Experts Urge U.N. to Classify Surrogacy as Modern Slavery
A coalition of legal experts and child rights advocates has formally requested that the United Nations recognize commercial surrogacy as a contemporary form of slavery. The…
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Study Finds Physicians Rarely Screen for Abortion Coercion
A recent study published in the Journal of the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine reveals that physicians rarely screen patients for coercion before performing abortions. The research…
Bali Congress Brings 200 Leaders Together to Weigh AI, Human Dignity, and Interreligious Dialogue
Delegates from 35 countries convened in Bali, Indonesia, for the 11th International Congress of Scholas Chairs, a three-day gathering that closed on September 6. Scholas Occurrentes…
Pope Leo XIV tells St. Vincent de Paul Society that prayer and social justice cannot be separated
Pope Leo XIV met with delegates from the St. Vincent de Paul Society of the United States in late August, emphasizing that spiritual life and care…
Catholic nonprofit mobilizes parishes to host meals and prayer with the poor, mirroring papal witness
Pope Leo XIV shared lunch with homeless and poor people at Castel Gandolfo on July 11, 2026, an event that is expected to become an annual…
Texas Bishop Calls Detention Protocols “Wildly Disturbing” After ICE Arrests Nun Walking to Sunday Mass
The Catholic Diocese of Brownsville is gathering information about the Sunday arrest of a Nigerian-born religious sister who was detained by federal immigration agents while walking…
Texas ICE Agents Detain Nigerian-Born Religious Sister Walking to Sunday Mass in McAllen
A Catholic religious sister was detained by federal immigration enforcement agents in McAllen, Texas on Sunday morning, June 28, while walking to her parish church —…
Supreme Court Backs Immigration Curbs; Housing Bill Stalls After Trump Pulls Signing Ceremony
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a pair of significant immigration rulings on June 25, 2026, clearing the way for the Trump administration to reinstate border-metering policies…
Catholic Bishops Call on Congress to Restore TPS Protections for Haitians and Syrians
Catholic bishops in the United States are pressing Congress to act after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected…
Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Asylum-Seekers Need Not Cross Border to Be Turned Away
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 25, 2026 that the Trump administration may reinstate its “metering” policy, which allows federal officials to turn back asylum-seekers…