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Nicaraguan Catholics persecuted by the communist regime recounted to Congress their experiences being repressed by dictator Daniel Ortega.

Saint Mary’s College has approved a policy to consider male applicants who “identify as women,” which would effectively strip the school of its ability to accurately call itself a women’s college.

Comedian Rob Schneider is a changed man. The Saturday Night Live alum has used social media to inform followers he has converted to Catholicism and announced his repentance for what he characterized as a failure to show “Christ’s forgiveness” to those he disagreed with.

A “dissident group claiming the name Catholic” launched a pro-abortion billboard campaign across Ohio last week ahead of an election on Tuesday that could decide the future of abortion laws in the state, LifeSite News reported.

A nun in France has gained international acclaim after she tackled an green activist attempting to block construction at a pilgrimage site.

AG Merrick Garland appeared visibly angered when asked during the DOJ Oversight Hearing Wednesday if his agency is biased against traditional Catholics.

The Catholic organization Aid to the Church in Need denounced an “increasingly muted response” to religious persecution in China and India.

To say there were more reporters in attendance than fans when the Dodgers honored the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at Dodger Stadium Friday night, would not be a major exaggeration.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has given the league the green light to hold “Pride Nights.” However, for those franchises wanting to wear Pride-themed uniforms, the Commish thinks that’s not a great idea.

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw was definitely not a fan of his team’s decision to honor a group of anti-Catholic drag queens at their upcoming Pride Night event. However, it sounds like he’s still going to show up.

Harrison Butker, the devout Catholic kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, shared a subtle pro-life message during his visit to the White House.

The Dodgers are all-in for Gay Pride Month and posted a large rainbow “LA” on Twitter on Thursday as Gay Pride Month begins.

Dodgers Pitcher Clayton Kershaw reportedly disagreed with team management’s decision to invite the anti-Catholic transgender drag queen group

CatholicVote President Brian Burch is striking out at theDodgers for its support of a “vile” and “perverse” radical anti-Catholic group.

The Dodgers were blasted Friday after the organization announced a Christian family night a month after they host anti-Catholic drag queens.

The Catholic Archdiocese of LA has officially criticized the Dodgers for re-inviting a radical anti-Catholic hate group to its game.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with Pope Francis at the Vatican, saying it was a great honour to meet with the pontiff,

A majority of Americans say faith is important to their daily lives, but they worry “too many religious institutions nowadays are watering down or abandoning their traditional beliefs.”

Local and international journalist groups demanded the release of Nicaraguan reporter Victor Ticay this weekend after communist authorities arrested him on Thursday for covering a traditional Catholic Holy Week procession.

The Archdiocese for the Military Services slammed Walter Reed for a “cease and desist order” to Catholic priests just before Holy Week.

The city of San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines, held its first unrestricted Good Friday crucifixion ceremony since the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic began in 2020 this week, nailing eight people to crosses as a form of penance for sin.

EXEMPLUM director Paul Roland recently discussed the struggles of making a feature film on a meager budget of just $9,500. 

Pope Francis was discharged on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, quipping “I’m still alive.”

Rwandan male gets four years for causing $40 million damage to Nantes Cathedral, will face trial over the murder of a Catholic priest next.

Positive buzz has been brewing for the religious tech thriller EXEMPLUM just one week after the streaming platform Tubi released it.

Since Tubi began streaming the acclaimed religious tech thriller EXEMPLUM on its platform, controversy has erupted over its subject matter.

The Irish Defence Forces’ decision to not consider a prominent atheist campaigner for the position of army chaplain was discrimination, a legal body in the country has ruled.

The University of Notre Dame’s gender studies program is hosting a talk with the author of a book titled “Queer Holiness.” 

Ireland’s Prime Minister, Deputy PM and other ministers have backed demands to see transgenderism taught in elementary schools.

A major Catholic schools association in Ireland has denounced government plans to have children taught about transgenderism.

Police in Paris are searching for an “African type” man accused of vandalising and desecrating a Roman Catholic church in central Paris, who they say has a prior history of church attacks.

Catholic leaders throughout Latin America have raised their voices in the past week against the persecution of fellow faithful in Nicaragua, particularly condemning the sentencing of the bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, to 26 years in prison for “treason.”

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has also used his fame to urge a respect for life and to oppose abortion.

A Canadian Catholic school pupil who was suspended last November for saying there are only two genders was arrested this week after attempting to return to class without renouncing his beliefs.

Local media in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported on Wednesday, citing event organizers, that “about 2 million” people convened in the capital of Kinshasa that day to attend a Mass by Pope Francis.

Pro-life activist and Catholic father of seven Mark Houck was found not guilty on Monday on federal assault charges brought by Biden’s DOJ.