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US couple believe Cardinal Pell among many who interceded to save toddler’s life
Parents of a toddler who miraculously survived near drowning at their home in the United States last month are convinced the late Cardinal George Pell was among the many who interceded for them. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Top Vatican diplomat says US foreign aid cuts have created ‘problem worldwide’
The Vatican’s foreign minister warned yesterday that the Trump Administration’s decision to gut the United States’ foreign aid assistance has created a “problem worldwide”. Source: NCR Online.
Tragedy unites community in prayer and service
For Andy Middleton, the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, changed more than the skyline of Baltimore’s harbour. Source: Catholic Review.
Zelenskyy agrees to partial ceasefire in phone call with Trump
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has agreed to a “partial ceasefire against energy” and said “lasting peace” was possible under Donald Trump’s leadership, after the two leaders had a one-hour phone conversation overnight. Source: The Australian.
US Catholics condemn plan for ‘black mass’ in Kansas
A Satanic group’s plan for a so-called “black mass” in the Kansas Statehouse in the state’s capital Topeka on March 28 has garnered widespread Catholic condemnation. Source: OSV News.
US archdiocese begins investigation of alleged Eucharistic miracle
The Archdiocese of Indianapolis said an investigation of an alleged Eucharistic miracle is underway at a southeast Indiana church where it reportedly took place in late February. Source: OSV News.
Catholic Church in US losing more believers than other religions
Catholics are seeing the greatest net losses of believers compared to other religions in the United States, a new survey by Pew Research Centre shows. Source: OSV News.
‘We want more babies’: Trump orders expanded access to IVF
United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to expand access to in vitro fertilisation, or IVF, a practice the Church warns is enormously destructive to embryonic human life. Source: OSV News.
US bishops sue Trump Administration
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has sued the Trump Administration over the suspension of funding of refugee resettlement assistance. Source: OSV News.