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Puerto Rico’s Penal Code Recognizes Unborn Babies as Human Beings

The measure was an initiative of Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colón, a Republican, shown here with her 1-year-old son, José.

Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colón signed into law on Feb. 12 a bill amending the penal code to recognize unborn babies as human beings at ‘any stage of gestation.’

National Marriage Week: Make a Holy Hour as a Couple This Valentine’s Day

‘The Church manifests her particular spiritual closeness to all those who have built their family on the sacrament of Matrimony,’ Pope Benedict XIV said.

As Pope Benedict XIV reminded us: ‘The Eucharist inexhaustibly strengthens the indissoluble unity and love of every Christian marriage.’

Pope Proposes Lenten ‘Fast’ From Hurtful Words

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims at his weekly general audience at the Vatican on Feb. 11, 2026.

Pope Leo XIV urges Catholics to listen more closely to God and others — and to 'disarm' their language by fasting from words that wound — in his message for Lent 2026.

After Skipping Installation, New York Mayor Meets Archbishop Hicks

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani listens as Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch delivers the 2026 State of the New York Police Department address Feb. 10, 2026, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. Mamdani met Archbishop Ronald Hicks at the event, the New York Archdiocese said.

A sitting mayor attended the past five archbishop installations in New York dating back to 1939.