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ACLU Lawyer Takes Pointed Questions in Saints-Statues Case Oral Arguments
Posted on 05/6/2026 21:48 PM (The Daily Register)
India’s State Elections Deliver Split Verdict for Christian Community
Posted on 05/6/2026 19:44 PM (The Daily Register)
Pope Leo XIV Appoints Jesuit Priest As Bishop of Honolulu
Posted on 05/6/2026 19:22 PM (The Daily Register)
‘My Mother Is My Why’: Fernando Mendoza’s Unbreakable Bond With His Mom and Her Battle With MS
Posted on 05/6/2026 18:38 PM (The Daily Register)
Street in Brooklyn Heights Renamed to Honor Servant of God Dorothy Day
Posted on 05/6/2026 13:18 PM (The Daily Register)
Stockholm diocese urges Catholic voters to consider candidates' position on abortion, euthanasia (EWTN News)
Posted on 05/6/2026 06:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The nation of 10.6 million is 57% Christian (54% Protestant) and 11% Muslim.
USCCB to FDA: Mothers deserve better than telehealth mifepristone (USCCB)
Posted on 05/6/2026 06:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“Instead, we must do better to meet mothers with compassionate, meaningful, and authentic support that enables them and their families to welcome their new children into the world,” Bishop Daniel Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, wrote in a May 4 letter to the acting attorney general and the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “All direct, intended abortions extinguish an innocent human life, and therefore are a grave evil. In the case of mifepristone, we seek to prevent tragedy for both the baby and the mother.”
Bishop Thomas called on the FDA to “proceed as expeditiously as possible with its safety review” of mifepristone. Bishop Thomas also noted that the Trump administration has “moved to stay or dismiss three different lawsuits filed by states to challenge the status of the drug.”
Egyptian court fails to grant Easter holiday (ADF International)
Posted on 05/6/2026 05:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“The failure to recognize Easter as an official holiday in the country leaves in place conditions that force Egyptian Christians to choose between participating in Easter worship or facing serious civil, professional, and academic penalties,” stated ADF International, which is offering legal support to plaintiffs in the case.
The North African nation of 112.9 million (map) is 90% Muslim and 9% Christian (primarily Coptic Orthodox); Islam is the state religion.
President Trump again assails Pope Leo; Pontiff responds that criticism should be truthful (CWN)
Posted on 05/6/2026 04:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Pope, in audience on Vatican II, reflects on the Church on pilgrimage to Heaven (CWN)
Posted on 05/6/2026 03:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Resuming his series of Wednesday general audiences on the Second Vatican Council and its documents, Pope Leo XIV devoted this morning’s audience to “the Church, pilgrim in history towards the heavenly homeland.”