Posadas Navideñas: Filipino Advent — By: OnePeterFive

St. John the Baptist Parish – Taytay, Rizal, Philippines in January 2023. Advent can be quite challenging in the fun-loving Philippines, where malls glitter, office parties multiply, and carols blare while the Church is still proclaiming the apocalyptic Gospel of the Last Sunday of the liturgical year. Somewhere along the way, Advent’s sober longing was…

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U.S. Supreme Court hears dispute over faith-based pregnancy centers — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller/Shutterstock Washington, D.C., Dec 2, 2025 / 17:04 pm (CNA). The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on whether a New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center may immediately assert its First Amendment right to challenge a state subpoena demanding donor information — including names, addresses, and places of employment — in…

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Canadian government set to remove religious exemptions from hate-speech laws — By: Catholic News Agency

Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa. / Credit: Robert Linsdell via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) CNA Staff, Dec 2, 2025 / 18:04 pm (CNA). Legislators in Canada are reportedly poised to strip religious protections from the country’s hate-speech laws as part of an effort to crack down on hateful symbols throughout the country.  Lawmakers with the…

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U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to protect medical residents from coercive abortion training — By: Catholic News Agency

Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, speaks on the Senate floor. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” CNA Staff, Nov 27, 2025 / 13:35 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news: U.S. legislators introduce bill to protect medical residents from coercive abortion training  U.S. legislators have introduced a bill to protect the conscience…

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Colorado school to pay $10 million for ordering Catholic doctor, others to get COVID shot — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Karina Lopatina/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 2, 2025 / 12:33 pm (CNA). The University of Colorado’s medical school will pay out a massive eight-figure settlement after it required multiple staffers, including a Catholic doctor, to obtain the COVID-19 vaccination.  The Thomas More Society said the university’s Anschutz School of Medicine “agreed to pay…

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Ohio Catholic high school and diocese hit with 4 lawsuits over alleged student-led abuse — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Columba Cathedral in Youngstown, Ohio. / Credit: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Dec 2, 2025 / 13:03 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, and one of its Catholic high schools are facing multiple lawsuits over the alleged mishandling of multiple reports of bullying and student-led abuse. Of the…

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