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Norway’s March for Life Returns After 40 Years, Uniting Christians for the Unborn

Ragnhild Helena Aadland Høen, public affairs officer for the Norwegian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, stands with Maria Fongen, family pastoral adviser for the Catholic Diocese of Oslo, with the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) in the background.

Catholics, Lutherans, Pentecostals, and evangelicals marched together for the unborn through a rainy Oslo in Norway’s first major March for Life in some 40 years.

What’s in a Religious Name?

Sister Mara Grace Gore (center), the vocations director of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia in Nashville, smiles alongside her fellow sisters.

Four Catholic religious sisters share how they received their names — and what the process reveals about identity and mission.

Czech Court Clears Archbishop Persecuted by Communist Regime

Archbishop Josef Karel Matocha of Olomouc, Czech Republic, is pictured in an undated portrait.

More than six decades after Archbishop Josef Karel Matocha died under communist internment, a Czech court has formally recognized his imprisonment as unlawful.

A Clerical Abuse Survivor’s Thank-You to Faithful Priests

Daniel Ibáñez
Ordinandi lie prostrate during the Litany of Saints during an ordination Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sept. 29, 2016.

COMMENTARY: A bad priest deeply wounded me, but through the faithfulness and holiness of other priests, I was gradually led back toward hope, healing, truth and renewal.

Pope Leo XIV Says Evil Crumbles When the Gospel Is Lived Out

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on June 14, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

At the Angelus, the pontiff said Christ sees the wounds of war, broken families, and young people misled by false ideals.