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U.S. bishops released a statement in favor of the new United States Department of State rules expanding the Mexico City Policy and limiting the funding of abortion abroad. “We support robust funding for authentic lifesaving and life-affirming foreign assistance and applaud new policies that prevent taxpayer dollars from going to organizations that engage in ideological…
Around 70,000 young people from different parts of Mexico made the pilgrimage on Jan. 31 to the Christ the King monument, situated atop Cubilete Hill in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, in what became one of the largest youth pilgrimages in recent years. Since 1974, the Witness and Hope movement has organized the youth pilgrimage,…
As the Winter Olympic Games open in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Pope Leo XIV has issued a wide-ranging letter on the value of sport, urging nations to embrace an “Olympic Truce” and warning against corruption, fanaticism, and a “dictatorship of performance” that can distort athletics’ deeper purpose. The letter, titled “Life in Abundance,” was…
Pope Leo XIV met with members of Courage International on Feb. 6 in what the ministry called a “historic” and “momentous” event that took place in Vatican City. The Connecticut-based ministry, which for nearly half a century has ministered to Catholics dealing with same-sex attraction, said in a press statement that leaders associated with the…
Religious freedom advocates addressed how democratic countries can prioritize and promote religious freedom at a plenary session of the 2026 International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington, D.C. The Feb. 2 panel was led by Knox Thames, a human rights lawyer, advocate, and author. He sat down with panelists Melissa Rogers, lawyer and former executive…
Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged consecrated men and women to serve as “leaven of peace” and a “sign of hope” as he celebrated Mass for the feast of the Presentation of the Lord in St. Peter’s Basilica and marked the 30th World Day for Consecrated Life. The liturgy began with a candlelight procession, recalling…
A Catholic parish in western Germany is facing criticism after advertising what it calls a “Harry Potter ecumenical service” to be held inside a church later this month, drawing criticism from Catholics who say the event trivializes sacred space and introduces occult imagery into worship. The service is scheduled for Feb. 28 at the Church…
Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi, the retired archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy, has been appointed president of the Cardinalitial Commission of the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), commonly known as the Vatican bank. Petrocchi succeeds Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the retired archbishop of Vienna, who has led the commission since 2014 and is stepping down after reaching…
Adm. Brian Christine, assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and a practicing Catholic, talked about the state of the pro-life movement as well as his own faith in an interview on “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly” on Wednesday. Christine, a practicing Catholic, said the HHS values religious freedom. “We are…
A victim of clerical sexual abuse from Ireland shared his story in a private meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Monday. David Ryan, who was sexually abused by a Catholic priest at Blackrock College in Dublin in the 1970s, told a small group of reporters, including Colm Flynn of EWTN News, after…
