New Western Effort to Push Abortion in Africa

Jan 24, 2026 11:50

ZENIT Staff

African Coalition for Research and Communication on Abortion (ACORCA) Photo: C-Fam

Good News•Pro Life

Puerto Rico Redraws the Legal Map of Prenatal Life: every human being is considered a natural person

At the center of the legislative shift is Senate Bill 504, introduced by Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz. The measure revises key provisions of the Civil Code to state explicitly that every human being is considered a natural person, a definition that now includes the human being conceived in the mother’s womb at any stage of pregnancy

Dec 30, 2025 17:21

Enrique Villegas

Pro Life•Testimonies•Woman

The grandmother who went to jail for praying silently outside an abortion clinic

Christian grandmother Rose Docherty was arrested and criminally charged for holding a sign reading “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want” within 200m of a Glasgow hospital. Prosecution back down on “disproportionate” bail conditions; two charges relate to alleged “influencing” within the censorial “buffer zone”

Dec 20, 2025 16:54

ZENIT Staff

Marriage and Family•Pro Life

Europe Union Yanks Funding from Pro-Life Groups

EU funding projects are run by the EU Commission as the executive branch of the European Union. In recent years the Commission has begun to speak of “EU values” as a threshold issue for participating in EU civil society space and receiving EU funds.

Dec 20, 2025 16:04

ZENIT Staff

Pro Life

Europeans Run from Abortion Fight at UN

This calculous suggests that ending UN promotion of abortion and LGBT rights is a popular cause and that the Trump administration has a clear path to a historic pro-life victory in the General Assembly.

Dec 20, 2025 16:02

ZENIT Staff

Marriage and Family•Pro Life•Young People

European Union: yes to funding abortion, no to funding large families

In December 2025 FAFCE was excluded from EU funding after applying for six projects under programmes such as CERV and Erasmus+, including initiatives on youth protection and digital education for minors.

Dec 18, 2025 11:32

ZENIT Staff

From Africa to Spain via Monaco: this is Leo XIV’s global travel schedule for 2026

The schedule outlines three distinct journeys: a ten-day pilgrimage across four African nations, a one-day visit to Monaco, and a six-day trip to Spain that will culminate in the Canary Islands. Together, they form a carefully calibrated map of priorities that blends history, diplomacy, evangelization and social concern.

Did Pope Leo XIV speak out against the Spanish party Vox, which is aligned with the Trump administration?

The episode underscores how quickly nuanced papal language can be refracted through national political debates—and how carefully episcopal conferences now feel compelled to guard the boundary between pastoral guidance and partisan interpretation

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New Western Effort to Push Abortion in Africa

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Woman Accused of Harassment Simply for Praying Outside An Abortion Clinic

Leo XIV, a pro-life Pope, sends a message to participants in the March for Life in the USA

USA: A Catholic Vice President Returns to the National Mall as the Pro-Life Movement Tests Its Political Moment

USA: “Our United Prayers, Sacrifices, and Efforts To Protect Human Life and Heal the Wounds Inflicted by Abortion Remain as Important as Ever,” Says Bishop Thomas

Church Bell Rings Daily for Aborted Babies: Left Attacks Bishop

Puerto Rico Redraws the Legal Map of Prenatal Life: every human being is considered a natural person

The grandmother who went to jail for praying silently outside an abortion clinic

Europe Union Yanks Funding from Pro-Life Groups

Europeans Run from Abortion Fight at UN

European Union: yes to funding abortion, no to funding large families