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African countries resist efforts to include abortion, LGBT support in UN document

Burundi Ambassador Zéphyrin Maniratanga recently refused to put a UN document forward for approval because he opposed European efforts to load it up with abortion and gender ideology.

Blogs

Jonathon Van Maren

• Apr 21, 2026

No memory of the fall… yet his handkerchief was soaked in blood. Was Benedict XVI poisoned?

In a powerful new interview, I sat down with Liz Yore to examine one of the most startling revelations about the final years of Pope Benedict’s pontificate.

Blogs

John-Henry Westen

• Apr 21, 2026Apr 21, 2026

Fr. Heimerl: Pope Francis marks the fulfillment of Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich’s ‘dark church’ prophecy

According to German mystic Anne Catherine Emmerich, the ‘after-church’ will not be a counter-church or a schismatic church, but the Catholic Church itself because it is increasingly distancing itself from Christ.

Opinion

Fr. Joachim Heimerl

• Apr 21, 2026Apr 21, 2026

Why are young men more religious than young women?

The future is definitely bright for America if Gen Z can reverse the trends of those who came before them. But it is not a guarantee.

Blogs

Peter Michaels

• Apr 21, 2026Apr 21, 2026

REVEALED: How Leo XIV presents Vatican II as a rupture with the Catholic past

Leo XIV’s presentation of the nature of the Catholic Church is often difficult, and sometimes impossible, to reconcile with what the Church has always taught about herself.

Analysis

Matthew McCusker

• Apr 21, 2026Apr 21, 2026

Vermont schools adhere to policies hiding student gender ‘transitions’ from parents: study

The Defending Education parental rights group, which initiated the study, says school districts failing to disclose the preferred gender identity of students from their parents are in direct violation of federal law.

Blogs

Jonathon Van Maren

• Apr 20, 2026

Abortion activist group targets US military veterans in three states

The billboards feature military phraseology such as 'We’ve Got Your Six' ('We’ve got your back') with logistical information on how to procure abortions.

Blogs

Jonathon Van Maren

• Apr 20, 2026

1983 photo shows future Pope Leo marching in communist-organized peace rally in Rome

Italian left-wing activist Luca Casarini posted the 1983 image of then-Fr. Prevost at a communist-backed rally, suggesting the new Pope has not ideologically ‘changed direction.’

Analysis

Gaetano Masciullo

• Apr 20, 2026Apr 21, 2026

Pope Leo should canonize the thousands of Catholics martyred by Islamic terrorists in Nigeria

Muslim jihadis are estimated to have killed tens of thousands of Nigerian Catholics. Raising these martyrs to the altars would give courage to the many Catholics facing similar Islamic persecution.

Blogs

Steven Mosher

• Apr 20, 2026Apr 20, 2026

Spanish serial killer moved to women’s prison after claiming to be ‘transgender’

Spanish serial killer Joan Vila Dilmé, sentenced to 127 years for 11 brutal murders, has been transferred to a women's facility after merely adopting a female identity.

Blogs

Jonathon Van Maren

• Apr 20, 2026

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African countries resist efforts to include abortion, LGBT support in UN document

No memory of the fall… yet his handkerchief was soaked in blood. Was Benedict XVI poisoned?

Fr. Heimerl: Pope Francis marks the fulfillment of Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich’s ‘dark church’ prophecy

Why are young men more religious than young women?

REVEALED: How Leo XIV presents Vatican II as a rupture with the Catholic past

Vermont schools adhere to policies hiding student gender ‘transitions’ from parents: study

Abortion activist group targets US military veterans in three states

1983 photo shows future Pope Leo marching in communist-organized peace rally in Rome

Pope Leo should canonize the thousands of Catholics martyred by Islamic terrorists in Nigeria

Spanish serial killer moved to women’s prison after claiming to be ‘transgender’