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Father Alberto Reyes has emerged as a critical voice against the extreme poverty and repressive actions of Cuba's police state.

Cuba’s government shuts down priest’s peaceful protest

May 22, 2024

Father Alberto Reyes held a peaceful protest over the situation in the country by ringing the bells of his parish as a sign of mourning each night there was no electricity.

George Weigel at the Angelicum in Rome, May 18, 2022.

Pontifical Academy for Life is betraying its founder, JPII biographer George Weigel says

May 22, 2024

George Weigel, biographer of St. John Paul II, lamented that the Pontifical Academy for Life has betrayed Dr. Jérôme Lejeune, its founding president.

Archbishop Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, SDB, discusses the upcoming International Eucharistic Congress to be held Sept. 8–15, 2024, in Quito, Ecuador, on “EWTN News Nightly” May 21, 2024.

Archbishop shares key themes of upcoming International Eucharistic Congress in Ecuador 

May 22, 2024

“I hope that it will be a congress that commits and leads to life..." Archbishop Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, SDB, told EWTN.

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Pope Francis to palliative care symposium: Euthanasia is a ‘failure of love’

May 22, 2024

Pope Francis sent a message to an interfaith symposium on palliative care taking place in Toronto May 21–23.

Shanghai Bishop Shen Bin speaks to Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin at a Vatican conference on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.

Bishop of Shanghai defends China’s religious freedom record at Vatican conference

May 22, 2024

The controversial Chinese bishop was a featured speaker at a Vatican conference beside Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

"We had to sue the Biden administration to get them to release these documents,” American Accountability Foundation President Thomas Jones told "EWTN News Nightly" anchor Tracy Sabol. “When the documents came out, we [understood] why we had to sue them.”

Catholic-run Pennsylvania migrant facility criticized for ‘deplorable’ conditions

May 22, 2024

Emails show a Department of Homeland Security official relaying an April 2021 report from a worker out of Pennsylvania on the Journey of Hope facility in Pittsburgh.

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on May 22, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis: Humility ‘is the source of peace in the world and in the Church’

May 22, 2024

“Humility is everything. It is what saves us from the evil one,” the pope said.

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Here’s the latest update on abortion measures up for a vote in 2024

May 22, 2024

Nearly a dozen states are considering abortion-related measures ahead of the November elections.

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Catholic high school decades in the making breaks ground in northern Colorado

May 22, 2024

Twelve seniors who pioneered St. John Paul II High School as freshmen four years ago graduated on the 44 acres that will be home to the school’s future building.

Philippine cardinal condemns chapel bombing as ‘horrendous sacrilegious act’

May 21, 2024

A Catholic cardinal condemned the grenade attack on a village chapel during a Bible service that left two wounded in the southern Philippines on Sunday.

‘Equal Rights Amendment’ that could have expanded abortion fails in Minnesota

May 21, 2024

The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis had in early May urged Catholics to join a rally to oppose the “Equal Rights Amendment.”

Possible miracle at Lourdes: Almost-blind woman recovers her sight

May 21, 2024

The Hospitality of Our Lady of Lourdes of Madrid concluded its 101st pilgrimage on May 19, serving 800 participants, one of whom apparently was cured.

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