13+ hour, 25+ min ago   (179+ words) Mary McAleese, Ireland's president from 1997 to 2011, described infant baptism as "a long-standing, systemic and overlooked severe restriction on children's rights with regard to religion." Writing in Ireland's leading newspaper, McAleese charged that infant baptism violates the Universal Declaration of Human…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (173+ words) The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops announced yesterday that its 14th annual 9 Days for Life novena will begin on January 16. The novena's "overarching intention," according to the announcement, is "the end to abortion. Each daily prayer intention highlights a related…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (139+ words) 2 DAYS LEFT in our Fall Campaign.All gifts doubled before December 19! " Continue to this story on OIDAC Europe CWN Editor's Note: A court in Spain's Basque Country acquitted 21 peaceful pro-life protestors of harassment charges. The participants in the prayer vigil,…...

1+ mon, 13+ hour ago   (150+ words) 10 DAYS LEFT in our Fall Campaign.All gifts doubled before December 19! " Continue to this story on Religion Clause CWN Editor's Note: Citing the right to freedom of speech, a federal appeals court has sided with Florida Preborn and four sidewalk…...

1+ mon, 19+ hour ago   (234+ words) A new poll of American Catholic voters shows that public attitudes toward in-vitro (IVF) fertilization changes significantly when respondents are presented with the facts about the procedure. In a new survey 53% of Catholics said that they supported IVF, while only…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (151+ words) The Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments in the case of First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Platkin. Matthew Platkin, New Jersey's attorney general, issued a subpoena demanding the names of donors to faith-based pregnancy centers, which contend that the subpoena is…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (332+ words) Reacting to a Trump administration announcement, the chairman of three USCCB committees said that they "strongly reject the promotion of procedures like IVF" that "freeze or destroy precious human beings and treat them like property." "Every human life, born and…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (176+ words) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has quietly approved the use of a new abortion pill. In September, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Secretary of the Health and Human Services, announced a new review of the safety of the abortion drug…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (185+ words) " Continue to this story on Time CWN Editor's Note: The number of clinical abortions performed in the US decreased in the first six months of 2025, according to statistics furnished by the Guttmacher Institute. The figures showed a 5% decline in the…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (280+ words) A new study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research has found that women who procure abortions are twice as likely to be hospitalized for mental-health problems as women who give birth. The study of 1.2 million Quebec women concluded that…...