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Islamic State Announces ‘New Phase’ in Syria as U.S. Military Withdraws
The Islamic State terror group has launched an unusual series of attacks in Syria during the last week, part of what it calls a…
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Mexican Evangelicals: Persecution in the South
By ICC Fellow Linda Burkle, PhD Mexico has erupted in violence and destruction in retaliation for the Feb. 22 assassination of Nemesio Ruben Osequera Cervantes, known…
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Three Members of Christian Family in India Killed
In Nialijharan village in Odisha State, India, Jitendra Soren’s family became the third family to convert to Christianity in the last year. When all…
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Pakistani Statesman Introduces Bill to Protect Christian and Religious Minorities
A Christian legislator in Pakistan’s Punjab province has introduced a bill to protect the property of religious minorities, including Christians. Falbous Christopher, serving as…
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Prominent Hong Kong Catholic Wins Appeal but Remains Behind Bars
Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy media mogul and well-known Catholic layperson from Hong Kong, won an appeal this week against a 2022 fraud conviction for…
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How Czech Catholics are crowdfunding their priests’ salaries
OLOMOUC, Czech Republic — More than 6,100 donors in the Archdiocese of Olomouc in the Czech Republic have contributed to priests’ salaries through an…
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Reverse migration: Catholic shelters in Mexico serve repatriated migrants and foreigners who remain
In Mexico’s cities bordering the U.S., migration numbers have changed. Where there was once a constant flow of people traveling in caravans, today the…
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Catholic Church in Spain creates department for relations with Islam
The standing committee of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference (CEE, by its Spanish acronym) has approved the creation of a department for relations with Islam,…
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Pope Leo XIV urges ‘unconditional love’ amid hardship
Pope Leo XIV spent Sunday afternoon with parishioners in Rome’s Quarticciolo neighborhood, meeting young people and families touched by addiction before celebrating Mass and…
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Meet the priest who grew up in the Peruvian Andes and was confirmed by Pope Leo XIV
Erlin Pérez Vásquez was born on Dec. 8, 1999, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, a coincidence that his family has come to see…
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Gulf bishop urges calm and daily rosary as Iran retaliates after U.S., Israeli strikes
Iran’s retaliation to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28 quickly spilled beyond Israel, with missiles and drones aimed at multiple countries hosting U.S.…
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Meta blocks AI chatbot from discussing abortion with minors
Meta blocks AI chatbot from discussing abortion with minorsMeta won’t allow its AI chatbot to discuss abortion with minors, according to a report from…
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Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman’s voice needed ‘more than ever’
African American Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman’s ability to bridge divides shines as a witness needed today, according to those who knew her,…
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Pope Leo XIV promulgates new statutes for Pontifical Academy for Life
Pope Leo XIV promulgated new statutes for the Pontifical Academy for Life, recalling that its objective is “the defense and promotion of the value…
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Supreme Court says California can’t hide student transgender identities from parents
In a landmark decision on March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the state of California cannot keep student “transgender” identities secret from…
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Polish bishops introduce financial penalties for canonical offenses
WARSAW, Poland — The Catholic Church in Poland introduced financial penalties as a disciplinary measure on March 1 for clergy and laypersons performing official…
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Trump’s ambassador to the Vatican defends deportation policies criticized by pope, U.S. bishops
ROME — United States Ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch has defended President Donald Trump’s deportation policies amid criticism from Pope Leo XIV…
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From heiress to saint: The radical life of St. Katharine Drexel
St. Katharine Drexel was born in 1858 to a wealthy family in Philadelphia. Five weeks after her birth, her mother died. She and her…
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