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Victor Penney: I’ve never been a fan of the Women’s National Basketball Association, but it’s been difficult to ignore lately and for all the wrong reasons. There has been a slew of wild headlines surrounding the league and the best way to summarize everything boils down to two words: dumpster fire. This is a ... read more

Oswald Clark, U.S. Correspondent: In response to the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, Illinois Republican U.S. congressman, Rep. Henry Hyde, introduced the Hyde Amendment banning the use of federal funds to pay for abortion through the Medicaid program, at a time when federal programs were estimated to be paying for 300,000 abortions annually. Hyde ... read more

undefined Exterior close-up of the Illinois Capitol dome Multiple religious objectors are suing the state over its newly instituted assisted-suicide regime. ... read more

ROME — Pope Leo XIV will open an international congress on fertility and infertility on Oct. 16, bringing together specialists from a range of disciplines to address the scientific, anthropological, and ethical challenges related to sexuality and human reproduction.The conference, titled “The Splendor of the Human Person: Safeguarding Fertility, Healing Infertility,” will be held Oct. ... read more

undefined United Nations, New York ‘The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person,’ the Holy See’s permanent observer to the U.N. said during the 81st General Assembly. ... read more

Meditations Marcus Aurelius, translated by Aaron Poochigian (Liveright, $29.99, 240 pages) In recent years Stoicism, the ancient Greco-Roman philosophy that stressed self-control as the path to the well-lived life in accordance with nature, has enjoyed an intellectual renaissance. Although it began in Greece, its most famous practitioners and expositors were Roman, Cicero and Marcus Aurelius ... read more

Victims of the Revolution: How Sexual Liberation Hurts Us All Nathaniel Blake with a foreword by Ryan T. Anderson (Ignatius Press, $24.95, 229 pages) In Victims of the Revolution, Nathaniel Blake of the Ethics and Public Policy Center condemns the Sexual Revolution and its aftermath, bringing the receipts as they say, to show the damage that ... read more

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, who leads the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization, succeeded Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re on Oct. 9. Pope Leo XIV greets Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle during a meeting with members of the Pontifical Mission Societies on May 22, 2025, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media ... read more

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been elected dean of the College of Cardinals, succeeding Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who has held the position since 2020. The Filipino prelate is the first Asian to serve as dean.The Vatican announced Tagle’s appointment on Oct. 9. In the same announcement, Pope Leo XIV approved Tagle’s election one ... read more

undefined Maria Middleton died of brain cancer in 2020 at age 18. Six years later, her faith continues to inspire others as the Church in Philadelphia considers opening her cause for canonization. Six years after Maria Middleton’s death from brain cancer, her joyful faith continues to inspire others as the Church in Philadelphia ... read more

Vatican City – Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization of the Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches, is the new Dean of the College of Cardinals. The Holy Father approved his election by the Cardinals of the Order of Bishops on October 8, 2026. The Pontiff accepted the ... read more

Tombura Yambio – “Contest the election, but protect the family. Serve the people, but do not destroy one another.” This is the appeal made by Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura Yambio ahead of the general elections in South Sudan, scheduled for December 22, 2026. They will be the first elections since the country gained ... read more

by Cosimo GrazianiBrasilia – The first round of Brazil’s presidential election on October 4 confirmed analysts’ expectations. The two leading candidates – Flavio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party and incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers’ Party – representing the right and the left respectively, will face each other in a runoff ... read more

Pope Leo XIV appointed Sister Mary Barron, O.L.A., as the new president of the Pontifical Mission Societies, effective January 4. ... read more

St. John Henry Newman, who was declared a doctor of the Church on Nov. 1, 2025, was canonized after two miracles were attributed to his intercession. Melissa Villalobos suffered severe bleeding while pregnant. St. John Henry Newman interceded and saved her and her daughter Gemma, now 11 years old. | ... read more