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‘Baby Girl in That Belly: Daddy Loves You!’ Tom Pelphrey Steals Emmy Show With Pro-Life Message

Patrick T. Fallon
US actress Kaley Cuoco and US actor Tom Pelphrey winner of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for "Task" attend the Governors Gala for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on September 14, 2026.

The brief speech stands in stark contrast to the typical Hollywood fare where abortion and cultural messaging often overshadow faith and family.

Daughter of Imprisoned Christian Syrian Urges Trump to Intervene

Joel Veldkamp, director for public advocacy at Christian Solidarity International (CSI); Natalie Khalil, daughter of Suleiman Khalil, a former mayor in Sadad, Syria, who has been detained since February 2025; and Veronica Dudo, EWTN News Nightly anchor, discuss Suleiman Khalil’s detention, the state of U.S.-Syrian relations, and Natalie’s recent letter to President Donald Trump on EWTN News Nightly, Sept. 14, 2026.

Christian Solidarity International (CSI) is calling for U.S. governmental intervention after Suleiman Khalil was arrested and detained Feb. 8, 2025.

Church Documents 304 Martyrs in Latin America So Far This Century

Pope Leo XIV celebrate Mass for the commemoration of the martyrs and witnesses of the faith of the 21st century on Sept. 14, 2025, at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.

Historian Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Community of Sant’Egidio, says the Church is truly experiencing a 'new era of martyrdom.'

Study: Doctors Don’t Screen for Abortion Coercion — and It Hurts Women

Though abortion coercion is a key indicator of negative outcomes for women who have abortions, abortion providers rarely screen for it.

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.

25 Years After 9/11, Where Does the Church Stand With Islam?

Arturo Mari / L'Osservatore Romano / Vatican Pool
In this picture made available by the Vatican Newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI gives his speech to faculty and students of the University of Regensburg on Sept. 12, 2006 in Regensburg, Germany.

COMMENTARY: Pope Benedict’s Regensburg address on the five-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks remains the fullest theological response.