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A recent study highlights that when women are coerced or pressured into abortion, they are at high risk for negative outcomes — but abortion prviidess rarely screen for abortion coercion.

The sainthood cause for Tom Vander Woude, a Catholic father of seven who died saving his youngest son, moves to the information gathering stage.

The report found that a total of 18,211 individuals received some instruction on natural family planning across dioceses in 2025, but there were only 7,518 individuals who attended a full course.

The young people came together to pray and hear talks under the theme “In the Footsteps of St. Francis.”

The request makes the case that surrogacy fits the definition laid out in the 1926 Slavery Convention that the practice entails the rights of ownership of a person.

The recently retired prefect of the Vatican’s human development office will receive the award from the pope on Oct. 13.

The pontiff launched the “AQVA Catastrophe and Wonder” exhibit on Sept. 14.

Thirty-four dioceses received permission for celebrations in parish churches in 2025 — unchanged from 2024 — with the United States accounting for 24 of the 34 decrees.

Pope Francis had instituted the cuts as an austerity measure in 2021.

At a gathering in Assisi, Italy, prelates considered how prayer, poverty, and closeness to the people can shape their governance and pastoral care of dioceses.