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U.S. using list of ‘shame’ to root out Central American corruption

The U.S. State Department released a roster of "corrupt and undemocratic actors" from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, part of the Biden administration's effort to stem corruption that leads residents to emigrate from the region.

Eyewitness stories of religious repression mark summit

From Christians in Nigeria to Muslims in Myanmar, the first-person accounts of brutality and discrimination against religious communities punctuated the July 13-15 International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington.

Pro-Life Union of Greater Philadelphia sponsors ‘Freedom for the Pre-Born’

The July 17 event will begin with Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, followed by a procession to a downtown abortion clinic, prayer vigil and rally.

Experts fear Cuba is preparing a harsh response to recent protests

Observers have seen a purported plan by the Cuban government to deploy state police and military personnel using whatever means necessary to squash further protests following July 11's massive turnout.

Priests join emergency response to catastrophic flooding in Germany

Aid efforts were running in high gear after torrential rains in Germany toppled buildings, washed away vehicles and left at least 100 people dead. Tens of thousands are without electricity.

Quiet, hard-working Ivan Hicks remembered by West Catholic teammates

The school community is mourning the sudden passing of the junior student and football player who died July 13, hours after collapsing before a scrimmage at Coatesville High School.

Text: ‘Traditionis Custodes’ on use of the pre-Vatican II liturgy

See the Vatican's official English translation of the apostolic letter issued by Pope Francis July 16 concerning use of the Roman liturgy prior to the reform of 1970.

Appealing for unity, pope puts limits on pre-Vatican II Mass

Pope Francis ordered that priests now must have permission to celebrate the so-called Tridentine-rite Mass and bishops are not to establish any new parishes devoted to the old liturgy.

Authority in a wounded church: Leaders see ‘synodality’ as way forward

The clerical sexual abuse crisis has made the need for conversion painfully obvious and led to a reckoning with the use of power in the church through synod processes in several countries.

Supreme Court sets October date for Kentucky’s abortion case

Kentucky's ban on "the gruesome practice of live dismemberment abortions" in the second trimester of pregnancy will be defended at the high court, vowed the state's attorney general.