SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois residents with terminal illnesses may choose to end their lives on their own terms under a law Gov. JB Pritzker signed Friday. Legalized medically assisted suicide takes effect in September 2026… Illinois becomes 12th state to provide medically assisted suicide
FOCCUSFather Richard Reiser, an iconographer based in Omaha, Nebraska, writes an icon of St. Bridget of Sweden with her family for FOCCUS Marriage Ministries’ 40th anniversary. The end result was an icon ripe with symbolic… ‘Holiness of Family Life’: A Look Behind the Icon Depicting a Mother of 8
The results demonstrate that just informing Catholic voters about the Church’s position on IVF and the immorality of the procedure is sufficient to cause an immediate 14-point shift against IVF in the public opinion of… Poll: Catholic support for IVF falls below 50% when Church teaching explained
L to R: St. Joan of Arc is the subject of a Mark Twain novel, while Jean Valjean, the hopeful lead of ‘Les Misérables,’ and Samwise Gamgee of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ are among… Characters of Hope: Well-Read Catholics Reflect on Inspirational Protagonists
Pope Leo XIV meets with the committee that chooses recipients of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity, at the Vatican on December 11, 2025. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 12, 2025 / 06:52 am… Pope Leo XIV, in meeting with award committee, calls for concrete acts of charity
Trump Administration Border Czar Tom Homan speaks to Raymond Arroyo on “The World Over,” Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 12, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). U.S. border czar… Border czar says Catholic leaders should ‘support’ safety
A criminal court in Vitoria, northern Spain, has acquitted 21 pro-life volunteers who were accused of harassment for praying peacefully outside an abortion clinic. The judge in the administrative capital of the Basque Country ruled… Basque criminal court acquits pro-lifers praying outside abortion clinic
JHVEPhotoThe FDA headquarters Pro-life advocates are calling for action as top federal health officials deny reports that they are delaying a promised safety review of the abortion pill.
Empty beds in a student dormitory at St Mary’s Catholic School in the Kontagora Diocese.on Nov. 21, 2025. / Credit: Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna ACI Africa, Dec 10, 2025 / 19:10 pm (CNA). Christian Solidarity… Rights group hails release of 100 children abducted from Nigerian Catholic school
PAPIRI, Nigeria — Several parents welcomed the return late Tuesday night of their children, who were abducted last month when gunmen stormed their school. “It has not been easy for me… But today, in fact,… Nigerian children reunite with their parents after being released from abduction