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Life is beautiful: Thousands join annual pro-life march in Rome

The participants in the “Scegliamo la Vita” March opposed Italy's existing abortion laws and proposals to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide.

Norway’s March for Life returns after 40 years, uniting Christians for the unborn

Catholics, Lutherans, Pentecostals, and evangelicals marched together for the unborn through a rainy Oslo in Norway's first major March for Life in some 40 years.

Czech court clears archbishop persecuted by communist regime

More than six decades after Archbishop Josef Karel Matocha died under communist internment, a Czech court has formally recognized his imprisonment as unlawful.

Trump announces peace deal with Iran, ending hostilities

Israel is not a party to the deal, however, and launched airstrikes on Beirut after Hezbollah launched projectiles into Israel on Sunday.

Michigan diocese celebrates new priests after ordinations moved out of cathedral

Bishop Earl Boyea ordained four new priests at a local Lansing parish, urging them to "drink the cup which the Lord gives" as they begin their ministry.

A ministry born from loss: One woman’s mission to comfort families after miscarriage

“H.U.G.” — which stands for "Here, Understood, and Gently held" — is a book made up of over 30 testimonies from women who have walked through miscarriage and pregnancy loss.

Archdiocese of Philadelphia opens new Sacred Heart adoration chapel to ‘bring people to the Lord’

Archbishop Nelson Pérez dedicated the perpetual adoration chapel an archdiocesan shrine during an opening event at the site on June 12.

Pro-life advocates defend unborn babies with Down syndrome after YouTuber goes public with abortion

Pro-life and abortion-related news you may have missed this week.

Irish bishops call for calm in Belfast following racially motivated civil unrest

Bishops in Northern Ireland call for peace, abuse victims in Australia clash with diocese, anti-Catholic legislation in France fails, Zimbabwe, and more in this week’s Catholic world news roundup.

St. Anthony of Padua considered ‘all the world as his home’

On June 13 the Church celebrates St. Anthony of Padua, whose widespread popularity can be traced to his efforts at reaching out as a neighbor to all.