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Pro Life•Woman

Abortionists “Catholics for a Free Choice” jeopardize their UN status by launching attack on Vatican

CFC’s public attack against a UN Mission may have violated UN rules and could lead to the group losing their UN consultative status. The UN Resolution guiding the relationship between member states and civil society groups says that NGOs can have their ECOSOC consultative status “suspended for three years or withdrawn” if they engage in “unsubstantiated or politically motivated acts against States Members of the United Nations incompatible with those purposes and principles [of the Charter of the United Nations].”

Gender Ideology

U.S. Takes Strong Stand on Gender Ideology at UN Panel

In an official statement, Shrier emphasized that the Trump administration is committed to protecting “the great American values of family, truth, well-being, and freedom” and opposing policies that “seek to erase the category of sex and the unique characteristics that define women as female and men as male” including by “preserving the integrity of women’s spaces, from our schools to our sports, and ensuring that biological males do not infringe upon the rights of women and girls.”

Local Church•Testimonies•Vocations

Verbites: 150 years at the service of the world

Born in German-speaking countries, today more than half of the missionaries belonging to the institute founded by Arnold Janssen are from Asia, and are also on the frontline in the existential peripheries of Europe today. Now the institute is being called to reflect on mission in today’s world at an international conference In Rome from 27 to 29 March.

Persecuted Christians

Two More Catholic Priests Are Abducted in Nigeria

According to information gathered by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Father Stephen Echezona was kidnapped on Saturday, March 22, in the diocese of Akwa, Ambara State, while at a gas station buying fuel. Just 24 hours later, the diocese of Owerri announced the abduction of Father John Ubaechu, kidnapped while driving on a road of Imo State.

Church and World

Catholics are still growing in Asia, but priestly vocations decline further

The Pontifical Yearbook for 2022-2023 was released. The number of Catholics in the world is rising, to 1.406 billion. The number of bishops and priests is still growing in Asia (+1.6 per cent), but the number of seminarians is down by 4.2 per cent. Southeast Asia is one of the few regions where the number of women religious is increasing, slightly. About 30 per cent of all nuns and 18.2 per cent of all priests live in Asia.