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“We regret that this briefing was uploaded to our website without going through the established internal review processes,” Amnesty International UK said. In this photo illustration an Amnesty International logo is seen on a smartphone screen. | Credit: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Amnesty ... read more

Amnesty International UK has pulled a report from its website that described Christian and pro-life groups as “anti-rights” and expressed regret in a formal statement.“We regret that this briefing was uploaded to our website without going through the established internal review processes that are in place to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment with Amnesty International ... read more

On July 15, Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Antonio Santarsiero Rosa as bishop of the Diocese of Huacho, Peru, which he has led since 2004.The resignation was accepted as Santarsiero turned 75, the age at which the Code of Canon Law requires bishops to submit their resignation to the pope. The decision comes ... read more

Bishop Antonio Santarsiero Rosa denied accusations of sexual abuse that surfaced in April. He submitted his resignation as bishop when he turned 75 in June and the pope accepted it as of July 15. Bishop Antonio Santarsiero Rosa. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Confraternity of La Virgen Dolorosa de ... read more

Kesiah Beere: Over the past seven years, the Canadian Anti-Hate Network (CAHN) has received roughly $1.1 million from the federal government through Canadian Heritage and Public Safety Canada programs. Funding from those two departments expired at the end of February and March 2026 respectively with no expressed intent of renewal. The Canadian Anti-Hate ... read more

Glenn Harlan Reynolds (Encounter Broadside, $12.99, 46 pages) Glenn Harlan Reynolds, founder of InstaPundit, has written a short, stark warning, Seductive AI in which he argues that artificial intelligence presents a threat to human beings well short of an extinction-level event. He says that superhuman, sentient, artificial general intelligence (AGI) could “conquer the world” through ... read more

Kesiah Beere On June 11, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in favour of applicants Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) and Maeve Gainey in a lawsuit against the Parliamentary Protective Services (PPS). Justice Calum MacLeod held that PPS’s order requiring CLC and Gainey, then Maeve Roche, to remove images depicting abortion victims from Parliament Hill ... read more

International Christian Concern (ICC) released its 2026 Global Persecution Index, offering an in-depth analysis of the persecution Christians face in more than 20 countries and recommendations for how policymakers and organizations can combat escalating violations.“This year’s Global Persecution Index is a sobering reminder that millions of our brothers and sisters in Christ continue to pay ... read more

Religious nationalism, state control, terrorism, authoritarianism, and limits on women are among drivers of rising persecution globally, the International Christian Concern (ICC) report said. Catholics attend St. Michael’s Cathedral in Minna, Nigeria, on Nov. 30, 2025, as the congregation prays for the safe return of abducted students of St. Mary’s ... read more

(See the readings for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time) “It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world.” The line comes from the 1970 rock classic “Lola” by the Kinks. The song was written amid the turbulent changes of the late 1960s. The phrase could describe many periods over the last 2,000 years in ... read more

WASHINGTON — Cardinal Seán Patrick OʼMalley, retired archbishop of Boston, encouraged Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians to pray together for reunification at a joint conference focused on healing the nearly 1,000-year schism between the churches.“Come together and pray for unity,” O’Malley said at the conference, hosted by the Orientale Lumen Foundation at the retreat house ... read more

Cardinal Seán O’Malley discussed ways in which Catholics and Orthodox Christians can build closer bonds. Archbishop Flavio Pace discussed ongoing Vatican efforts to help bring about unity. Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley speaks at the Orientale Lumen Foundation conference at the retreat house for the St. John Paul II National Shrine ... read more

Martyrs of Compiègne depicted in the stained glass of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, in Quidenham, Norfolk. (Image: John Salmon / Wikipedia) Today (July 16) the Church observes the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. While an optional memorial on the general Roman calendar, ... read more

Pope Leo XIV enjoys a Christmas concert. The pontiff, who is on vacation at the lakeside town, will attend a classical concert in his honor on July 18. ... read more

Writer and historian Hilaire Belloc is pictured in a 1910 portrait by T. & R. Annan & Sons. Along with G.K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc was hugely influential in the growth of the Catholic presence in the wider culture. ... read more