2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (134+ words) » Continue to this story on EWTN News CWN Editor's Note: A federal district judge temporarily exempted the Archdiocese of Chicago and two religious institutes from state assisted suicide legislation while their lawsuit against the State of Illinois is adjudicated. Cardinal…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (231+ words) The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, a fellowship of 350 Protestant and Orthodox communities, addressed an ecumenical peace convocation in Seoul and called for healing and reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula. “Too many lives continue to be diminished…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (238+ words) A Vatican diplomat emphasized that diminished cognitive capacity does not diminish personhood. “A person is not defined by his or her consciousness, intellect, or abilities,” Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, apostolic nuncio and Permanent Observer to the United Nations and other international…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (144+ words) » Continue to this story on EWTN News CWN Editor's Note: The Supreme Court declined to issue an injunction sought by a Catholic mother that would temporarily halted enforcement of New York State’s vaccination requirements for her school-age child. The mother…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (279+ words) At the conclusion of his September 9 general audience, Pope Leo XIV thanked members of the Steering Committee of the Interreligious Platform for Dialogue and Cooperation in the Arab World for “your cooperation with the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (370+ words) At the conclusion of his September 9 general audience, Pope Leo XIV offered his customary greetings to pilgrims who speak French, English, German, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, Arabic, and Polish—and then offered a rare greeting to Croatian pilgrims. “I joyfully greet…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (178+ words) » Continue to this story on New Jersey Catholic Conference CWN Editor's Note: The New Jersey Catholic Conference, which represents the state’s bishops on matters of public policy, encouraged a continued prayerful, peaceful presence at abortion clinics after Gov. Mike Sherrill…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (179+ words) » Continue to this story on Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M., the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, yesterday inaugurated Within Your Gates in conjunction with the University of Notre Dame. The Patriarchate said that…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (183+ words) A record 15 bishops joined the estimated 10,000 participants in the March for Life UK on September 5. “We want to say today that human life matters, that every life matters, from first moments of conception to natural death, and we’re doing that…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (338+ words) Citing a child’s fear, anxiety and panic attacks associated with a Protestant church’s teachings, the Maine Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling restricting a divorced mother’s religious influence on the child’s upbringing. Ruling in favor of the divorced father’s…...