House members highlight ‘horrific’ organ harvesting of aborted babies — By: Catholic News Agency

David Daleiden, founder of the Center for Medical Progress, and Terrisa Bukovinac, founder of Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, share testimony in a Capitol Hill panel March 19, 2024, accusing the abortion industry of harvesting aborted baby organs. / Credit: Courtesy of Office of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 20, 2024 / 16:15 pm…

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Pope Francis addresses migrant crisis in Darien Gap: ‘Every refugee challenges us’ — By: Catholic News Agency

In 2023, over half a million migrants headed toward the United States crossed the Darien Gap, the inhospitable jungle region between Colombia and Panama. / Credit: Gonzalo Bell/Shutterstock.com Rome Newsroom, Mar 20, 2024 / 15:15 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday sent a letter to the bishops of Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica highlighting the…

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African cardinal: Fiducia Supplicans seen as ‘cultural colonization, Western imperialism’ — By: Catholic News Agency

A screenshot of Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo during the March 17 interview with KTO. / Credit: KTO ACI Africa, Mar 20, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). Fiducia Supplicans, the declaration by the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith (DDF) permitting the blessing of same-sex couples and couples in other “irregular situations,” was perceived as “cultural…

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Supreme Court declines to hear Catholic couple’s lawsuit over transgender child custody — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Addie Mena/CNA CNA Staff, Mar 19, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The Supreme Court rejected without comment this week an Indiana Catholic husband and wife’s petition over a dispute involving custody of their transgender-identifying son.  Mary and Jeremy Cox refused to accept their son’s self-declared female identity in 2019 and instead sought therapy to address…

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