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Proposed US Law Would Require Fathers to Financially Support Pregnant Moms
Father holds newborn. Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.
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Bishops Call Illinois Assisted Suicide Law Signed by Gov. Pritzker ‘Heartbreaking’
JB Pritzker speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 20, 2024, in Chicago. Catholic leaders, including Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and other Illinois bishops, have ardently opposed the …
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Anti-ICE Display Still Up at Boston-Area Church, a Week After Archbishop’s Spokesman Said It Should Come Down
A Nativity scene is seen of outside St. Susanna Church in Dedham, Massachusetts, on Dec. 12. The pastor said during Sunday Mass on Dec. 7 that he has received a …
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Council of Trent at 480: A Blueprint for Catholic Renewal
Morphart Creation/Register StaffAn illustration depicts a session of the Council of Trent in 1564. COMMENTARY: The 16th-century ecumenical council shows us how the Church can come together and bring about …
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Pope Leo XIV entrusts pontificate to the Virgin of Guadalupe
Pope Leo XIV honors Our Lady of Guadalupe during the Mass on her feast day, Dec. 12, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican …
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Missionaries in friendship with Christ. Cardinal Tagle celebrates a Mass of Thanksgiving for Saint Newman, Patron of Urbaniana University
Rome – “Brothers and sisters, may our new Doctor of the Church and the Patron of our University inspire us in our life and work as a University and as …
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Bishops call Illinois assisted suicide law signed by Gov. Pritzker ‘heartbreaking’
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker at Chi Hack Night on July 12, 2017. / Credit: Chi Hack Night, CC-BY-3.0 CNA Staff, Dec 12, 2025 / 16:52 pm (CNA). Illinois Gov. JB …
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Joy, Venezuela’s Vatican-China Deal, and Numb for the Holidays…
I am back in Washington after our first-ever Pillar Pilgrimage to Rome. It was, honestly, a time of great consolation for me. The first weeks of Advent are meant, as …
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Priests, laypeople, Poor Clare nun among 124 20th-century martyrs beatified in Spain
Detail of the commemorative painting of the 124 martyrs of Jaén, Spain, beatified in 2025. | Credit: Diocese of Jaén ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 12, 2025 / 16:03 pm The …
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Priests, laypeople, Poor Clare nun among 124 20th-century martyrs beatified in Spain
By Nicolás de Cárdenas ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 12, 2025 / 16:03 pm The Diocese of Jaén in Spain will celebrate on Dec. 13 the beatification of 109 priests, 14 …