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A bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Illinois was not called for a vote in the Senate before the state Legislature adjourned on June 1, effectively halting its progress for the session ...
The Catholic Church lobbied hard against a bill that would allow the terminally ill to end their lives in Illinois. Why should Illinois medical laws be expected to fall in line with Catholic doctrine?
A lawsuit filed earlier this month accuses a now-former priest of abusing a boy at a Peoria Catholic church from 1997 to 2003. SNAP is asking the diocese and Bishop Louis Tylka to take five steps ...
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse – sexual, spiritual or abuse of authority — and called for “transparent ...
CNA Staff, Jun 4, 2025 / 07:00 am. The recent election of Pope Leo XIV has sparked new interest in Catholicism, with Google data showing a spike in searches on “how to become Catholic” shortly ...
The Divine Mercy image gained popularity in the 1930s thanks to St. Faustina’s writings and in 2000, the Vatican declared the second Sunday of Easter to be Divine Mercy Sunday.
DWEIL’A, Syria (AP) — A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people praying on Sunday, killing at least 22 and ...
A woman walks past Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Downey, California, where she said she witnessed masked federal agents detaining a person earlier this month, on June 20, 2025.
A potential mass shooting at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne was thwarted Sunday through what security team member Jay Trombley describes as a combination of divine intervention, tactical ...