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Five Reflections by Pope Leo XIV for Bishops (Applicable to Every Priest) on How to Serve Communion in the Church and in Today’s World
More committees and projects? The path proposed by Pope Leo XIV as a response to divisions
Can Europe Force the Church to Erase a Baptism? A Belgian Case Puts Religious Freedom Before the EU Court
Human Dignity as Explained by Leo XIV
Elections in Germany and the AfD Victory: From Luther to Sigmund
The Catholic Church in Poland Takes a Stand on Surrogacy and Faces a Battle to Defend Religious Education Classes
Cardinal Pizzaballa launches an initiative for a Jerusalem open to all
Netherlands Records Its First Case of Child Euthanasia
Leo XIV Returns to Peru: Government to Invest $18 Million
Vatican Unveils New “Synodal Proposals”: Laity to Participate in Bishops’ Ad Limina Visits and Binding Agreements Between Religious Orders and Bishops
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Pro Life

Late-night vote in the British Parliament gives the green light to abortion even at 9 months

At the heart of the debate lies a profound shift in legal framing. Under current law, abortion in England and Wales is regulated within a defined gestational limit—generally 24 weeks—with specific conditions. Clause 208 does not formally legalize late-term abortion as a clinical practice, but it removes criminal liability for women who terminate their own pregnancies outside that framework

Analysis Opinion•Cardinals and Bishops•Liturgy and Divine Worship

On the “liturgical war”: For God’s sake: “Lay down your arms!” (a statement by Cardinal Brandmüller)

What does, however, affect the daily life of piety are the rites, customs, and concrete forms of religiosity experienced every day. It is there that conflict is ignited, sometimes even over secondary details, like variations in the texts of hymns or prayers. And the more irrational the reason for the dispute appears, the more violent the clash becomes

Holy Land•Interview

Fr Sliman: As war affects daily life in Kuwait, the Church responds to the uncertainty

The Jaffa-born priest describes a situation of apprehension and crisis, but experienced “with great human dignity”. The crisis triggered by war is not something «distant” as people have to live with “caution, fear, and prayer.» The conflict touches «deep sensitivities» in the region. In his appeal to AsiaNews readers, he says that every war «is a wound to humanity”.