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The Dispatch

A look at the reasons behind recent abortion clinic closures

August 11, 2025 Anne Hendershott 28

While Republican pro-life policies are most often blamed for—or credited with—the shuttering of 37 Planned Parenthood abortion clinics since January 2025, the reasons for the closures are more complex than defunding abortion through H. R. 271: The Defund Planned […]

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New study finds regular porn usage linked to higher loneliness, depression

September 16, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Staff, Sep 16, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
A new study has found that daily pornography consumption among young adults leads to statistically significant negative mental health outcomes, including hig… […]

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The ‘Gen Z’ flip: Why young women are leaving religion — and how to bring them back

May 30, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

For the first time in decades, young men are more likely to stay in the church, while young women are leaving, according to a recent U.S. study. / Credit: Shutterstock/MDV Edwards

CNA Staff, May 30, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
For the past 20 years,… […]

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Analysis shows number of nonreligious Americans stabilizing after prior surge

May 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 23, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
From the early 1990s through the 2010s, the number of Americans who identified as atheist, agnostic, and nonaffiliated saw a major surge — but… […]

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Interview with EWTN Spain president about his book on scientific evidence for God goes viral

January 12, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

José Carlos González-Hurtado, president of EWTN Spain, discusses his book “Nuevas Evidencias Científicas de la Existencia de Dios” (“New Scientific Evidence of the Existence of God”) with Luis Usera on the “Con P de Podcast.” / Credit: EWTN Spai… […]

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Survey: Religious nonprofits lead Americans’ charitable choices, except for Gen Z

August 1, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver, Colo., Aug 1, 2023 / 07:46 am (CNA).
Among Americans who donate to charity, religious charities and nonprofits are the most popular, with about 1 in 5 Americans giving to these groups over the… […]

The Dispatch

Memo to Gen Z Catholics: Why Vatican II is still important

February 15, 2023 George Weigel 66

Mr. Adam Lucas, who is “newly married with a baby on the way” (mazel tov!) and “has a Master’s in Theology,” speaks for a depressing number of Gen Z Catholics when he writes on the […]

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In his (now famed) Christmas Address to the Roman Curia (December 22, 2005) Pope Benedict contrasted the two ways of understanding the Second Vatican Council. While some have insisted on seeing the Council as a […]

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