Catholic News

Texas bishops and cemeteries developing burial options for aborted children

New state regulations require the interment of the remains of all children who are lost through abortion or miscarriage at a healthcare facility
Catholic News Service

Ohio lawmakers send governor two bills restricting abortion

Lawmakers passed a measure to ban abortions in the state after 20 weeks, or five months of pregnancy
Catholic News Service

Aleppo Monastery damaged in bombardment, but no injuries reported

A vigil Mass that was due to take place at the monastery had been moved to a different church
John Newton

Diocese of East Anglia plans to open eight new Catholic free schools

Following the Government's announcement on free school admissions, the diocese has unveiled its plans for new schools
Staff Reporter

Mary gives us the strength to say 'no' to indifference, says Pope Francis

At Guadalupe Mass, Pope Francis says Mary's presence 'leads us to reconciliation'
Cindy Wooden

Suspect in Cairo bombing was 'radicalised after police torture'

The suspect apparently belonged to a terrorist cell funded by exiled Muslim Brotherhood leaders
Associated Press

Pope Francis urges President Assad to end violence in Aleppo

The papal nuncio to Syria delivered a letter from the Pope calling for 'international humanitarian law to be fully respected'
Catholic News Service

Pope to Coptic patriarch: 'We are united in the blood of our martyrs'

Francis called Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros to express his condolences after the Cairo cathedral attack
Cindy Wooden

Bombing of Coptic chapel in Cairo kills 25 people

The attack is one of the deadliest against Egypt's Christians in recent memory
Associated Press

Two leading philosophers ask Pope to condemn errors from 'misuse' of Amoris Laetitia

Germain Grisez and John Finnis named eight positions 'contrary to Catholic faith' and asked Francis to condemn them
Staff Reporter