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Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (381+ words) Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists as he leaves the Castel Gandolfo residence to head to the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.) CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy " Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday he was "very disappointed" that his home state…...
Basque criminal court acquits pro-lifers praying outside abortion clinic
1+ week, 4+ day ago (647+ words) A criminal court in Vitoria, northern Spain, has acquitted 21 pro-life volunteers who were accused of harassment for praying peacefully outside an abortion clinic. The judge in the administrative capital of the Basque Country ruled during the proceedings at Criminal Court…...
Vatican commission says ‘No’ to making women deacons
2+ week, 5+ day ago (680+ words) People wait for the Angelus by Pope Leo XIV on July 27 in St. Peter's Square. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.) ROME " A second Vatican study commission'has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another setback to Catholic women…...
Leo wasn’t contradicting John Paul II on ‘pro-life,’ he was echoing him
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (748+ words) Pope John Paul II gives the noon blessing in Perugia, Italy, October 26, 1986. (Credit: Gianni Foggia/Associated Press.) ROME " Recently Pope Leo caused a ruckus among American Catholics by saying the death penalty and immigration are "pro-life" issues alongside abortion. By…...
Spanish health minister faces criminal complaint for downplaying adverse consequences of abortion
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (689+ words) The Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Cortes Generales, the upper house being the Senate of Spain, in Madrid. (Credit: Government of Spain via Wikimedia.) BARCELONA " The Christian Lawyers Foundation (La Fundaci'n de Abogados Cristianos) in Spain has…...
Brazil: Life week mobilizes Catholics, other Christians
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (859+ words) Publicity poster for Brazil's Semana Nacional da Vida " Week of Life " in 2025. Image courtesy of the Brazilian National Bishops' Conference. S'O PAULO " Brazilian Catholics concluded a week of pro-life activities this week, many of them opposing what organizers, legislators, and…...
Unless you’re American, Pope’s comments on ‘pro-life’ were just common sense
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (676+ words) Catholics at an anti-abortion demonstration in Washington D.C. in 2021. (Credit: Jose Luis Magana/AP.) ROME " Almost twenty years ago, I found myself seated at a lunch table during a Catholic conference next to Italian Archbishop Pietro Sambi, who at the time…...
Pope weighs in on Durbin controversy hours before senator declines award
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (501+ words) Pope Leo XIV waded into a leadership controversy in the United States on Tuesday, mere hours before the dispute became largely academic. The announcement of the award sparked a major backlash, owing to Durbin's prominence as a nationally known Catholic…...
At Catholic colleges, student activists go underground to provide contraception
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (849+ words) DePaul, a Catholic school in Chicago, prohibits distribution of any kind of'birth control'on its campus. To get around that, a student group runs a covert contraceptive delivery network called "the womb service." The group was once the university's chapter of…...
Chicago archbishop’s decision to honor U.S. senator stirs Catholic abortion debate
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (468+ words) Cardinal Blase Cupich in Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago on April 23, 2025. (Credit: Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP.) SPRINGFIELD, Illinois " A Catholic bishop's opposition to the Archdiocese of Chicago's plans to honor Sen. Dick Durbin despite the powerful politician's support…...