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The site, with information on pregnancy-related healthcare, does not reference in vitro fertilization while a proposed rule would expand IVF insurance coverage. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Maternal Healthcare Event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 11, 2026. | Credit: Kent ... read more

The bishop of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron, Marc Aillet, appealed to the faithful to pray and fast on May 13 for the defeat of the bill, which would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. Our Lady of Fátima. | Credit: Immaculate/Shutterstock Earlier this year, on Feb. ... read more

Earlier this year, on Feb. 25, the French National Assembly approved after a second reading a bill aimed at legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide in the country.Called a “right to assistance in dying,” the initiative seeks to legalize the administration of lethal medications to patients who wish to end their lives.The proposed bill will be ... read more

Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska in St. Peter’s Square, a day before the canonization Mass of St. John Henry Newman, Oct. 12, 2019. The moral weight of war falls on human beings precisely because humans bear moral responsibility, and this is as it should be. ... read more

Bohumil Petrík/EWTN News Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé cuts the ribbon at the inauguration of the new embassy of Haiti to the Holy See in Rome on Sunday, May 10, 2026. The new embassy of Haiti to the Holy See, inaugurated Sunday near the Vatican walls, marks a deepening of diplomatic ties amid ... read more

Screenshot After well over a decade of prayer, planning, and perseverance, historic St. Patrick’s Parish in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, will officially break ground on its new church May 24, 2026. St. Patrick’s Parish in Brampton, Ontario, is bursting at the seams. Now, on May 24, it will break ground on its long-awaited new church. ... read more

The Piarist (also known as the Escolapios) Fathers in Cuba have demanded that the government return ownership of their cloister and school so they can rescue them from the ruin into which they have fallen due to state neglect.In 1961, Fidel Castroʼs communist regime confiscated hundreds of schools and other assets from the Catholic Church, ... read more

Nationalized by the communist government in 1961, the two buildings are in a state of serious deterioration and require immediate attention the government is unwilling or unable to provide. The Piarist Fathers’ cloister is owned by the Cuban government. | Credit: Piarists Cuba The Piarist ... read more

The Vatican is sending new signals about how it intends to minister to LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Pope Leo XIV era, with signs of openness and limitations after Pope Francis ushered in a notable welcome during his 12-year pontificate. ... read more

The new embassy of Haiti to the Holy See, inaugurated Sunday near the Vatican walls, marks a deepening of diplomatic ties amid ongoing political crisis in the Caribbean nation. Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé cuts the ribbon at the inauguration of the new embassy of Haiti to the Holy ... read more

Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé discussed peace and strengthening relations with the Holy See in Rome over the weekend. The head of the transitional government was received by Pope Leo XIV on Saturday and then spoke with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for Relations with States ... read more

(Image: Danie Franco/Unsplash.com) May is Older Americans Month, a time to reflect upon the contributions and gifts of older Americans and to “reaffirm our commitment to serving” them. Thus, it’s a good time to reflect on the wisdom that St. John Paul II imparted in his 1999 letter to the elderly. Within this ... read more

Bishop Michael Bransfield, who retired in 2018 as head of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston amid multiple allegations of grave sexual and financial misconduct, died May 7 at age 82. ... read more

Bishop Steven Lopes celebrates a chrism Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham, the principal church of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, in Houston in 2026. The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross in Australia is one of three Anglican ordinariates. ... read more

The pope, who is set to visit Spain in June, said he was looking forward "to seeing all of you next month during my visit to the islands." ... read more