A law prohibiting elective abortions after six weeks of pregnancy went into effect May 1 in Florida, as that state also faces a ballot measure on abortion in November.
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A Rabid Raccoon-aversary
Back when I was just a few weeks from my high school graduation, our family dog got into a fight with a raccoon in our yard.
May traditions celebrate Mary’s gift of life
Each May, one special day is devoted to mothers everywhere for having given their children the gift of life. But for the mother who gave life to Jesus, the entire month is set aside in her honor.
Josephite Father Richard Wagner dies at 91
An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Josephite Father Richard F. Wagner will be offered May 3 at Church of the Incarnation in Washington, D.C. Father Wagner died April 26. He was 91.
Pray the rosary
There’s no better time to begin or resume praying the rosary than this beautiful month of May dedicated to our Blessed Lady.
Father Justin explains it all for you
This digital Father Justin was ready to answer your questions about the faith, at least until the Catholic internet got a hold of it.
Movie Review: ‘We Grown Now’
Behind “We Grown Now” (Sony Pictures Classics), a drama influenced by real-life events, looms the 1992 murder of 7-year-old Dantrell Davis in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green public housing project. The crime had far-reaching consequences.
Caritas Baby Hospital in Bethlehem remains a ray of hope in war-torn Holy Land
Caritas Baby Hospital is now the only exclusively pediatric hospital in the West Bank serving about 50,000 children a year. Caritas in Switzerland and Germany were the first donors to the hospital, but since 1963 the hospital has been affiliated with the Swiss NGO Children’s Relief Bethlehem.
Nearly 1,000 parishioners weigh in on Baltimore parish reconfiguration proposal at final listening session
“This is difficult,” the bishop said. “It’s heart-wrenching. But we’re at a pivotal moment in the city church. We need to do this. We need to do this because our church membership is getting older and we’re not replacing ourselves.”
Cardinal says church shouldn’t expect ‘miracle’ of peace in Holy Land
Sudden peace negotiations or an intervention by the United States will not deliver Israelis and Palestinians from the suffering caused by the war in Gaza, a Jerusalem-based cardinal said.
Pope Francis appoints first Catholic bishop with Anglican heritage for UK ordinariate
Catholics in the United Kingdom that are part of the personal ordinariate, a kind of diocese originally set up to receive groups of Anglican Christians into full communion with the Catholic Church, have welcomed Pope Francis’ appointment of their first bishop — and the first ordinariate bishop to hail from their Anglican heritage.
Kansas Legislature successfully overrides governor’s vetoes of 4 pro-life measures
Kansas lawmakers voted to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s vetoes on pro-life legislation, a victory hailed by Catholic and pro-life advocates that comes just two years after voters in Kansas rejected a push to remove abortion protections from their state constitution.