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Congressman criticizes Vatican for hosting China’s top organ transplant official in 2017

Rep. Chris Smith and Hudson Institute Senior Fellow and human rights advocate Nina Shea criticized the Vatican for hosting China’s top organ transplant official at an event in 2017.

How Divine Mercy Sunday will be celebrated at the shrine in Krakow, Poland

A complete schedule of Masses, vigils, and confessions has been prepared for pilgrims and television or online viewers beginning Saturday, April 11, and culminating on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 12.

Bishop Zaidan appeals to Trump for aid and peace in Lebanon after deadly Israeli attack

Israel’s most recent strikes killed more than 300 people in Lebanon and more than 1,700 have died since the start of the war, prompting the bishop’s appeal to President Donald Trump.

U.S. births declined slightly in 2025, CDC reports

The report reflects the ongoing gradual decline in U.S. births that has persisted for most of the past two decades, only interrupted by a modest uptick in 2024.

Catholic moral theologians worry for civilians amid shaky Iran ceasefire, Trump rhetoric

The fighting is paused for about two weeks, but Trump's threats against civilian infrastructure alarm Catholic moral theologians, who emphasize that it is immoral to intentionally harm noncombatants.

In ecological letter, Indiana bishops urge Catholics to care for ‘God’s good world’

“At the core of the ecological and social crises is a human heart enclosed in upon itself, alienated from God, our neighbor, and creation,” the bishops said in a new pastoral missive.

U.S. officials continue to defend Iranian conflict amid criticism from top Catholic leaders

The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See has strongly denied reports that the government demanded the Vatican throw support behind U.S. military actions.

Activists renew defunding drive after Planned Parenthood reports record-breaking year of abortions

As Planned Parenthood reports a record 434,450 abortions of unborn babies in 2023-2024, advocates for unborn children renew their call to permanently defund the group.

Los Angeles Archdiocese announces pilgrimage sites, indulgences for St. Francis Jubilee

Archbishop José H. Gomez has declared 15 sites in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles as pilgrimage destinations during the 2026 Jubilee Year of St. Francis.

Concordat with Vatican halted in Czech Republic over seal of confession

Experts say the ruling is a setback for religious freedom in one of Europe’s most secular countries, where a concordat had been decades in the making.