Pope Francis urges world not to forget countries in need of God’s ‘gift of peace’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Black smoke billows over the city after drone strikes in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Sept. 19, 2023, amid Russia’s military invasion on Ukraine. / Credit: YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP via Getty Images Rome Newsroom, Mar 10, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA). Since being admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 14, Pope Francis has…

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Indian state could introduce the death penalty for religious conversions — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Freedom Studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 10, 2025 / 17:45 pm (CNA). Leaders in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, home to 72 million people, are considering punishing with the death penalty those who allegedly force people into religious conversion — a change that Christian leaders say could harm the state’s Christians,…

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Supreme Court will hear case challenging Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for minors — By: Catholic News Agency

U.S. Supreme Court. / Credit: PT Hamilton/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 10, 2025 / 18:15 pm (CNA). The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit that challenges Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors who have gender dysphoria or same-sex attraction and will consider religious freedom and free speech concerns about the prohibition. Justices announced on…

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‘Support to the end’: Religious sister brings palliative care to unborn babies in Ukraine — By: Catholic News Agency

Sister Giustina Holubets (left) pictured during a commemorations for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in Lyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 15, 2024. / Credit: Perinatal Hospice – Imprint of Life Rome Newsroom, Mar 10, 2025 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Since 2020, a pandemic and then an active war have caused untold tragedy for Ukrainians, but these…

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Wyoming governor signs bill to bolster religious freedom protections — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Amanda Wayne/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 10, 2025 / 14:40 pm (CNA). Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, signed legislation late last week to bolster religious freedom from state-level rules and regulations. The Wyoming Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which mirrors the federal law with the same name, prohibits the state government and local…

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