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Trump vows to discuss freedom of Jimmy Lai, Christian leaders detained in China
Posted on 05/11/2026 16:32 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
The president likened the call to free Lai to the complexity of releasing indicted former FBI Director James Comey as families of Chinese prisoners rallied outside the White House.
Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, announces parish closures and mergers
Posted on 05/11/2026 15:56 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Declining numbers of practicing Catholics, fewer priests, and deteriorating buildings in Rhode Island led to the changes.
Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, announces parish closures and mergers
Posted on 05/11/2026 15:56 PM (EWTN News - US Catholic News)
Declining numbers of practicing Catholics, fewer priests, and deteriorating buildings in Rhode Island led to the changes.
Moms.gov debuts with pro‑life resources as administration proposes fertility rule
Posted on 05/11/2026 15:26 PM (EWTN News - US Catholic News)
The site, with information on pregnancy-related healthcare, does not reference in vitro fertilization while a proposed rule would expand IVF insurance coverage.
Moms.gov debuts with pro‑life resources as administration proposes fertility rule
Posted on 05/11/2026 15:26 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
The site, with information on pregnancy-related healthcare, does not reference in vitro fertilization while a proposed rule would expand IVF insurance coverage.
Ahead of vote in France, bishop calls for prayer and fasting to defeat euthanasia bill
Posted on 05/11/2026 14:37 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
The bishop of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron, Marc Aillet, appealed to the faithful to pray and fast on May 13 for the defeat of the bill, which would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Piarist Fathers demand Cuban regime return their cloister and school
Posted on 05/11/2026 13:36 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
Nationalized by the communist government in 1961, the two buildings are in a state of serious deterioration and require immediate attention the government is unwilling or unable to provide.
Historic parish in Toronto Archdiocese to finally break ground on new church
Posted on 05/11/2026 12:36 PM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
St. Patrick’s Parish in Brampton, Ontario, is bursting at the seams. Now, on May 24, it will break ground on its long-awaited new church.
Czechs turn ‘symbol of division’ into ground for Catholic-Protestant unity
Posted on 05/11/2026 11:06 AM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
The May 8 gatherings, organized by lay groups around a reconciliation cross, mark a shift in how the Czech Republic, one of Europe’s most secular countries, lives with a historic religious wound.
Cardinal Bo: Myanmar in ‘polycrisis’ 5 years after military coup
Posted on 05/11/2026 10:21 AM (EWTN News - World Catholic News)
The archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar, described overlapping economic, social, and humanitarian crises facing his country at the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference plenary in Sydney.