Today is the best of all times to be born with Down Syndrome, and the worst of all times. In the United States, some 76 percent of children diagnosed with the genetic disorder in utero […]
The Vatican has announced that, as part of his upcoming African tour, Pope Leo XIV will visit Algeria on April 13-15. No acting pontiff has ever visited Algeria, a former stronghold of ancient Christianity whose […]
Amidst ongoing preparations for the arrival of Pope Leo XVI in Cameroon, the Bishop of Kumbo Diocese has offered a chilling appraisal of the ten-year separatist conflict that has devastated Cameroon’s English-speaking regions. The Holy […]
A flashpoint of Catholic faith and life in the Western liberal democracies is occurring in an unusual place: Iceland. The Church has been in the headlines this month in the North Atlantic island nation, a […]
Catholic bishops in Sudan and South Sudan have described the recent killings in parts of South Sudan as “a fresh descent into the abyss of human depravity.” At least 178 people were killed on Sunday, […]
John Joseph Scarisbrick, MBE, died peacefully on Saturday, February 28th, at 5:40 am with his two beloved daughters, Emma and Sarah, by his side. A towering figure in English Catholic life for over sixty years, […]
Amanda Achtman is a Canadian Catholic pro-life advocate. Ethics Director for Canadian Physicians for Life and founder of the Dying to Meet You project, Achtman has built a reputation for herself as an articulate and […]
In the eleventh canto of his Paradiso, Dante wrote that there “rose upon the world a sun,” a man who shone with love for Lady Poverty, as no man had since Christ: She, reft of her first […]
A wave of terror has swept through central Nigeria, marked by a series of brazen kidnappings and killings. The most recent incident occurred on February 6, when gunmen abducted nine teenage worshippers during a night […]
As Catholics mark the Feast of St. Josephine Bakhita on February 8, harrowing testimonies from survivors of human trafficking across Africa are shedding light on the horrendous treatment they endure. John, a mechanic from Nigeria, […]
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