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Notorious abortionist Kermit Gosnell, 85, who killed babies born alive, dies in prison
Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion doctor who was convicted in 2013 of killing three babies who were born alive in a case that made nationwide headlines, has died. He was 85. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokesperson Maria…
U.S. sends drones to Nigeria to join troops sent for intelligence and training
The United States has deployed drones to Nigeria, a U.S. defense official said Monday, as the West African country’s military faces a multifaceted security crisis. The MQ-9 drones, also known as Reapers, were deployed after 200 U.S. troops…
Boys Town founder Father Flanagan moves one step closer to sainthood
Pope Leo XIV on Monday approved the advancement of the beatification cause for Boys Town founder Father Edward J. Flanagan, declaring him “venerable.” The Irish-born priest, revered for his revolutionary approach to caring for homeless and…
War: Holy Sepulcher inaccessible, traditional Jerusalem Holy Week rites canceled
No Palm Sunday procession from the Garden of Olives. No Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday. The war unleashed by the United States and Israel against Iran is now leading to the official cancellation of the traditional Christian Holy Week rites…
Belgian bishop announces plan to ordain married men as priests
Bishop Johan Bonny of the Diocese of Antwerp published a March 20th letter outlining the application of the Synod on Synodality in his diocese. In it, he said that “the question is no longer whether the Church can ordain married men as priests,…
Nigerian Archbishop to President Trump: Give us intel and weapons
Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Abuja, Nigeria, has requested intelligence assets and weaponry from U.S. President Donald Trump to combat violence in the country. The Nigerian prelate made his remarks during an informational briefing in…
Lay leader who criticized Cardinal Cupich phased out of Catholic Conference Board
Nearly six months after publicly criticizing Cardinal Blase Cupich’s plan to give a “lifetime achievement” award to pro-abortion-rights Senator Dick Durbin, a long-serving lay member of the Catholic Conference of Illinois (CCI) board of…
Easter Boom? U.S. dioceses say rise in new Catholics may point to regional ‘revivals’
While the religiously unaffiliated are on the rise globally, something curious is also happening: Some dioceses have reported significant upticks in adults preparing to enter the Catholic Church this Easter. Sherry Anne Weddell, the co-founder…
A life well-lived: Lou Holtz remembered at his funeral
One by one, inside the University of Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Monday, a flock of priests gently patted the pall atop the casket as they descended from the altar following the funeral Mass for legendary football coach Lou…
Vatican appeals court declares mistrial in the ‘trial of the century’ verdict
The Vatican appeals tribunal has declared a mistrial in the Holy See’s “trial of the century,” a stunning blow to both Pope Francis’ legacy and Vatican prosecutors who had put a cardinal and several other people on trial over alleged financial…