Archive for April 22, 2024

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By Francesca Pollio Fenton

5 Catholic ways to celebrate Earth Day 

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

President Joe Biden leaves after attending Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 27, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Ken Oliver-Méndez

Pew Research: Biden in trouble with Catholic voters

President Joe Biden, a Catholic, is battling a high unfavorability rating among his fellow Catholics, according to survey data released... Read more

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By Anto Akkara

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

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

Participants in Italy's pro-life demonstration in Rome on May 21, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

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

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

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.?w=200&h=150

By Tina Dennelly

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

It was 25 years ago that two gunmen killed 12 students and one teacher before turning their guns on themselves... Read more

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

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

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

Pro-lifers participate in the Illinois March for Life in Springfield, April 17, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

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

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

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.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

Experts and former abortionist warn about ‘eugenic’ IVF industry

Dr. John Bruchalski, a former abortionist and IVF provider, said “IVF is embedded with eugenics” and that anything “not perfect”... Read more

Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin of the Catholic Eparchy of Adigrat in Ethiopia, which covers the Tigray region.?w=200&h=150

By Silas Mwale Isenjia

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

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

Pope Francis greets an elderly couple at a general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

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

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

Argentine pro-life Dr. Leandro Rodríguez Lastra.?w=200&h=150

By Julieta Villar

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

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

Ana Estrada, 47, suffered from polymyositis, an incurable disease that left her confined to a wheelchair. Since 2019, she had been been petitioning Peruvian courts to recognize a right to euthanasia.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

For first time, incurably ill patient undergoes euthanasia in Peru

On Sunday, April 21, Peruvian activist Ana Estrada underwent a euthanasia process and died. Read more