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World Suicide Prevention Day falls on eve of assisted suicide vote in UK parliament
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (130+ words) People rally against assisted suicide outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. The UK Parliament in London will look at a bill legalizing assisted suicide on Sep. 11, 2026, in London, England. (Credit: Care Not Killing.) LEICESTER, United Kingdom – On Thursday, the world…...
British bishop slams assisted suicide bill as bad and unnecessary
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (1026+ words) The Palace of Westminster in London, the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. (Credit: Wikimedia.) With the UK parliament set to vote again on an assisted suicide bill this Friday, another British bishop has criticized the bill,…...
Pope renews appeal for peace in Ukraine as US envoys arrive in Kyiv
1+ week, 41+ min ago (549+ words) Pope Leo XIV at the Angelus on Sunday, 6 Sept. 2026. (Image ©Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV on Sunday renewed his appeal for an end to the war in Ukraine, decrying recent Russian attacks that have killed noncombatants and damaged civilian infrastructure....
Opus Dei responds to bishop’s ‘offensive and unfounded accusation’ in dispute over Marian image
1+ week, 2+ day ago (829+ words) Sanctuary of Torreciudad. Credit: By Millars – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Opus Dei have responded to a bishop’s incendiary comments, which opened the latest chapter in a long-running dispute between the personal prelature and the local diocese, over a revered…...
Spanish bishop renews dispute with Opus Dei over Marian image
1+ week, 3+ day ago (758+ words) Iglesia del Santuario de Torreciudad. Credit: José Luis Filpo Cabana/Wikimedia. A Spanish bishop has reignited a longstanding dispute with Opus Dei over a Marian image, saying that he will resign if the revered icon is not returned to its…...
On liturgy, Leo XIV sheds light (and knows it will bring a little heat)
2+ week, 32+ min ago (157+ words) Father John Ubel, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, celebrates the eucharistic prayer facing the altar, in the traditional custom, during one of the Catholic parish’s Latin Masses in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Credit: Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP.) Pope…...
Vatican’s ‘Foreign Minister’ in Russia for talks
2+ week, 5+ day ago (910+ words) As the war in Ukraine continues, a senior Vatican diplomat arrived in Moscow on Monday. Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the second-highest ranking figure in the Holy See’s Secretariat of State, is in Moscow for a a five-day visit that will include…...
Church mourns victims of CAR mining disaster as government closes site
2+ week, 6+ day ago (716+ words) The Church in the Central African Republic has joined the nation in mourning the deaths of more than 100 people who died following the collapse of an artisanal gold mine on Tuesday, August 18. In a statement August 20, the Bishop of the…...
Pope prays for victims of mining disaster in CAR
2+ week, 6+ day ago (554+ words) Pope Leo XIV at the Angelus on Sunday, 23 August 2026. (Image ©Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV offered prayers on Sunday for the victims of a deadly mining accident in the Central African Republic. “I am also close to the people of…...
Leo XIV: An Augustinian through-and-through (and still an enigma)
3+ week, 43+ min ago (176+ words) Pope Leo XIV with the Captains Regent of the Republic of San Marino on Saturday, 22 August 2026. (Image ©Vatican Media) In two speeches over the weekend, Pope Leo XIV reminded Vatican watchers of three things: There is an Augustinian sitting on…...