on a ceremony performed by a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Fr. Joseph Williams, pastor of the St. Vincent de Paul parish, which is served by priests of the Vincentian Congregation of the Mission (CM)–Western Province (Vincentians).
An innovative reform in the Novus Ordo: Vigil of Ascension (2002MR)
In some places the Feast of the Ascension (which since the 4th century has fallen on a Thursday because before that it always would have been on a Thursday) has been transferred to next Sunday, thus making it “Ascension Thursday … Read More →
Judge strikes down Indiana law against helping minors obtain out-of-state abortions
Judge Sarah Evans Barker’s decision allows Planned Parenthood to inform minors about out-of-state abortion options, bypassing Indiana’s pro-life laws.
Elderly jailed pro-lifer allowed to see doctor, released from 20-hour lockdown after LifeSite report
Jean Marshall, a 74-year-old peaceful pro-lifer denied urgent medical care in jail for months, told LifeSiteNews she was finally allowed to see an ENT specialist one day after LifeSite published a letter she wrote to Congressman Chris Smith about her condition.
Pope Benedict’s pectoral cross still missing as thief faces prison sentence
Pope Benedict XVI on April 21, 2007, in Vigevano, Italy. / Credit: miqu77/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, May 8, 2024 / 11:07 am (CNA). The man arrested for the theft of a pectoral cross bequeathed by the late Pope Benedict XVI to a parish in his native Bavaria is now facing time behind bars. According to CNA […]
Vatican prepares for summer Olympics with conference on faith and sports
The French 19th-century three-masted barque Belem is seen from the Palais du Pharo in the southern port city of Marseille on May 8, 2024, before the Olympic Flame arrival ceremony, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Belem is set to reach Marseille on May 8 and ten thousand torchbearers will then […]
The campus protests for Gaza aren’t perfect. But their goal is just—and urgent.
It is easy to find flaws—big ones, even—in large social movements, but we would do well to remember why student protests against the war in Gaza are happening in the first place.
Jesus Ascends. Now What?
May 12, 2024, the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord: This is a sacred image of church: All people understand each other through the Spirit, even if only for a brief moment.
New York attorney sues pro-life groups over abortion pill reversal process
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion group, and 11 crisis pregnancy centers May 6, accusing them of misleading and potentially causing harm to women by claiming that they can provide a treatment that reverses the effect of the abortion pill mifepristone. The groups named in the lawsuit preemptively sued James […]