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Report: More than 800,000 lives saved by pro-life pregnancy centers since 2016
by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 23, 2022 / 17:00 pm Pro-life pregnancy centers have saved over 800,000 lives since 2016, according to an analysis by the Charlotte Lozier Institute. The analysis says that pro-life pregnancy centers “exist to provide support, education, classes, medical care and critical resources for …
First married couple to be beatified together featured at World Meeting of Families
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Jun 22, 2022 / 09:46 am Relics of the first married couple to be beatified together by the Catholic Church can be venerated inside St. Peter’s Basilica this week during the World Meeting of Families in Rome. Blessed Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi are the official …
Pro-abortion vandalism targets Michigan clinic, Minnesota pro-life group
by Joe Bukuras Mansfield, Mass., Jun 21, 2022 / 12:52 pm A pro-life pregnancy center in Michigan and a pro-life organization in Minnesota have both been vandalized within the past week. The Lennon Pregnancy Center in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, was vandalized sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning. Gary Hillebrand, …
Two Jesuit priests killed in a church in Mexico
by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, Jun 21, 2022 / 13:00 pm The Jesuits of Mexico announced Tuesday that two of their priests were killed Monday inside a church in a mountainous region of Chihuahua state. Fathers Javier Campos Morales and Joaquín César Mora Salazar had served as Jesuit priests for …
Nigerian Catholic parish hard hit in latest raid
by Douglas Burton Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 21, 2022 / 14:40 pm An early morning raid Sunday by terrorists in north-central Nigeria hit a Roman Catholic congregation hard. “We lost three of our parishioners, and 36 people were kidnapped, the majority of whom were Catholics,” Father Francis Agba, pastor of …
US Supreme Court rules against Maine’s ban on tuition aid to religious schools
By CNA Staff Denver Newsroom, Jun 21, 2022 / 10:55 am The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 6-3 that Maine’s policy barring students in a student-aid program from using their aid to attend “sectarian” schools violates the free exercise clause of the First Amendment. “Regardless of how the benefit and restriction …
Did a saint work in Catholic campus ministry? Bismarck diocese opens inquiry for Michelle Duppong
by Kevin J. Jones Denver Newsroom, Jun 20, 2022 / 14:26 pm Michelle Duppong was a North Dakota Catholic woman who lived such an exemplary life of faith, joy, and campus missionary work that her home diocese will open an inquiry into whether she should be recognized as a saint …
Firebombed NY pregnancy center facing investigation — for not offering abortion services
By Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 20, 2022 / 17:08 pm While Jim Harden waits for those responsible for firebombing the pro-life CompassCare pregnancy center he runs in upstate New York to be brought to justice, he’s facing another, unexpected investigation — of the clinic itself. One of several pro-abortion measures New …
Bishop Olmsted: Fatherhood the ‘mission of every man’
CNA Staff, Jun 21, 2020 / 06:01 am MT (CNA).- In a video message Thursday, Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix urged prayers for fathers ahead of Father’s Day, saying that fatherhood is the “mission of every man.” “In the time of the current pandemic and social unrest, in a society …
FBI investigating attacks on Catholic churches, pro-life pregnancy centers
by CNA Staff Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 17, 2022 / 15:20 pm The FBI is asking for the public’s help as it investigates attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers and churches. “The FBI is investigating a series of attacks and threats targeting pregnancy resource centers and faith-based organizations across the country,” …
