Dome of St. Peter’s will debut new lighting for Easter — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credi: cinemavision|Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 20, 2025 / 17:05 pm (CNA). The 14,000-ton, five-century-old dome of St. Peter’s Basilica will debut new lighting this coming Easter to further enhance Michelangelo’s magnificent work. According to Vatican News, the new state-of-the-art lighting will ensure more intense and well-distributed light that “will further enhance the…

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20 years later: Terri Schiavo’s impact on the right-to-life movement — By: Catholic News Agency

Bobby Schindler, brother of Terri Schiavo and president of the Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network, speaks with “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on March 18, 2025. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 20, 2025 / 17:35 pm (CNA). It’s been 20 years since Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube was removed, initiating the…

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Planned Parenthood shutters only facility in Manhattan after decades of pro-life prayers — By: Catholic News Agency

A young woman prays the rosary in front of the Planned Parenthood facility on Bleecker Street in Manhattan in an undated photo. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno via the National Catholic Register Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 20, 2025 / 15:40 pm (CNA). Amid an ongoing financial crisis for the organization, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York…

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Assisted suicide is false charity with alarming consequences, bishop warns — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: HQuality/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 20, 2025 / 14:35 pm (CNA). “Assisted suicide is a false charity” with alarming consequences that must be rejected, said Bishop David Malloy of Rockford, Illinois, in a pastoral letter in response to the possibility that the Illinois General Assembly could approve the practice. The prelate referred…

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