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Canadian priest offered euthanasia twice while recovering from hip fracture

A Vancouver priest says he was twice offered assisted death by hospital medical staff who knew he was a priest and opposed to euthanasia — a practice critics say is growing.

Pope Leo to visit a much more secularized Spain since Pope Benedict’s World Youth Day in 2011

Two experts analyze the state of the Catholic faith among Spanish youth today, noting that while Spain is increasingly secularized, the faith is growing among young people.

Ethics and Public Policy Center at 50: A part of America’s ‘secret sauce’

Several hundred supporters gathered to celebrate the ecumenical think tank that engages on public policy questions within the context of America’s historic Judeo-Christian moral framework.

Race car driver’s gift fuels mobile ministry in Ohio diocese

A cargo van donated by a drag racing and stock car driver has become a mobile outreach ministry reaching Ohio communities in need.

Answering call to serve the poor: Papal Foundation announces more than $15 million in grants

The grants will fund initiatives across the globe including the construction and renovation of Catholic schools, monasteries, orphanages, and medical clinics in numerous countries.

Toronto Catholic conference to explore breakdown of the social covenant

The inaugural conference, “Restoring the Covenant: Catholic Social Teaching as Common Social Ground,” will take place May 30 at De La Salle Oaklands College in Toronto.

22 miles of faith: Catholic family of 10 turns Walk to Mary pilgrimage into a tradition

This year an Illinois family will make the entire 22-mile trek to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Wisconsin, which honors the only approved Marian apparition site in the United States.

Court halts mailing of mifepristone prescriptions nationwide

A federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled to require in-person distribution of the abortion pill mifepristone, the most prevalent form of abortion in the U.S.

Pope Leo XIV responds to letter from victims of Minab girls’ school strike in Iran

“The issue is not whether there is regime change or not; the issue is how to promote the values we believe in without the death of so many innocent people," Pope Leo XIV said.

Former federal prosecutor: ‘I’d like to prosecute any nun who still wears the head habit’

The Senate Judiciary Committee released the texts by ex-prosecutors who were dismissed shortly after Donald Trump returned to the presidency.