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Argentine pro-life Dr. Leandro Rodríguez Lastra.

Argentine doctor completes prison sentence for preventing a chemical abortion in process

Apr 22, 2024

In 2019, for preventing the completion of a chemical abortion, Leandro Rodríguez Lastra was given a one-year-and-two-months suspended sentence. 

Pope Francis greets an elderly couple at a general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Pope Francis to meet with thousands of grandparents and their grandchildren at the Vatican

Apr 22, 2024

Pope Francis will meet with elderly people, grandparents, and grandchildren from Italy this Saturday, April 27, in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall.

Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin of the Catholic Eparchy of Adigrat in Ethiopia, which covers the Tigray region.

‘I’m a witness to unspeakable suffering’: Ethiopia bishop wants peace pact implemented

Apr 22, 2024

Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin pleaded for the implementation of the Nov. 2, 2022, peace agreement in Pretoria, South Africa.

Left to right: Dr. John Bruchalski, a former abortionist and IVF provider, Emma Waters, a senior research associate at the Heritage Foundation, Andrew Kubick, a bioethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center and the Religious Freedom Institute, and Sister Deirdre Byrne, superior of the D.C. Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts, discuss the "eugenic" dangers of in vitro fertilization at a panel event at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., April 18, 2024.

Experts and former abortionist warn about ‘eugenic’ IVF industry

Apr 22, 2024

Dr. John Bruchalski, a former abortionist and IVF provider, said “IVF is embedded with eugenics” and that anything “not perfect” is eliminated or used for research.

Reporter Catherine Hadro speaks with Sister Mary Gianna of the Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ and Frank DeAngelis on “EWTN News In Depth” on April 19, 2024. Sister Mary Gianna, also known as Jenica Thornby, was a sophomore at Columbine High School and DeAngelis was principal on April 20, 1999, when two gunmen killed 12 students and one teacher before turning their guns on themselves.

Columbine High School massacre, 25 years later: ‘God, why did you allow me to survive?’

Apr 22, 2024

It was 25 years ago that two gunmen killed 12 students and one teacher before turning their guns on themselves at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.

Pro-lifers participate in the Illinois March for Life in Springfield, April 17, 2024.

Thousands of pro-lifers attend ‘joy-filled’ Illinois March for Life

Apr 22, 2024

Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life, told CNA that the march was “joy-filled” and “hopeful” and had a large youth turnout.

Participants in Italy's pro-life demonstration in Rome on May 21, 2022.

Italy set to pass amendment allowing pro-life groups into family planning clinics 

Apr 22, 2024

The provision attached to a health care system law would allow pro-life groups to offer women alternatives to abortion.

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.

Nuns who feuded with Texas bishop say they will defy Vatican order on monastery’s governance

Apr 22, 2024

The nuns referred to the Vatican’s order as “a hostile takeover that we cannot in conscience accept.”

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Indian bishops condemn Hindu group’s attack on Catholic school and priest

Apr 22, 2024

On April 16 a mob of activists assaulted a priest and vandalized the Mother Teresa English Medium School in Telangana state, India.

Pew Research: Biden in trouble with Catholic voters

Apr 22, 2024

President Joe Biden, a Catholic, is battling a high unfavorability rating among his fellow Catholics, according to survey data released by the Pew Research Center.

5 Catholic ways to celebrate Earth Day 

Apr 22, 2024

The Catholic Church has a long tradition of calling for proper stewardship of the earth.

Pope Francis: Christ the Good Shepherd ‘looks for us until he finds us’ when we’re lost

Apr 21, 2024

Pope Francis on Sunday urged the faithful to remember that “for Christ, I am important, irreplaceable, worth the infinite price of his life.”