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Pakistan Christian Prisoners Rebuild Lives After Church Bombings

Pakistani police stand guard outside St. John's Catholic Church in Youhanabad, Lahore, on March 15, 2025. Posters of Servant of God Akash Bashir flank the entrance gate on the 10th anniversary of twin suicide bombings that struck the neighborhood.

Eleven years after twin suicide bombings struck two Pakistan churches, survivors of mass arrests still bear the scars as a young martyr who died stopping the attack moves toward sainthood.

Yad Vashem Chief: Holocaust Memory Is Key to Fighting Antisemitism

Pope Leo XIV greets Dani Dayan, chairman of Yad Vashem, at the Vatican on March 23, 2026. In the background: Yaron Sideman, Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See.

Dani Dayan spoke after meeting Pope Leo XIV, says antisemitism is 'bigotry' independent of Israeli policy.

On World Tuberculosis Day, Catholic Sisters Tend to Bangladesh's Sick and Forgotten

Sister Roberta Pignone, a member of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate, consults with a tuberculosis patient at the Damien Hospital in Khulna, Bangladesh, on Feb. 17, 2023.

Catholic women religious at two hospitals in Bangladesh have spent decades treating tuberculosis patients whom the government and society have largely overlooked.

Kermit Gosnell, ‘America’s Biggest Serial Killer,’ Dies in Prison

Jessica Kourkounis
The Pro-Life Coalition of Pennsylvania holds a “Mercy Witness for Life” rally on July 23, 2016, outside of the former site of Dr. Kermit Gosnell’s closed abortion clinic in Philadelphia.

Abortionist and convicted serial killer Kermit Gosnell, believed to have murdered thousands and convicted of involuntary manslaughter of a woman and the murders of three infants, died in prison at 85.

Belgian Bishop Plans to Ordain Married Men by 2028, Violating Church Canon Law

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Bishop of Antwerp, Belgium, Johan Bonny speaks during a press conference in Antwerp on Sept. 29, 2023.

Bishop Johan Bonny expressed his plan to ordain married men into the priesthood by 2028 in a move that has not received approval from the Vatican and would violate the current Code of Canon Law.

I Stole a Lemon on St. Joseph’s Day — Will It Bear Fruit?

Sidney de Almeida / Viktoria Hodos
A statue of St. Joseph holding the infant Jesus is shown alongside a bowl of lemons, a symbol tied to a St. Joseph’s Day tradition associated with finding a spouse.

‘Steal a Lemon, Find a Spouse’ anchors a St. Joseph’s Day tradition that blends humor, hope and a bit of mystery.