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Ireland Group Calls for Inquiry Into Deaths of 108 Babies Born Alive After Abortion
CC BY-SA 4.0Health Service Executive Head Office in Dublin. Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.
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Pope Leo Says Parishes Should Reflect a Church That ‘Cares for Her Children’
Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN NewsPope Leo XIV addresses members of the Parish of Santa Maria della Presentazione in Rome on March 8, 2026. The pontiff encouraged a Rome parish facing poverty and …
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ASIA/BAHRAIN – Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa urges “to leave churches open for the spiritual support of the faithful”
Manama – “Last night there were several explosions and injuries have been reported. This morning, warning sirens are sounding and loud detonations can be heard,” the Apostolic Vicar of Northern …
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Ave Maria University to establish Irish campus at former Trappist abbey (Cork Beo)
Ave Maria University in Florida will establish a campus in Ireland at the former Mount Melleray Abbey. The Trappist abbey, founded in 1833, closed in 2025.
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Cardinal Cupich says Trump administration’s ‘gamifying’ of Iran war is ‘sickening’ (Archdiocese of Chicago)
In a March 7 statement entitled “A Call to Conscience,” Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago denounced the Trump administration for “gamifying” the Iran war. He wrote: As more than 1,000 …
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The Mass We Understand—and the Faith We Don’t
For nearly 60 years now, multiple generations of Catholics have lived entirely within the experience of the post-Vatican II liturgy—the Novus Ordo Missae, promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1969. …
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Rome’s bishops plead for prayer for peace as ‘innocent blood flows’ (Diocesi di Roma (Italian))
The cardinal vicar and auxiliary bishops of Rome called on the diocese’s faithful to offer “fervent supplication” for peace. “Our hearts are deeply troubled and saddened by what is happening …
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Vatican releases Pope’s Holy Week, Easter schedule (Vatican Press Office)
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced Pope Leo’s schedule of Masses and other public events for Holy Week and Easter. The announcement, made March 7, confirmed …
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Cardinal Sako: Iraq’s Christians are ‘very worried’ about the Iran war (Vatican News)
Stating that “we have lived through this before”—a reference to 2003 US invasion of Iraq—the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church said that Iraq’s Christians are “very worried” about the …
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Lithuanian PM meets with Pontiff, thanks him for support for Ukraine’s freedom (CWN)
Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė of Lithuania met with Pope Leo XIV and thanked him for his support for Ukraine.